A Christmas Party Ch. 03

"Give it up already hoochie, that dude is sprung on a certain lady friend of his" Phi said as she sipped on her coffee.

Kachi glared at her, but said nothing, she wasn't about to go at it with Phi again.

Donny and indicated for Kachi to scoot over while he sat beside her- too close for comfort.

She purposely kept her eyes away from Phi knowing the 'I told you so' look she'd be sporting by now.

"Hey guys" Donny began enthusiastically, just before he pecked Kachi's cheek and squeezed Phi's hand across the table.

"Hey Donny, how's the supermarket?" Phi asked, the smug smile, which was directed at Kachi, not leaving her lips.

"It's doing well, so what's up with you both?" Donny asked, he was vaguely aware of the looks they were exchanging, he was going to ask, but on second thought, he figured they would tell him when they wanted.

"Nothing" Phi replied, stirring her cup of tea absent mindedly, she paused and smiled mischievously, "I think Kachi has something to tell us"

"Really? What is it?" He turned to Kachi, just the sight of her did things to his body...things he wanted to acknowledge, but would rather keep mum about to prevent any rifts between them, he definitely didn't want to lose his best friend to something like that.

Kachi hesitated to speak, seeing that glow in Donny's eyes made her re-think the whole idea of talking about Jeremy in his presence...but doing that would mean she believed Phi, and she didn't...right?

"Kachi met this guy at their office party" Phi spoke up seeing that Kachi wasn't about to.

Just as she predicted, Donny's smile faded almost as quickly as the words had left Phi's lips, his demeanor changed and one could literally feel the disapproval oozing from him.

"Really? Who's he?" He asked drily as he picked up his cup of coffee and drank it, it soothed his throat and cleared it of the dryness that he wasn't aware was there. He just couldn't stand the thought of Kachi with another man, at least when she was single, there was a glimmer of hope that he could still make his move on her, but with the presence of another man...

"His name's Jeremy" Kachi replied, she didn't sound as enthusiastic as she wanted to be, she had just met a really successful, ambitious, good-looking guy, who liked her as much as she did him, stuff like this rarely ever happened to her. Being so small, she had lived in the shadows of the bigger girls, those who were taller, with more pronounced curves, not to say she wasn't curvy, but considering her small frame, she was definitely no Nicki Minaj, hence, the attention from boys and men was minimal. Finally, she had what he had always envisioned as her dream man, and her best friend's lack of enthusiasm had totally dampened hers.

"And?" Phi asked with a large smile, she was apparently oblivious to the fact that she was the only one really interested in knowing anything concerning a new man in Kachi's life.

"He's my boss"

Phi stared at her wide-eyed, "He's what?" the story was definitely getting interesting

"My boss"

"Boss as in supervising officer, manager..."

"Boss as in the Vice President of the company I work in"

There was a brief silence among all three of them, Phi stared at her like she thought her friend had just hit a gold mine. Kachi didn't quite think so, she knew to an extent, a man's financial status ought to be a factor in a relationship, but that was the least on her mind.

"So he must have a lot of money" Donny said coldly. He knew the company Kachi worked for was one of the biggest in the state and the entire country in fact, hence he expected the Vice President to earn nothing less than a six figure sum yearly, that was definitely more than his yearly income, so his rival- that was the position this Jeremy guy was taking as of today- definitely had the upper hand in the wealth section.

"I don't know" Kachi replied softly, she could guess Jeremy was worth a sizeable fortune, his father owned a company that ranked eighth in the richest in the country, so he should own an impressive amount...but what good would that information do her...or Donny?

Phi, the only excited person at their table presently, continued her interrogation, "How do you mean you don't know? You work in the finance department..."

"I've been there for a month Phi, it's not like I'm a walking ledger for the company's finances"

Phi shrugged, Kachi didn't sound like she wanted to continue that train of conversation, she didn't get the tension...okay, so she got Donny's, but she couldn't understand why Kachi was so. She knew Kachi had no romantic feelings towards Donny, it sucked when you really liked someone and the person wasn't as into you, but she wouldn't be mulling over that if she were in Kachi's shoes.

Not quite done, she flung in one last question, "Have you kissed him?"

Twice! Kachi screamed in her head, and each was as mind-blowing and arousing as she had always imagined kisses should be. She noticed both her friend's staring expectantly at her, though for different purposes, while Phi was more interested in knowing as a girl to girl thing, Donny wanted to soothe his restless mind...she kept quiet much too long, thereby relaying the reply.

Donny was speechless, she had kissed him, and this wasn't just some random 'it doesn't mean anything' kiss, she had had those, and had come to them rambling on about how terribly the guy kissed, or how his breath smelt like tobacco or garlic, he had reeled in laughter from every episode of 'Date Gone Wrong' from Kachi, partly because she really did have a humorous perspective to even the worst dates, but mostly because he was glad there was still a chance for him to take his rightful place as her man, but now, her silence...she had NEVER remained silent at any of these questions, it spoke more than she probably intended to divulge; she really liked this guy.

He suddenly felt very hot, his lips were in a tight frown, his strong jaw clenched and his light brown eyes suddenly turned dark.

"I need to use the restroom ladies, 'be back in a few" he said as he stood up and headed straight for the restroom without waiting for either of them to acknowledge his comment. He couldn't stay here and listen to this, if he knew Phi well-and he did, she'd be asking for further details, how it felt, if he was a good kisser...information that would have a few glass cups shattered and in the bin when he got home if he listened to them. Kachi was HIS, he may not have claimed her yet, or even called dibs, but there were some things he needn't do to get that across to every man-including this Jeremy person.

Phumi gave Kachi a knowing look; she knew this was going to happen, but she wasn't about to stop getting under Donald's skin concerning his feelings for Kachi if he wouldn't spill it out already. While he was busy living in lala land and thinking Kachi would always be there for him to move in on when he finally grew the balls to, real men were noticing the gem that was his best friend, and it was only a matter of time before he was permanently fired from his voluntary post of Assistant Boyfriend.