Melover's POV

"So Alice, Truth or Dare?" Julie was directing that question to Alice. I invited my friends over to my house for a sleepover and we are currently playing Truth or Dare.

"Ummm… I pick truth" Alice said with a shaky voice, obviously knowing Julie will ask her an embarrassing question.

"Which boy do you currently have a crush on?" Julie said with a mischievous look in her eyes. Alice had a slight pink blush on her cheeks.

"Oooooh", Runo said humorously, "I think our dear Alice has got a crush". We all started giggling and laughing while Alice's blush turned slightly brighter. After we quieted down I finally asked, "So Alice, who is the lucky guy?"

Alice stayed silent for a few moments before speaking, "Ummm… Do you girls know the guy that works at the cell phone store?"

"The guy with the hazel eyes and jet black hair? Really?" Mira said unbelievingly.

"Yeah…" Alice said shyly, her voice almost audible.

"You do know he is 25 years old, right?" I asked trying to believe what she is saying.

"Yeah, I mean the difference between ages is…" Julie started counting on her fingers.

"What are you? A kindergartener?" Runo said annoyingly.

"No I'm not!". Julie and Runo started bickering. While Mira was trying to calm the two down, I asked Alice,

"Alice, he is too old for you. I mean there is a 10-year difference." Just when I was about to ask the next question Runo and Julie joined our conversation. "So what's his name?" Mira asked.

"His name is Shun Kazami" Alice said shyly, the slight blush still on her cheeks, indicating she is too in love.

"His birthday is tomorrow and I'm thinking on buying him a gift" Alice said thinking.

"Did he get you anything on your birthday" I asked.

"Yes he did. He bought me earrings".

"Oh..." Well, he seems nice.

"Okay, there is still one question bugging me. How did you two meet?" I asked willingly and I caught my friends' attention. All eyes were on Alice.

Flashback

Alice walked down the street to the cell phone store. She was going to buy a cover for her new phone. She stopped in front of the store. She opened the store's door and entered.

"Hello", she said as she walked to the counter. The employee was standing organizing the phone covers on their hangers. When Alice said hello, he turned and smiled and greeted her back.

She blushed and told him "Ummm… Do you h-have any c-covers for my phone?" Alice said showing him her phone. She was stuttering because she was looking into his eyes but then she looked away, blushing even more. He just chuckled silently at her actions and gathered the covers of the, and laid them on the counter.

"Pick what covers you want".

She picked a cover with fake diamonds on it.

"Uh… Here…" She was about to pay but he stopped her and said "I'm not going to let you pay"

"Why?"

"I'm a friend of your grandfather, and I'm not going to let his granddaughter pay"

"Uh…Thanks. But what's your name?"

"Shun Kazami".

3 weeks later

"Happy Birthday, Alice!" Shun said as he handed her a wrapped box. Shun met her on the street. When she unwrapped it, she found that it's a pair of earrings. She was at loss of words.

"They're beautiful, but… how did you know when is my birthday?"She asked surprised.

"Well, let's just say that I knew"

"Thank you"

End of Flashback

"Awww… He's such a sweetheart" Julie said in her famous squeaky voice while we all nodded.

"Mira, do you have a crush on someone?" Runo asked.

"Well, I have a tiny crush on the sophomore…" She paused as we leaned closer "Ace" She also blushed as madly as Alice.

"And you Runo?" All eyes were on Runo.

"Ummm… I also have a crush on a sophomore, his name is Dan"

"And I'm dating Billy!" Julie said.

"Yeah we all know", Mira replied. I was silent the whole time because I know my turn is going to come.

"You've been awfully quiet Melover. Whom do you have a crush on?" Runo asked me.

"Well the-there is something I got to tell you guys" I said nervously.

"What?", they all asked at the same time.

"Ummm… I'm in an arranged marriage"

They gasped. "What?!" Julie asked shocked. The others were still stunned to say a word.

"My parents believe arranged marriages are better. And the guy I'm going to marry is my childhood friend"

"So that ring on your finger is the-" I cut her short and said.

"The engagement ring".

"So what's his name?" Julie asked me.

"Alex".

Flashback

6 months ago

"Com'on honey" my mom shouted from the living room. "Alexander and his parents will be here any second"

"Okay mom just a minute"

Alex Hiyama was my childhood friend, until he moved to Canada for some reason.. Now he is my fiancé. My parents put me in an arranged marriage with him because we used to get along very well together when we were young. Even though he is 18 years old, we were really good friends. Today is the first time I've seen him in eight years. I stood in front of the mirror for the last time. I was wearing a yellow dress with yellow ballet flats and my hair was in a romantic low bun with my loose hairs framing my face.

"So how do I look, Whitney?" Whitney is my white, 9-year-old female cat. I accessorized her with a red ribbon around her neck. Since she is going to come down to the salon with me, she has to look nice.

She just meowed as a response. And I giggled. I was happy, nervous, and worried. Then the doorbell rang. My mom opened the door. And there they were, Alex and his parents. My cat and I were watching everything from my bedroom door. My dad came out of the kitchen and hand-shook Alex's dad's hand. They were really good friends. So were Alex's mom and my mom. My parents called for me from downstairs to come meet Alex for the first time. I took a deep breath, came out of my room, down the stairs with my cat beside me, and into the salon. I entered the salon with my head casted down. As I looked up I saw my parents smiling proudly and so was his parents. Alex and I sat in a different room in the house; catching up. He told me he was going to be a dentist. The meeting went on great.

And then they left.

End of Flashback

"So that's what happened" I said to my friends who were listening to my story with full attention.

"I'm sorry I kept it away from you all" I apologized.

"It's okay. Well it's getting late we should go to sleep now".

"Goodnight everyone" I said.

"Goodnight".

I lifted something off of my chest. Now it's time to convince Alice that Shun is not the ideal guy for her. She is my best friend; I can't let her commit this mistake. And I fell into a restful sleep.

My first story! Yay. Sorry for the grammatical and spelling mistakes bcz i'm still working on it. So Read & Review