THE BACHELOR - Who Will Reuben Choose?
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I walked into the venue, the ladies were all beautiful in their formal dresses. To be quite honest, I never really got into wearing dresses, it's not my style. All the ladies parted their separate ways, I was headed to the bar to get myself a glass of wine. Lately, I had found that wine had been some sort of a coping-mechanism for me. I spied Rueben taking another lady to talk, and it got me thinking when my turn was because I had something to say to him as well.
I'd been here for about an hour and a half and had lost count of how many drinks I've had after 5... Oops. Some of the ladies had come to talk with me and left again. The night was dragging on and i'd had enough, my patience had worn thin. At that moment, I saw that Kim and Melody were looking my way. They looked like they were judging me, or something, they looked and then talked to each other.
I have had enough of tonight, I didn't want to be here anymore and this was the last thing I needed, the girls talking about me behind my back. I stormed over to where they were standing.
"Do you have a problem with me?!" I said with a raised voice.
They both looked shocked. They probably didn't expect to be caught gawking at me.
"Oh, we actually weren't..." Kim started to say.
"Ugh, you know what? Save it, not worth my time. But let me say how DARE you! How dare you talk about me behind my back! You wanna say something to me? SAY IT TO MY FACE!!" I shouted.
People were staring, but I did not care a single bit.
"We came here for a ball, not to gossip about others! I mean, what am I supposed to think? You look at me, then look away, that could only mean that you're talking about me!" I yelled.
They looked at each other in shock, unable to say a word.
"You're not needed here if that's the only reason you have for being here..." I stared them both in the eyes and then sashayed away.
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I found myself staggering up the stairs and wanting to sit down. Letting out all the pent up anger and frustration felt good at the time, but now I felt horrible. I then heard a soothing voice from behind.
"Brielle? Would you care to join me outside for a moment?"
I turned to face him, he definitely wanted to say something to me, I saw it in his face. I nodded and followed him to the balcony.
He sighed deeply, looking a little disappointed.
"Brielle. Would you please tell me what happened down there? It sounded like you were very upset at Kim and Mel... What's wrong?" He asked.
"I just... I don't know. I lost it..." I slurred a little.
"I get that you were frustrated and upset, but I don't feel there is any need to take any form of anger out on another person." He stated.
"I know that, I feel pretty terrible about it now. I'm not thinking clearly, I might've lost count on how many glasses of wine I've had tonight. Maybe a few too many."
"Is there a reason for that?" He questioned.
"To be honest, I've found that lately I haven't been coping... Specifically with the whole process of this. It's difficult... Especially knowing that every other lady in the house is after you too. There is no knowing whether you will even choose me at the end, because you have all of these other beautiful women and you ave connections with all of them... There's all of us and only one you, and you're going to have to choose at the end of this... I feel a little hopeless, because I know that I'm falling for you, Rueben, but as I said, there's no way of knowing whether I'll get chosen at the end..." I said downheartedly.
"I'm really sorry you feel this way Bri, I know this process is hard. It's hard on me too... At the end of this, I have to break hearts. All but one of these women are going to have their hearts broken by me... I don't want to do that to anyone, but it's the way it has to be..."
"I know... I'm sorry, I'm probably being a little inconsiderate..." I said.
"Hey, it's alright. Sometimes you need to get things off your chest. And I'm glad you did." He smiled.
"I'm such a fool. I've made a fool of myself in front of everyone. And I've probably embarrassed you in front of everyone... I'm so sorry Rueben..."
I started to feel tears well up in my eyes...
"Hey, it's okay Bri. Please don't cry. I know this is hard on you..." He took me in his arms and cuddled with me to calm me down.
He broke the brief silence.
"Hey, I didn't get to tell you how beautiful you look tonight. That dress looks stunning." He mentioned.
"Heh. I hate wearing dresses. I think I died a little when I read that our next date was a masquerade ball." I laughed a little. He laughed too.
"Well, I am more accustomed to wearing suits, so it doesn't 'make me die a little'." He quoted.
"I still feel pretty terrible about how I yelled at Kim and Melody, I think I'm going to apologise to them..." I said.
"I think that's a good idea. Clear up what happened, they looked shook. I'll talk to you later though." He smiled and opened the door for me to let me through first.
"Thank you Rueben."
I headed back downstairs to find Kim and Mel had sat down at a table. I strolled over sheepishly.
"Hey girls.... I'd like to apologise to you both, mainly for my behaviour earlier tonight. The things I said were hurtful too, I just wanted to let you know that I'm terribly sorry about that... I just haven't been coping lately and I just snapped. I understand that I definitely should not have taken it out on you. I'm just really sorry, and I do hope that we can move past this. I don't want to lose you girls as friends..." I announced.
"We didn't know you felt that way, and it's alright. We all have our moments." Kim said, smiling. Mel nodded too.
"Well, would you like to sit with us for a bit?" Mel asked.
"Sure." I smiled.
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After a little while, Rueben had stole me away from the girls to dance with me.
"Brielle, would you like to dance with me?" He asked.
"Of course." I replied.
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Dancing with him had made all my negative feelings go away. And I felt better about the things that had happened tonight.
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Producer Question 1: The little 'tiff' made for some good TV, can you tell us any more about it?
Well I think it's unfortunate that the 'tiff' is considered as good TV, when I do not see it that way. I see it more as a obstacle, but Rueben and I managed to overcome it, which is what you do in relationships. But I cannot tell you anymore about it as I said all that needed to be said to Rueben...
Producer Question 2: Do you think the tension is coming from having to share the man you are gaining feelings for?
Of course it does. Knowing that all of these women have feelings for the man that you have feelings for is hard. Also knowing that Rueben has feelings for all of these girls too makes it difficult to know if you're going to make it to the end...
