All or Nothing

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All or Nothing

My doorbell was the last thing that I wanted to hear on the morning of 20th September. It was the first day that I’d had off work for months so I was hoping to stay in bed for as long as I could. The doorbell rang once more and at that point I realised that my long morning in bed was never going to happen.

        I jumped out of bed, the same as I did every other morning, and went to the front door to answer it. There was a postman stood at the door with a small parcel that was rectangle shaped.

        “Good morning”, I said to the postman.

        He handed me the parcel and also a clip board with a piece of paper clipped to the front for me to sign, I signed the paper and went back inside. I took the parcel into my living room which was still a mess from the night before; the coffee table in the centre of the room had an empty Vodka bottle, crisp packets, and also an empty twenty pack of cigarettes.

        My sofas outlined the coffee table with one either side, I sat on the one that was closest to me and opened the parcel, there was a small letter inside that said:

                      To Victoria,

                      A present from your dearest friend, hope you like it.

                      Love you and miss you.

                      Love Tom x x x.

        At that moment, a smile appeared on my face, I missed Tom a lot when he was away, especially when they’d been for this long, he had been away for nearly two months now, and normally I’d see him twice a week or more so it was weird for me not to have him near. He was on a business trip in London and I was still miles away from him in Bristol.

        I had known Tom since we’d started the same secondary school at the age of eleven, since then we’ve gone through college and university together too. At school we’d been close and we’d always wanted to do the same kinds of things, I was quite boyish and we used to play football after school had finished and on weekends. Our relationship just got stronger as we got older and it just never seemed to leave, even when Tom moved away for a short while with an ex-girlfriend who wanted everything her way.

        I took the velvet container and letter and put them onto the table in front of me, I opened the container to reveal a matching necklace and earring set, they were 18 carat gold and had one small diamond in each, the necklace was a heart at the end of a chain and the earrings were also hearts and also contained a diamond each.

        I grabbed my mobile phone from the kitchen side and pressed 1 on the speed dial, I placed the phone to my ear and it began to ring.

        “Hi!” said the voice at the other end.

        “Tom, its Vic”, I said, “just to say thanks for the jewellery set, it only came this morning”.

        “Oh”, he murmured, “you’re worth it, oh and Vic’s what time is it?”

        “About 1o’clock in the afternoon, why?” I replied.

        “I’m late, see ya!” was the answer I got, and then he put the phone down, I knew he was already very late.

        I put the phone back onto the kitchen side and began to walk towards my bathroom, and seeing as I had all day to do whatever I wanted to, I was intending to have a long relaxing bath.

        I went into the bathroom, and started to run a bath full of water, I put bubble bath in it, I lit the candles around the edge and my nightdress over my head and threw it into the washing pile. I spent over an hour in the bath, until the water started to go cold and I had to get out because my skin was all wrinkled. I dried myself and went through to my bedroom.

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         Once in there, I grabbed a pair of silk French knickers out of my drawer and a long, light pink satin dress. It was meant to be really hot today according to the weather reports on telly, so I thought that I would dress appropriately as normally I would be in a suit jacket and black trousers.

        I threw the bed sheet over the bed, and fluffed up the pillows a little, pulled open my curtains and opened the window, ready for the day to begin. I blow-dried and straightened my hair before putting on my make-up and getting dressed. ...

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