BEAUTIFUL CONFESSIONS

Life has a way of surprising us and it is often when we least expect it.
Sometimes surprises are good and other times completely annoying but regardless, we learn from them and continue living life.
Secrets on the other hand, I have come to believe are like sister cousins of surprises, they do not differ much. Of course they are not completely the same.
While most of us like be surprised especially in a good way, many still feel uncomfortable about having secrets because overtime, we have learned to associate them with bad. But I guess secrets can be fun too.
Ashley and Nicole were best friends since first grade. They were both blondes, history buffs, painted their nails red and liked a good Taylor Swift song.
They told each other everything including those crazy teenage dreams and of course even the boy stuff. To strangers, Ashley and Nicole were twins and actually they liked using that to their advantage.
Many girls envied their friendship because you know, it looked picture perfect. But behind the curtains, there was a lot going on, some ugly things.
One spring evening, as fate would have it, Ashley walked on her parents having a heated conversation. It was one of those discussions where you didn’t have to sit too long to know what was going on.
Her parents were separating. It seemed like their marriage had reached an expiry date and nothing could save it.
It was after her father moving out that Ashley got the whole picture of the situation. Her father had been cheating on her mother with his secretary.
Both Martha and Ashley had been completely taken by surprise, Jack had always looked faithful. The weeks following the divorce were the hardest. Living each day was like death by a thousand paper cuts.
Nicole became the shoulder Ashley needed to cry on, she had been there. Nicole had probably witnessed the worst divorce in history, that of her parents.
Her mother had been using drugs secretly only to result in her being violent. It’s kind of funny because she always looked sober.
When she turned psycho, Richard filed for divorce because he had had enough. She had not been willing to straighten up things at all.
After their divorces, Martha and Richard each promised their children that they never remarry, that there was no point.
But Ashley and Nicole did not buy what their parents were selling them. To them, Martha and Richard were scared of falling in love again for fear of being scarred.
They both deserved happiness because they were good people and truth be told they looked perfect for each other.
So, Ashley and Nicole decided to set up their parents so that by the next time Mother’s day comes around, they’re married. But that was easy said than done. Both parents were stubborn and not easy to convince but they had one thing in common, the gift of the gab.
So what the girls did was to invite their parents to participate in the Parents Drama Club(PDC), a part of the History Club. Here, they were luckily given a play in which to feature. It was Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare.
As for every play, one has to practice over and over to master their part so Martha and Richard were not exempted. With each passing day, they got aquainted with one another and sparks started flying.
On the final day, they were able to give the audience a good performance because of the chemistry that had developed between them.
Even after the play, they did not stop meeting. Often times they visited each other’s homes for dinner and even planned joint family vacations together. Their was obviously some romance boiling and it is all thanks to Ashley and Nicole.
After months and months of seeing each other, Richard decided to pop the question.
Next were wedding preparations and come Mother’s day, Richard married Martha in the presence of their families. Ash and Cole were the most excited because they were finally becoming sisters.
It was during the wedding that Ashley and Nicole unveiled the big secret, that it’s them that had played match maker. Everyone at the wedding was surprised more so Richard and Martha but they could not have it any other way.
And that is how they lived a happily ever after.