After school I requested that Christian ride with me, inside the limo. Dimitri gave me a questioning look but solemnly nodded. As we climbed in Lissa and Christian were blushing scarlet.
"So, you want to tell me what's going on?" I asked
"Umm… Well…" Lissa stuttered
"You… you weren't supposed to…" Christian started
"I wasn't supposed to what? Figure it out? Go looking for you?"
"Umm, all of the above?" Lissa whispered
"Yeah, right!" I exclaimed sarcastically.
"We'll break it off if we absolutely have to…" suggested Christian
"We'll do what?" asked Lissa
"It would be right. I can't be distracted from my job." Lissa looked heartbroken after his last comment.
"You don't have to break it off." I finally said. "Just keep it to a minimum."
"Really?!"
"No, you guys have to actually break it off and never see each other, seeing as you're my best friend and he's my body guard." I replied sarcastically.
"OMG! Thank you so much!" Lissa reached over and gave my a hug.
"You're welcome. But not on the job, if you know what I mean."
Christian's 'who me?' look gave me the case of the giggles and they both stared at me like I was the craziest person alive. It eased a bit after we dropped Lissa off.
"Call me!" I yelled out the window
"Kay!"
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"Ring! Ring!" Finally! It had been 20 minutes since Lissa had said she would call me.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Rose, It's me."
"What's up?"
"Nothin' much."
"You know what?"
"What's there to know?"
"There is a party at Eddie's place."
"Cool, when?"
"Saturday."
"You going?"
"Why would I tell you if I weren't?"
"Yeah."
"It's a pool party."
"Sweet!"
"It starts at seven."
"I'll pick you up."
"It goes 'till eleven."
"cool"
"Don't forget your body guards."
"They won't dress in swim suits. You know that."
"Make it protocol."
"Dimitri will never go for it."
"Christian and Adrian will."
"You're right about that."
"You know they are only like twenty?"
"Seriously?"
"Yeah."\