208 Brianna is back in Seattle 1 (1/2)
~ Seattle ~
Wednesday
July 3rd
After work, Liz went to pick up Brianna from the airport. Liz works only in the morning, so by the time she picked up Brianna, it was close to lunchtime.
They dropped Brianna's things at Liz's apartment and then went to meet with Mia for lunch.
Tomorrow is the Fourth of July party at the Anderson villa, and that is why Brianna came to Seattle. She plans to stay until Sunday (July 7th). Other than the party, they hope to spend quality girl-time, and also, Brianna has some updates to share.
Brianna is not comfortable staying at Mia's or at Liz's place, she will be the third wheel in any case. However, she does not have much choice since her budget is tight as of lately and she really wants to spend this holiday with her two besties. She is not sure when will be the next time that the three of them can hang out again so freely, as Mia and Liz are going to find out about it by the end of this meal.
Back to the present…
Liz, Mia, and Bri are in a Thai restaurant that specializes in seafood delicacies.
”I am happy you came here, Bri. I missed you.”, Mia said with a big dreamy smile on her face.
”Don't mention it. It's not like I canceled anything.”, Brianna mumbled while sipping her milk tea.
Mia had difficulty believing it. ”Really? Not even a single date?”, she asked teasingly.
Brianna sighed. ”I have things on my mind and honestly, I haven't been on a date in a while.”
Liz was alarmed. Brianna is always bubbly in a fancy kind of way and talks cheekily about guys and dating and this is not normal. ”Are you sick?”
”Not sick. Just things…” Brianna said ambiguously.
”Like?”, Mia was also interested in Brianna's situation.
”Ugh…”, Brianna made a face. ”Can we talk about this later? I don't want to risk spoiling your mood.”
Both Mia and Liz frowned.
”Now you need to tell us because we are worried already.”, Liz said resolutely.
Brianna glanced at Mia and Liz and she can see that her friends are concerned and eager to hear what is going on. Well, there is a suspicion that something is off with her mind because she sees ghosts of Quentin everywhere, but she is not ready to admit to it. There is one more thing that Bri wanted to tell them about this in a few days, before she heads back to New York, but it seems that she needs to say it now or those two will start building all kinds of scenarios.
”I decided to go back home.”, Brianna announced.
Liz and Mia had matching confused expressions when they asked in unison: ”Home?”
”Is there an emergency? You just got here.”, Liz said awkwardly.
Brianna realized that they didn't get it. ”Not home in New York. My home in San Francisco. Where my family is.”
Liz was the first one to understand what Brianna said. ”You are leaving New York and will move to San Francisco? Why?”