Cherry felt happy and good, she couldn’t remove the feeling of excitement. She couldn’t wait to tell her friend, Roy. She seemed to forget that they had quarrelled but she missed her friend. So she sent him a message.

I am sorry my friend. I miss you!

“I went to his place in Randburg,” she reported to Roy happily.

“You mean you went to his house on your first meet?” he said, surprised.

“Yes, and we had sex,” she chuckled.

“What? Are you serious? Cherry no, no, this is wrong,” he held his breath.

“It happened,” she said, ignoring his reaction.

Cherry and Roy were chilling at Roy’s place eating pasta and meatballs. He asked her to visit because he was tired. Roy was worried about his friend and didn’t know how to tell her, especially about meeting in a stranger’s house.

“He asked me to move in with him,” she stood up and took the dishes to the sink.

“Please think this through, you sound like a desperate, hungry woman,” he said loudly.

“I am. I have been single for too long. Didn’t you even say I’d be a spinster if I didn’t get involved? ” she turned to look at him.

“No, not like this. Please be careful,” he said.

“I trust him. Don’t worry about me, I will move in with him soon,” she said, washing the plates.

Roy stood there looking confused and troubled. This was not why he signed her up on a dating site. He didn’t want her to think he was jealous but this wasn’t acceptable.

“Cherry, what if he turns out to be someone else? What if he is not what you know? You have to know him first and now you have opened your legs,” he spoke calmly.

Cherry couldn’t believe what Roy had said. She was angry and frustrated. She walked towards him. Roy saw the look and saw danger, so he took a step back.

“I didn’t know you are jealous. Now you don’t support me. You put me on that dating site, and now when I meet my match you are not happy for me. You know what, I am leaving,” she shouted furiously.

“Cherry listen to me,” he tried to pull her.

“You think I will finally want you to love me!” she shouted.

“I do love you and I won’t stop. But that’s not the issue here…”

Cherry grabbed her bag and shoes and went out of the door, slamming the door loudly.

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