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Monday

While they met online through a student study group, it didn't take long before Jess and Mia discovered they had a lot more in common than just their choice to study psychology as an adult. They were both mothers to similar aged children, Jess has been a single mother for some time, and Mia has just recently gotten out of a long term relationship. For Mia, Jess supporting her through the breakup is what brought them closest together. For a long time she felt alienated from her friends, not for abusive reasons but more time constraints associated with parenting. They started talking simply discussing their studies and working on assignments together but before long, their chats became more and more recreational. Mia is the closest friend Jess has ever had in either a platonic or sexual relationship, a feeling that has allowed her to open up and share her feelings and thoughts like never before. At least almost all of them anyway.

Jess and Mia live in different towns, 1854 km's apart exactly as they had discovered one random evening while talking, but as fortune would have it, Jess's new employer needed to fly Jess cross country to Brisbane for their latest business venture. Of course when given this opportunity Jess jumped at it. The hotel her boss booked was located in the suburb next to the one which Mia resided and there was no way she would miss the chance to meet her best friend in person. Even though Mia offered to put Jess up for the time she was in town, Jess opted to stay at the small but lavish hotel excusing herself by telling Mia she might need the board room facilities the hotel provided. Although this was true, it wasn't the sole reason for not accepting the offer.

Mia could not wait to meet her friend for the first time. Eagerly she would ask Jess if she was still coming, every time they spoke. Her excitement only intensifying Monday afternoon when the text came through saying that Jess had just arrived at her hotel. Mia is normally a very confident and charismatic woman but this has her head in all kinds of a mess. Never in her life has Mia been so excited and eager yet terrified and anxious about anything. Jess had an important meeting early the next day so instead of catching up with Mia the night she had arrived, they decided that they would go out the next night to allow Jess to rest and relax after her flight. With meetings Tuesday and Friday, Jess's company decided she could work from the hotel instead of flying back and forth as 4 nights in even this upper class hotel had worked out to be more financially viable than 2 return flights. Jess really did not mind this at all. She knew that she would take about 2 hours to prep for the meeting Friday lunchtime which meant 2 full days of R