I took my seat at the Dot, waiting for Fiona to come. God, she only lived a block away, what is taking so long? I motioned for Peter to come over to my table, I didn't have to patience to wait for Fi anymore, I'm way too hungry. "Hey there little Edwards."
I gave him a smile, no time for small talk. "I'll take a cheeseburger and some fries." He wrote that down. I comtemplated in my mind if that would satisfy my hunger or not. I decided no. He started to walk away, but I stopped him. "And maybe some onion rings. With a coke."
"Geeze Clare, you ordering for five, or just yourself?" He gave me a smile, so I knew he wasn't implying that I was fat.
"Ha. Ha. I happen to be very hungry today."
"First meal of the day?" He asked me as he walked behind the counter, grabbing a cup for my coke.
"No, actually. I already had breakfast. And maybe a little lunch." His eyes widened a little and I gave him a small laugh.
"Well, that's good. In my opinion, you and Darcy were always a little underweight. Speaking of, have your heard from Darcy?" There we go, the repetitive famous question.
"No, she can only e-mail so much. I haven't heard from her in about a month now." I saw the sadness come to his face and he handed me my coke, walking back to prepare my food. I heard a bell ding, and turned to the door to see Fiona walking in. I waved to her and she smiled. Me and Fiona were practically inseperable now, which is a weird match, I know. I used to think so too.
It started when she first took a liking to Adam. She used to always come to me for advice. Soon enough, the advice wasn't just about Adam. She told me that she was lonely and needed a good friend in her life. I told her the same and then she asked me to go shopping. The rest is just like a teenage drama show, I suppose. "You'll never guess what I bought you!" Yeah, this happens a lot. At first, I tried refusing her gifts, but I soon realized that buying people presents made her happy. So of course I obliged.
She took out a box that revealed a gorgeous necklace with an all diamond dove hanging off of it. I took it from her hands and examined it, jaw dropping to the ground and all. "Fi, this is beautiful!"
"Go ahead, put it on." I smiled at her and took it out of the box, trying my best to clasp it myself, but failed massively. "Here." She took the ends of it and I lifted up my hair. "There we go." I straighted it out and turned for her to see it. She gave me a huge smile. Something that she liked more that buying people presents, was seeing them actually use them.
She reached into her bag and pulled out another box. "Fiona, I can't take anything mo-" But she cut me off before I could finish.
"Who said this was for you, greedy." I raised an eyebrow at her as she opened the box. It was the same exact necklace. "One for me, one for you. Now help me put this on." This time, I clasped it for her. It blended right in with her, her beauty overpassing the shine. But I can imagine that with me, the necklace stood out.
"Here you go Clare." Peter said as he placed my food on the table and walked away.
"Jesus Christ Clare!" She reached for an onion ring, but I slapped her hand away a little. "What? This can't all be for you."
Oh, but it was. And I did plan on eating every single crumb that falls from this food. "I promise I'll order you some food too, I'm just, hungry." I tried to think of the best way to word it without making me sound fat.
"Alright, alright." I could feel her eyes on me as I devoured my food, but I didn't care, I was too hungry. It was silent for a few minutes as I ate. "Have you talked to Eli lately?"
I shrugged my shoulders, maybe he's part of the reason I'm so hungry. I tend to eat when I'm depressed. "No. Not since the, you know, incident." That's what I like to call it, avoiding actually telling anybody that I slept with someone who was not my boyfriend.
"I see." She said lightly, obviously at a loss for words.
I reached for an onion ring, putting some ketchup on it before ripping a piece off and shoving it into my mouth. At first, it was good. I liked it, but after a moment, I couldn't stand it. I instantly shot out of my chair and ran to the trash can, retching out that nasty taste. I felt Fiona's presence next to me and she grabbed my hair, so I could avoid getting sick on it.
I picked my head up and tried to smile at her, but now had the gross taste of barf in my mouth, and it was pretty hard to even pretend to be happy when you taste that. I walked over to the counter and paid Peter before grabbing my bag and walking out of the Dot.
Fiona walked next to me, and it was silent for a moment. "Where do you want to go now?" I asked her. I thought we were going back to her apartment, but we missed the turn.
"To the drug store."
I stopped walking for a moment and stared at her. She got the hint, and turned to look at me. "Why would we be going there?"
She walked up and grabbed my hand, pulling me with her. I obliged, although I was still a bit confused. "We're going to get you a pregnancy test."
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