“Ahh and our girl had a fatal case of the chickenpox as a 5-year-old,” C laughed; throwing a pillow at the girl as she teased her. “…and now, for the sequel; 13 years later, Valerie Wood has once again contracted the irreparable disease.” She mimicked a newscaster’s tone as she finished the sentiment. “So… how is school by the way. I know we kind of talked about things while I was gone but… how’s Mav? And… Jezebel? your cousin also goes there now right?” Things had changed so much over the past few months; but the people especially.
Moving their conversation to the kitchen; a grin met her lips at Valerie’s argument that it was ‘an accident’ every-time she fell while ice skating. “It’s an accident the first time, maybe the second time Val, but when you do it every-time; I don’t think we can keep calling it an accident,” she laughed; heating up the waffles in the toaster. “Whip cream?” Candice asked the girl before pausing a second and bursting out into a laugh. “Sorry, don’t know why I even asked; I know the answer is yes,” she added as the conversation moved to Daniel. Honestly… Candice didn’t like the man with her best friend. She didn’t trust Daniel Parker. Not individually; and definitely not around Valerie Wood. The question of how to convince her friend that she was making a mistake; she didn’t know. “Yeah yeah, sure Valerie.” With that, Candice plated the waffles - letting Valerie put the whip cream on them before moving over to the table. “I just can’t understand how a man we’ve both hated for at least ten years could change that much in a few months.” Candice sighed. “Are you… sure about him?” she finally got out.