Kitty woke up the next day feeling content. She had felt like that since she walked home after the moment she had shared with Marley the day before, and at least she had her number now. Which reminded her. If she wanted to win Marley's heart, she had to start with little things, so she took her phone and texted her.

•Good Morning. Hope you had a good sleep. 3 •

She thought if the heart was too much. Nah. She stood up and went to the bathroom to take a shower. When she came out she checked her phone to see if she had any messages. She smiled when she saw that Marley had texted her back.

•Good morning to you too. And yes I slept really well :) •

Kitty went to the kitchen and started to make breakfast for her and her grandma. She had just finished when her grandmother walked in.

"Hello Kitten. How did you slept?" Her grandma asked, smiling at her.

Kitty handed her the plate with the breakfast and smiled at her. "Really good." She answered happily. She sat down on the table and started eating her food.

"It looks like you are really in a good mood." Her grandmother laughed.

Kitty nodded. "I am."

"Does this have to do with the girl you like?" Her grandmother asked, smirking slightly.

Kitty blushed and looked down. "Yes, I talked to her yesterday and I would say I made a little progress."

"Wonderful. You know, you should ask her for lunch." The old woman suggested.

"That's a great idea." Kitty said. She took out her phone and texted Marley.

•Hey, do you wanna have lunch today? If you're not doing anything that is. •

Kitty waited patiently for a reply. She finished her breakfast and helped her grandmother to wash the dishes. She went to her room and decided to call her friend Madison. She dialed and waited for her friend to answer.

"Hello?" Her voice sounded on the other end of the line.

"Hey Mads, it's Kitty."

"Kitty? Oh my god! It's been ages since you called, I thought you had been kidnapped or something." Her friend said loudly.

Kitty laughed at her friend. "No, don't worry I've just been busy this days."

"Doing what? Shopping?" Her friend asked playfully.

"No, nothing like that. I ran into an old friend."

"Oh. And who's this mysterious friend that's keeping you from calling your actual best friends?"

"She was actually one of my friends before you came." Kitty said.

"Right. The ones who left you alone because of Sue? I thought you kept in touch with all of them."

"Yes, but this girl was the only one who went MIA on all of us."

"Oh, I remember you talking about her. Maria? Marla?" At least she didn't told Madison about the crush she had on her.

"Marley." Kitty stated.

"Yeah. That's the one. She was your best friend, right?" Madison said.

"Yes."

"Well, it's great that you find her, isn't it?"

"Kind of, I mean, she wasn't actually expecting me to be there and our first conversation was a little awkward."

"And now you are talking to her more?"

"Yes. Sort of. I spent the whole week trying to find her after she left without giving me anything to contact her and then yesterday I found her sitting on a bench in the park so I went to talk to her and before she left I made sure she gave me her number."

"Wow. So much trouble for a girl, don't you think Kitty Cat?"

Kitty let out a sigh, she dropped her head on her pillow. "I know Mads. I just wanted to be her friend again."

"But you want to be more." Madison said knowingly.

Kitty sat down with wide eyes. "What?"

Madison scoffed. "Come on. I may have not remembered her name but I do remember the way your face would light up when someone mentioned her. I've never met her but I knew you liked her."

Kitty stayed silent for a few seconds. "Fine. You're right. I liked her since we were in sophomore year." She admitted.

"Why didn't you told us before? We would have understood, you know. It's not a bad thing."

"I didn't saw a point in telling you. She was already gone and I didn't knew if I would ever see her again."

"Well, now that you saw her again, you better make something about your feelings because for you not being able to forget about her in five years that means you have very strong feelings for her."

"Yes. I'm trying." Kitty let out a sigh as she fell into the pillow again. "It's not going to be that complicated though." She murmured hoping her friend didn't heard her.

"What was that?"

Kitty panicked. "Nothing." She said too fast.

"No, I heard that. Something happened right? Just tell me come on. Or don't you trust me anymore?" She could hear the sad voice of her friend.

"No, I do trust you." She made a pause before speaking again. "When I found her yesterday, we shared a moment."

"A moment? That's all you're gonna say?"

"We almost kissed." She said slowly.

"Almost? You didn't? Why not?" Madison questioned her.

"We got interrupted by her phone ringing."

"Wait. That means she also wanted to kiss you because of her phone hasn't rang you would have kissed. Which means that she likes you!"

"I haven't think about that, maybe you're right." Of course Kitty wasn't getting her hopes up. She assumed it was just in the heat of the moment.

"Of course I'm right. But anyways, I have to leave you because Jane and I are going to the mall."

"That's fine. Have fun, and say hi to her from me."

"Will do. Bye." She hang up and stood up. She looked at her phone and saw that she had been talking with Madison for an hour. She decided to check her messages to see if Marley had replied. Yes, she did.

•Yes. That sounds great. Where and what time?•

Kitty smiled widely. And quickly typed an answer.

•There's a coffee shop near the park we met yesterday if that sounds good to you.•

Marley answered almost instantly.

•I like that place. Meet you in twenty?•

Kitty agreed and got ready to leave. The coffee shop was a five minute walk from her grandmother's house so she had some spare time. She walked downstairs and to the living room where her grandmother was reading a book.

"So, Marley agreed to have lunch and we're gonna meet in twenty minutes." Kitty informed her.

The older woman smiled at her. "I'm glad. Have fun, Kitten."

Kitty walked out the door and made her way to the coffee shop. She knew she was way earlier but she figured she could think of topics to talk to Marley so that their meeting wouldn't be awkward. She sat at a table next to the window in the far end of the place and waited.

A waiter came to her and asked her what she was going to order. "I'm waiting for someone." She answered.

And she waited patiently for ten minutes.