A/N: I apologize in advance for lack of apostrophes and stuff. Anyways, I don't own anything except for my name and made up characters. Enjoy! :)
I dropped my bags on the floor and let out a sigh. It was good to have a fresh start. After everything fell apart back home, I just needed a change. Change, in scenery, in people, in myself. I was not running away, I was moving forward. Or at least that was what I was trying to convince myself of. Deeply lost in thought, I didn't hear Stina asking me something.
"What?, I asked her confused.
"I said, are you hungry? I know it was a long drive, do you want something to eat?" Stina replied.
"Oh haha, yeah I guess I could go for some food. Sorry, I think I'm still a little dazed from the drive," I quickly said.
"Its okay, I understand. Let's go out for dinner." She said with a smile.
"Okay, sounds great."
Stina and I had been friends for years. We met in high school and immediately bonded over similar taste in music. She is the best friend I've ever had and now currently my roommate. She was about 5'2 with black hair that barely touched her shoulders. A few tattoos on her right arm and two stud piercings on her left side if her lips, completed my best friend.
We sat in silence while driving in her car listening to whatever mindless music played on the 's times like these I was grateful to have her in my life. I knew when I was ready to talk she'd be there and for now, she was being the best friend I needed by not asking questions until I was ready.
I was taking in everything around me in awe. Hollywood was so different compared to the dry desert of Phoenix. But then again, anywhere with water is amazzing to me. Oh, and everything was just so green! It was so beautiful. I'm starting to feel better about my decision for 'change'. Suddenly the car came to a stop and we were at a place called Lorenzo's. Must be some Italian place. Stina always knew what food would cheer me up and this definitely seemed like it would.
"I figured some good, cheesy, greasy pizza would pull you out of your daze" she said as we walked toward the entrance.
"Oh yes, that sounds fantastic right now!" My stomach was now aching for food.
We took a table by the window and a cute waiter walked up and asked for our drink order. (Cute boys and great food, this may be my new favorite place.)
"Dr. Pepper, please" I said.
He turned to Stina " And for you?"
"I'll have a Coke, please."
"Okay, I'll bring those right out for you."
Not gonna lie, I stared a little as he walked away. Maybe I'll try to get a number before we leave, hmm... No! Devanie, this is not what we need right now. We need to focus on you, not boys. They just get in the way. Remember the promise you made to yourself! Be strong! Ugh, only been here an hour and I was already forgetting my 'new' morals. Whatever. I sighed again while looking through the menu.
"Are you okay, Dev?" Stina asked, eyes full of concern.
"Yeah, just tired I guess. I don't know. Anyways, what kind of pizza do you want?" I was desperately trying to change the subject.
"Lets do the meat lovers, sound good?''
"Yupp, sounds wonderful." Just then the cute waiter boy came back with our drinks.
"Here you guys go. Now are you ready to order?" He smiled.
Stina gave him our order, "We'll take a large meat lovers pizza, please"
"No problem." He said as he wrote it down then turned to walk away.
Stina and I chatted about nonsense things like weather comparison and how our families were doing. It was the end of January. Winter, the only time Phoenix was bearable to live in. I had considered waiting til May when it was starting to heat up to move. I decided against it because I didn't want to find a reason to stay in that town, so here I am.
"So how was the move?" Stina said.
"Ha, well it was pretty good. Easy, actually. I didn't bring much with me." I replied.
"Haha, yeah that's why you needed a Uhaul?" She laughed.
"Hey! It was a small one! The kind that hooks up to my car! Not that bad!" I defended.
"Alright, alright not that bad but still, I'm just saying." She put her hands up in defense.
I was about to respond but the pizza came and my hunger took over. I totally forget everything else. We shoved our faces with food. One thing I loved about Stina was that we weren't afraid to be ourselves around each other and sometimes that meant pigging out. We knew we wouldn't be able to finish this but taking home the left overs was completely okay with us. After we finished and paid, we headed back to Stina's place.
I plopped on her couch and pretended to die.
"Ahh I'm so tired" I whined.
"Well you can sleep in the bed with me if you want" Stina replied.
"Its okay, I can take the pull out couch, I don't mind." And I really didn't, hell the floor seemed appealing at this point.
"Okie dokie well here are the sheets and pillows to make the bed," She spoke while handing me the stuff.
I made the bed and got ready for bed, told Stina goodnight and climbed into bed. It had been such a long day and I was just happy to be getting some much needed sleep.