"Honestly Bella!" mom complained holding up a huge packet of gummy bears.

I smirked instantly taking the gummy bears and opening a pack.

"That is what you get for ditching me with the shopping to go text your boyfriend, and who's the teenager in this family?" I joked "How's Phil anyway?"

"Oh! I forgot to tell you, Phil is going to be here at 6 until Monday isn't that great?" I have never seen her this excited in a while.

"That's awesome mom"

Something was on mom's mind, I could tell...

I sigh "what is it mom, just say it"

"Do you have any plans tonight? Because Phil and I need-"

"Okay" I interrupted "enough said mom"

Mom laughed, nothing was too much for her daughter to hear, and then my light bulb inside my head flicked on,

"As a matter of fact mom, you're in luck, I am going out tonight, with Jared"

"Really, that's good I'm happy for you honey! So, what are you going to wear?"

I hadn't really thought about it, but there wasn't really much of a choice to make, I mostly owned shirts and trousers along with one old skirt I got for my birthday a few months ago, which has never been worn but I didn't want to wear it because I didn't want to intimidate the boy so jeans and a top it would be.

"Well, casual clothes, you know jeans and a top" I explained.

"Jeans and a top really?" Mom didn't sound sure about my choice of clothing I wanted to wear tonight, which only meant she was thinking something different to me.

"Mom it is not a date, just two good friends going out"

"Okay okay, but if you want to borrow something from my wardrobe, then go ahead"
she was obviously implying the fact that I should wear something more girly and slightly attractive but I didn't need or want that sort of attention, especially from Jared.

It was 4.00pmand I was getting pretty bored, mom was too busy pampering herself so I went on my laptop to see who was online, and just as I suspected, Monique was on.

-Has an online conversation with Monique-

Bella: Hey M, how's the holiday?

Monique: Bella! You're online? That's surprising :P it's not really a holiday more like a working camp arg, I want to leave!

Bella: haha that's a shame

Monique: so, you got any plans for tonight without your best friend?

Bella: Yeah, I'm going out with Jared tonight :-/

Monique: really? I knew he had the hots for you!

Bella: what? He does?

Monique: You're saying you never noticed it? C'mon bells!

Bella: no he does not it's just two friends going out, why does everyone think it's a date!?

Monique: Really? I'm not the only one?

Bella: My mom thinks so too

Monique: I knew it!

Bella: you're both wrong

Monique and I have a really long conversation about my so-called date which turns into an argument, which I cannot deal with at the moment, eventually I win the argument so I decide I needed to come off the laptop now.

Strangely, only an hour had passed, time was dragging I just wanted to get this outing/date over with, which made me wonder where Jared was planning on taking me tonight, I hope it is nowhere fancy ugh, I hated surprises. I had the sudden urge to text Jared telling him not to wear a suit or some fancy tux but Jared seem too smart to do something so ridiculous, I hope.

I cleaned my room, twice and ironed my clothes, which was a hard decision to make because I didn't know if I should wear my 'I'm with stupid' shirt to point out we were just friends going out, but I thought it would be quite weird so I just ended up wearing a plain long sleeved shirt. I still had plenty of time left before he arrived so I moved onto the bathroom because I knew that it would be a mess since mom's been in there after her 'pampering session', and I was right.

I was proud at the cleanliness of the bathroom by the time I was done, a job well done.

The door bell rang.

Oh no! He was an hour early? I was not ready. I needed to put my clothes on and-
My mom screamed in excitement,

"Hey baby!" a dark manly voice said.

Phil.

It was not Jared just yet which was good.

I came downstairs to greet him

"Hey bells!"

"Hey Phil" he was pretty cool and respected my personal space, we would just knuckle touch and smile awkwardly, that was obviously my time to leave, so I jog back upstairs to get ready.

6.30pm – I was just fixing my wet damp hair when the bell rang for the second time tonight, a gush of excitement rushed through me as I ran down the stairs, obviously tripping and landing flat on the floor but nothing stopped me from feeling unhappy as I opened the door and looked at... a stranger?
He looked happy at my expression which made me look unhappy again, he wore a bright red shirt and old pair of jeans, I sigh when I realised what he was holding and who he was and walked back upstairs concentrating not to fall again, pretty annoyed.
"Mom, Phil, pizza's here"

I lie flat on my bed tired from all the running, looking blankly at my ceiling eventually resting my eyes.

The bell rings for the third time tonight now I knew exactly who it was, unless mom ordered nachos...
I was no longer excited.