‘Stop it Autumn, you already had enough’ snatching the glass of wine from her best friend’s hand Natalie sighed and shook her head in disappointment when noticed her wasted condition.

‘Give that back to me’ she tried to catch up but Natalie was fast.

‘What is the point of wasting yourself like that just for that jerk, who ditched you after what you have done for him all these years’ with gritted teeth, Natalie slam the glass on the counter.

Autumn lowered her face, the guilt and regret was pooled in her eyes forcing her to not look at her friend.

‘Don’t bring his name here, I hate that man’ she yelled, as the time was passing her regret was increasing over the loss she had bear in all these years for only the person who pushed her away on his day of success.

‘Sure, that is why you’re here taking shot over shot’ Natalie whined at the sarcastic comment of her friend.

‘How could you say this to me, you know very well how much I supported him to reach to the position he was today, I gave up on many things including my dreams’

Natalie sighed and wrapped her arm around Autumn’s shoulder. ‘Not I warned of it before when you were too much occupied by the blind love’

Autumn turned her face to avoid seeing in her friend’s eyes, she can’t look at those eyes who always stopped her to not act so recklessly but she didn’t listen to her.

‘Forget what Samuel did to you, I would suggest you to start your life from scratch and become the person you always wanted to be’ when she saw the embarrassment creeping up on her best friend’s face, Natalie nudged her to look at her and listen properly what she was saying.

‘How can I do this I am a total failure’ repeating the sentence her ex-boyfriend said to her when she confronts him after the award ceremony held by his company, Autumn bit down her lower lip trying to stop herself from crying among so many people.

‘No, Don’t let that jerk manipulate with your mind’

‘We have flight tomorrow of Florida, sorry I didn’t seek your permission but you know I can’t leave you in this condition alone, so I think it is better you come with me and begin your new life from new place’

After drinking the couple of glass full of water, Autumn felt somehow better. She thought for a while, she liked her idea, it was still not late, she can start over.

‘You are right, I shouldn’t ruin my life for that bastard’

Natalie smiled, she wasn’t expecting that convincing her would be that easy.

‘Great, now shall we go home, we have to wake up early’

Autumn pursed her lower lip out, Natalie shook her head immediately knowing what she meant by making this pouty face.

‘Autumn, you just said you are ready to start over and don’t want to ruin your life’ standing she pulled her hand to drag Autumn with her towards the exit but had to halt when felt Autumn wriggling in her grasp.

‘Natalie, look you should understand, no matter he was using me or what but I always had genuine feelings for him and my heart is shattered at this moment, I will obviously move on but I think I need some time to cry on my heart’s pain and burry my feelings for Samuel, that’s only I will be able to start over fresh’ standing across each other they both looked in to each other eyes.

‘You go back, I will be home in an hour, please’ when Natalie didn’t say anything, Autumn pleaded to her, giving up Natalie left her wrist.

‘Fine, but don’t get involved in any trouble’ with scorn she left her in the club, although she doesn’t like it but she agreed with what Autumn said to her.

Nodding Autumn went back to the bar and sat down on the stool to drink the liquor until she lost her senses and the ache her heart was in, but because of her condition she did not noticed that she was carried by someone.

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‘Ouch’ when sunlight passed through the window and pour on her face, she hissed due to the sudden pain in her head.

She got up to close the curtains so she can sleep some more peacefully when she heard the faint voice of her phone ringing, moving around she found the room in the mess but for now her focus was to find her phone and not to anything else.

‘Got it.’ Picking up the phone she saw her friend Natalie calling, forgot what conversation they had last night she answered the call yawning.

‘Where are you?’ Natalie didn’t wait for her to say hello and barge at her the moment the call was answered.

‘I am.. umm, I don’t know where I am’ while answering she looked at the room, it was not her but whose it was then.

‘Forget it, don’t stress yourself by thinking about it. We have a flight to catch, where ever you are, get up and get the taxi and reach to the airport before I leave without you, leaving your luggage on the roads’

The warning worked and Autumn rush to wear her dress after pulling off the shirt that was covering her body, by now she understood what had happened, she had spent the night with someone and the man was nowhere to be seen, she doesn’t care, she has to reach to the airport as fast as she can.

‘I am coming how much time is left?’ ignoring the throbbing pain in her forehead, she was running down through the stairs and there she got that they were in the hotel, good that the distance was not much from here and she will get to her destination by the time.

Sliding in the taxi, she asked the driver to drop her at the airport, while the taxi was on her way she tried to remember what had happened with her last night, she recalled her conversation with Natalie and then staying behind to drink more but then she was approached by a tall and handsome man and she ended up on his bed.

She pressed her lips tightly when she realized that she had lost her virginity to the stranger whose even face she does not remember.

‘Thank you’ giving the money to the driver, Autumn rushed to the departure side, immediately caught the glimpse of Natalie tapping her foot anxiously on the floor.

‘I’m so sorry’ Autumn hugged her tightly.

‘Where were you?’ Natalie demanded the answer.

‘It’s the long story we better discuss it after getting settle in to the plane’ forcing the smile on her face, Autumn holds her friends hand in hers.

‘You are giving me every detail, no hiding’ soon the announcement of their flight was made and they had to walk to get in to the plane.

‘Yes mother as you say’ Autumn rolls her eyes.