Anna
"Hey, Anna! Wait up!" Salvador called to me as I tried to escape from school as soon as possible.
"Fine." I said, hitching up my backpack that was full with study books for my massive exam on Monday. A whole weekend to study…oh great…at least I had the movie to break it up.
"So, you going straight home?" Sal said when he caught up.
"Nah," I said, considering a slightly less boring afternoon than the one I had planned. "d'you want to come to the mall with me for a walk? Then we can cheak out the session time for tomorrow night."
Sal scrunched up his face in exaggerated thought. "Sure, why not? Onwards to the mall!" he started marching off and this time I had to run to catch up. It was so great to have so many different friends these days. I mean, I always had Sal, for ages, but Lizzy and Larrissa and Toby were also really good friends too.
"Ah," Salvador said as we walked into the mall. "Air-conditioned comfort. Aren't you glad we never have snow?"
"What's snow got to do with anything?" I giggled, sometimes Sal came up with the strangest things!
"Hey! There's Arieah!" I said, pointing over at the shop ahead. I was sure it was her, I mean, she's not that easy to confuse with someone else!
"Really? Introduce me, I haven't met her yet." Sal said
"Ok ok, Arieah!" I called to her. She looked around, confused. Then she spotted me.
"Hi Anna!" We walked hurriedly up to her.
"Whatcha doing this afternoon?" I asked, making Sal wait for his introduction.
"Just some idle shopping. Who's this?" She asked
"Oh, Arieah, this is Salvador. Sal, Arieah." I said.
"Hey Arieah," Jessica's voice came from inside the shop Arieah was looking in.
"Who'd you find?"
"Anna and Salvador." Jess came out to see.
"Ah, Anna and Sal-the-dork. What are you guys here for?"
"Just cheaking stuff out." I said, letting Sal calm down. He and Jess don't get along at all.
"See you guys later!" I said, making an exit.
Arieah
"ARGH!" I groaned loudly and fell into my bed. Well, it was more like 'my bed with my entire wardrobe all over it'. I looked up at the ceiling. Oh. My. God. I had exactly two hours until Blue was going to pick me up and I still didn't have an out fit to wear. "Why, why, why," I said to myself through gritted teeth "does this have to be so hard? I know what to wear on dates. But then again, this isn't a date date, it's a friend date. Why does it have to be a friend date?" I wacked my pillow. I sighed and sat up. I had to find something. Ok, I thought, pacing around my room, what would I wear if I was really going out, (I chucked all of those clothes back in the wardrobe). That didn't help. I still had almost a full bed of clothes.
I picked up a yellow top. "Nope. Too flashy. I'm supposed to be turning him off." I murmured to myself. Finally, I picked out my favourite outfit. Not point in looking like garbage when you could at least look ok I say! I put on my black leather knee length skirt and my silver sparkly singlet top with the slightly thicker straps. On with the silver square hoops, brush my hair down, put on some makeup, and there's an outfit for you.
"Arieah!" My mum's voice came up the stairway "Some one here for you!"
"Coming!" I called back, grabbing my handbag and purse. Carefully, I walked down stairs, trying to to kill myself in my heeled slides. Thankfully Blue and me got away before Mum could go into the whole "Aww, aren't they sweet?" thing. He even opened the door for me.
"Hey Arieah." Leaf said from the front seat.
"Hey." I replied, my heart beating. I hope I didn't say anything embarrassing, because I wasn't exactly too worried about making talk. Actually, I didn't even realize it when we pulled up at the mall. We walked up through the mall quickly, the cinemas were pretty busy, so we couldn't really talk that much cause we were pushing through people, but that was fine with me. The less small talk the better.
"There we go." Blue said as we slid into our seats and handed me the popcorn. I smiled at him, wishing that this was over with. Why did his eyes have to be so gorgeous? Would he just stop looking at me so I could stop these stupid butterflys? He was saying something wasn't he.
"Hmm?" I said, hoping he wasn't going to take me for an airhead.
"I said, have you played volleyball before?" he said grinning at me.
"Oh, umm, yeah I have…in Australia for awhile." I said. "What about you?"
"I've been playing for awhile," he said thinking thoughtfully "practically forever I think, Leaf taught me first."
"I love your names." I blurted out "I mean, Leaf, that's a pretty unusual name." I was totally blushing, this was not good!
"yeah I suppose…"Blue said and the lights began to dim. Thank god. At least now he couldn't see me looking like a beetroot. I couldn't say what the movie was like, I mean, I wasn't paying much attention. Just trying to figure out how to get through the rest of the 'date' without acting stupid. I sighed and lent back. God. It was freezing in there with that airconditioning on. They must have had it on 'Artic Ice' or something. Finally the movie was over and the lights came back on again.
"So," Blue said turning to me "do you want to grab something to eat? Or we can just go, if your having such a bad time. I'll just call Leaf."
This was so hard, he was being so sweet.
"Umm, could we get a coffee? I'm dying of thirst." I said hesitantly.
"Sure." He said and led the way to the coffee shop. We sat down and ordered. Nervously I drummed my fingers on the polished wood table top lightly.
"Wow, you sure are in need of that coffee." Blue commented
"Nah, not really," I replied, stopping my drumming "it's just a habit."
He smiled at me again. Would he ever stop doing that? It was making it very hard. I must have cringed, cause he looked at me concernedly
"Are you ok Arieah? You seem a little unhappy or something."
"I'm fine," I said "the movie was really good."
"I didn't really think so," he said frowning "it was too fake."
"Well, I wasn't really watching it," I said, deciding to tell the truth "but what I saw was ok."
"And what was that?"
"The start, and the credits."
He cracked up laughing at me. Well, this was better than just flat out lying, why not try and make this seem pleasant? We drank our coffee, well I drank my coffee and Blue drank his milkshake and then he rang Leaf to come and get us.
I shivered. We were standing outside the mall and a cold breeze was blowing, I instantly wished I had worn a jacket with my outfit. I lent up against the brick wall.
"How longs it going to be before Leaf gets here?" I asked.
"Are you having that badder time that you just want to go home?" Blue asked, standing infront of me.
"No, I'm not, you're a great guy…" I said trailing off because he was looking deep into my eyes. I thought I was going to faint.
"And you're a great girl." He said, leaning closer to me. Everything was happening in slow motion, his face was moving closer inch by inch. Then it happened. One of the best moments in my life. He finally kissed me. He drew away.
"Thank you." I said instantly, and felt my cheeks blush. What a stupid thing to say.
"That's ok." Blue said softly, moving in for another kiss. This time I kissed back.
"Thank you." He said and luckily Leaf pulled up right at that second. I have no idea what I would have said if he hadn't. Oh my god. I totally stuffed up. I was ment to be going out as a friend. That job description didn't have kissing in it, argh, I had made a massive mess. How could I face Lizzy now?
A/N Ok, this isn't the ending of the story…just where I've gotten up to so far…there's a dance to come, with some interesting couples…just to try and keep ya's all interested! Read and Review guys and gals! It's fun, believe me it is!
~Katie
"Hey, Anna! Wait up!" Salvador called to me as I tried to escape from school as soon as possible.
"Fine." I said, hitching up my backpack that was full with study books for my massive exam on Monday. A whole weekend to study…oh great…at least I had the movie to break it up.
"So, you going straight home?" Sal said when he caught up.
"Nah," I said, considering a slightly less boring afternoon than the one I had planned. "d'you want to come to the mall with me for a walk? Then we can cheak out the session time for tomorrow night."
Sal scrunched up his face in exaggerated thought. "Sure, why not? Onwards to the mall!" he started marching off and this time I had to run to catch up. It was so great to have so many different friends these days. I mean, I always had Sal, for ages, but Lizzy and Larrissa and Toby were also really good friends too.
"Ah," Salvador said as we walked into the mall. "Air-conditioned comfort. Aren't you glad we never have snow?"
"What's snow got to do with anything?" I giggled, sometimes Sal came up with the strangest things!
"Hey! There's Arieah!" I said, pointing over at the shop ahead. I was sure it was her, I mean, she's not that easy to confuse with someone else!
"Really? Introduce me, I haven't met her yet." Sal said
"Ok ok, Arieah!" I called to her. She looked around, confused. Then she spotted me.
"Hi Anna!" We walked hurriedly up to her.
"Whatcha doing this afternoon?" I asked, making Sal wait for his introduction.
"Just some idle shopping. Who's this?" She asked
"Oh, Arieah, this is Salvador. Sal, Arieah." I said.
"Hey Arieah," Jessica's voice came from inside the shop Arieah was looking in.
"Who'd you find?"
"Anna and Salvador." Jess came out to see.
"Ah, Anna and Sal-the-dork. What are you guys here for?"
"Just cheaking stuff out." I said, letting Sal calm down. He and Jess don't get along at all.
"See you guys later!" I said, making an exit.
Arieah
"ARGH!" I groaned loudly and fell into my bed. Well, it was more like 'my bed with my entire wardrobe all over it'. I looked up at the ceiling. Oh. My. God. I had exactly two hours until Blue was going to pick me up and I still didn't have an out fit to wear. "Why, why, why," I said to myself through gritted teeth "does this have to be so hard? I know what to wear on dates. But then again, this isn't a date date, it's a friend date. Why does it have to be a friend date?" I wacked my pillow. I sighed and sat up. I had to find something. Ok, I thought, pacing around my room, what would I wear if I was really going out, (I chucked all of those clothes back in the wardrobe). That didn't help. I still had almost a full bed of clothes.
I picked up a yellow top. "Nope. Too flashy. I'm supposed to be turning him off." I murmured to myself. Finally, I picked out my favourite outfit. Not point in looking like garbage when you could at least look ok I say! I put on my black leather knee length skirt and my silver sparkly singlet top with the slightly thicker straps. On with the silver square hoops, brush my hair down, put on some makeup, and there's an outfit for you.
"Arieah!" My mum's voice came up the stairway "Some one here for you!"
"Coming!" I called back, grabbing my handbag and purse. Carefully, I walked down stairs, trying to to kill myself in my heeled slides. Thankfully Blue and me got away before Mum could go into the whole "Aww, aren't they sweet?" thing. He even opened the door for me.
"Hey Arieah." Leaf said from the front seat.
"Hey." I replied, my heart beating. I hope I didn't say anything embarrassing, because I wasn't exactly too worried about making talk. Actually, I didn't even realize it when we pulled up at the mall. We walked up through the mall quickly, the cinemas were pretty busy, so we couldn't really talk that much cause we were pushing through people, but that was fine with me. The less small talk the better.
"There we go." Blue said as we slid into our seats and handed me the popcorn. I smiled at him, wishing that this was over with. Why did his eyes have to be so gorgeous? Would he just stop looking at me so I could stop these stupid butterflys? He was saying something wasn't he.
"Hmm?" I said, hoping he wasn't going to take me for an airhead.
"I said, have you played volleyball before?" he said grinning at me.
"Oh, umm, yeah I have…in Australia for awhile." I said. "What about you?"
"I've been playing for awhile," he said thinking thoughtfully "practically forever I think, Leaf taught me first."
"I love your names." I blurted out "I mean, Leaf, that's a pretty unusual name." I was totally blushing, this was not good!
"yeah I suppose…"Blue said and the lights began to dim. Thank god. At least now he couldn't see me looking like a beetroot. I couldn't say what the movie was like, I mean, I wasn't paying much attention. Just trying to figure out how to get through the rest of the 'date' without acting stupid. I sighed and lent back. God. It was freezing in there with that airconditioning on. They must have had it on 'Artic Ice' or something. Finally the movie was over and the lights came back on again.
"So," Blue said turning to me "do you want to grab something to eat? Or we can just go, if your having such a bad time. I'll just call Leaf."
This was so hard, he was being so sweet.
"Umm, could we get a coffee? I'm dying of thirst." I said hesitantly.
"Sure." He said and led the way to the coffee shop. We sat down and ordered. Nervously I drummed my fingers on the polished wood table top lightly.
"Wow, you sure are in need of that coffee." Blue commented
"Nah, not really," I replied, stopping my drumming "it's just a habit."
He smiled at me again. Would he ever stop doing that? It was making it very hard. I must have cringed, cause he looked at me concernedly
"Are you ok Arieah? You seem a little unhappy or something."
"I'm fine," I said "the movie was really good."
"I didn't really think so," he said frowning "it was too fake."
"Well, I wasn't really watching it," I said, deciding to tell the truth "but what I saw was ok."
"And what was that?"
"The start, and the credits."
He cracked up laughing at me. Well, this was better than just flat out lying, why not try and make this seem pleasant? We drank our coffee, well I drank my coffee and Blue drank his milkshake and then he rang Leaf to come and get us.
I shivered. We were standing outside the mall and a cold breeze was blowing, I instantly wished I had worn a jacket with my outfit. I lent up against the brick wall.
"How longs it going to be before Leaf gets here?" I asked.
"Are you having that badder time that you just want to go home?" Blue asked, standing infront of me.
"No, I'm not, you're a great guy…" I said trailing off because he was looking deep into my eyes. I thought I was going to faint.
"And you're a great girl." He said, leaning closer to me. Everything was happening in slow motion, his face was moving closer inch by inch. Then it happened. One of the best moments in my life. He finally kissed me. He drew away.
"Thank you." I said instantly, and felt my cheeks blush. What a stupid thing to say.
"That's ok." Blue said softly, moving in for another kiss. This time I kissed back.
"Thank you." He said and luckily Leaf pulled up right at that second. I have no idea what I would have said if he hadn't. Oh my god. I totally stuffed up. I was ment to be going out as a friend. That job description didn't have kissing in it, argh, I had made a massive mess. How could I face Lizzy now?
A/N Ok, this isn't the ending of the story…just where I've gotten up to so far…there's a dance to come, with some interesting couples…just to try and keep ya's all interested! Read and Review guys and gals! It's fun, believe me it is!
~Katie