Oblivion

Oblivion

It must have been years since I saw you! Screeched violet. “Oh my! you look taller  and thinner , damn girl you look hot!

Violet could  not believe that Annette was  standing in front of her .Annete wore a ripped denim jeans  with a white  crop top that sectioned  her torso. Her hair gleamed and her face shone. Her big blue eyes never looked any better. Her eyes tingled with excitement and happiness while her smile stretched from one corner to the other.

The last time violet  saw Annete , was way back in high school, during prom , to be exact. Violet remembered how Annete looked emaciated and frail. Her cheekbones were drooping , her skin flabby, her  eyes half closed. She vividly remembered how Annete blue dress looked so big on her. How it sagged from her shoulders’.

But now Annete looked like a model working for vogue. She had life in her eyes and she looked beautiful,  to say the least.

“What happened to you?” asked violet

“What happened to me?” wondered Annete

You look so beautiful and successful. Let us go grab coffee at that shop down the street “Violet suggested.

The coffee shop looked vintage. The walls were painted jasmine. The tables rein and the chairs  indigo. The shop looked like a rainbow dropped in it. Coffee seeds littered the floor and the shop smelled of freshly harvested cocoa seeds. Rows of sweet looking desserts filled the shelves . Velvet cakes almond cupcakes, chocolate filled doughnuts, sprinkled filled biscuits; brown looking doughtnuts chocolate chip cookies all filled the shelves.

Violet had her stomach rumble. She suddenly felt hungry. She sat on the chair closest to her and ordered an espresso with a chocolate chip cookies as an accompaniment;

“So what have you been up to” asked violet

“after school , I was admitted to san Fransisco Mental clinic due to my  long battle  with depression. I remember , I started doing coke  and I was so addicted to it. That’s a story for another  day. Any way , so I was  in the clinic  for a few months like 6 months  and I could say  that  was my changing point. I got out looking and feeling better. Immediately after I left  the clinic a magazine  hired  me as a model and from there , things just happened. Now,  I signed to vogue!”

 Annete chirped “ what have you been up to ?”

“my life is not as eventful as yours. I went to Stanford , got a PhD in biochemistry. I later worked  as a professor in Harvard  and am still working there “Violet answered.

“ I feel very lucky sipping coffee with a Harvard professor” laughed Annette.

The afternoon slipped  away very quickly and violet was soon walking Annete to her sleek matt convertible parked  on the sideway. They embraced  in a warm hug as they said thee fare well.

By Anne Wambui