Wicked Wednesday #343 — Festivities

Eliza had not been making a lot of public appearances, but this was a big one. She was not necessarily up for all of the festivities, but she wanted to support Rafe in his new role at his company. He had been a partner forever but now he was the CIO, and she was terribly proud of him.
She wanted to show him off, and decided to invite her sister and her boyfriend. Jeanne arrived and though she always looked elegant, she looked extraordinarily so and Terrence looked besotted beside her.
Eliza saw her own reflection with Rafe, and she felt that they looked like the most attractive couple there. But she had to admit that it was weird to see Terrence look at someone else the way he used to look at her, even more so to see him look at her sister like that.
Jeanne was flushed with pleasure, under his gaze and Eliza smiled at them.
Rafe was with her, and holding her hand and showing her off all night and Eliza loved that! But she kept an eye on the couple close to their side.
Terrence had his hand on the small of Jeanne’s back, and Jeanne looked up at him with adoring eyes. They looked picture perfect, Eliza could not help but note the soft eyes her sister placed on her—happy she had invited them to celebrate with them.
“Thank you again Eliza,” Jeanne said taking her hand, and the two of them in the reflection of the floor to ceiling windows gave Eliza shivers.
“Thank you for coming.”
Later it was Terrence who looked at Eliza with weary eyes. She had walked over to him when Jeanne went to the bathroom.
“Thank you for inviting us,” he said, and Eliza nodded.
She remembered having a fever for him, she also remembered letting him go because loving him hurt too much and made her think of things she did not want to think about. Lila, how she almost lost Rafe forever.
“Sure,” she said.
“I miss you Eliza, I miss being friends. Maybe someday…”
“Maybe,” she answered and walked away not wanting Jeanne to think she had cornered him.
Had she ever been friends with him really? Jeanne had been friends with him, and then more and it was fitting that Jeanne returned to him with her gloved hand and looked up at him like the fairy princess.

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