Lolita

"Lolita?" Alexiel gave me a weird look.

"Yeah?"

"Do you?"

"Ah… uhm, yeah. Kind of." I said carefully, looking at Alexander. They didn't say a word, just stared at me, I guess they expected me to tell them from where. "Uh, we met when we were younger." There was no point in lying at this point.

"Oh, that's cool. So why does the atmosphere feel so tense? I feel there's something you're not telling us guys." She said. "Alexander honey, what's wrong?" she grabbed his arm and batted her eyelashes at him.

I turned away. I felt as if my heart had been pierced by an arrow. Was a jealous? No… I couldn't be. I had no reason to be jealous, I probably only confused liking him and feeling bad for causing him trouble. Yeah, that had to be it! Content, that I had nothing to be worried about, I quickly cheered up.

"Nothing is wrong, of course." He said with a distant look.

"But-"

"Don't worry about it Alexiel! I was just mad that Alexander hadn't told me about you sooner! After all, he's been my friend for years. But it's okay, I forgive him." I said with a smile.

"Why didn't you ever tell us about him Lolita?" Heather asked.

"Well, I only met you guys up until last year, and I hadn't seen him since elementary so I guess it just never came up." I shrugged.

We chatted for the rest of the hour, and we actually had a fun time. The conversation seemed so normal, as if Alexander had always been there with us. It was a bit odd, but I was glad we wouldn't have to deal with all the tension.

"Next time bring along Lysander and Michael, okay?" Alexiel said with a wink as we went our separate ways.

As soon as I got back to my room I called Lysander.

"Yello?" He answered cheerily.

"Yello? Are you really answering the phone like- wait that's beside the point! Dude, were married! Damn, wait, I mean engaged." I was overwhelmed by the different emotions I was feeling and couldn't quite concentrate on anything.

"What? What, are you talking about?"

"I met up with some friends, and uh one of them was like oh yeah I have a fiancé blah blah blah and then like it turned out it was Alexander and he was all like 'you and Lysander are engaged har har har'and like yeah…"

"Lolita, you have to chill. Anyway, why didn't anyone tell us?"

"I don't know! I cant believe mom wouldn't even mention it. Ugh but, what are we going to do about this?"

"Im not sure, I don't think our families would take no for an answer."

"Yeah.. hey ill talk to you later alright? I think I'm going to rest for a bit."

"Okay, don't stress too much about it."

I hung up and threw myself onto the bed. I was tired of all this. I wish I didn't have to marry in the first place. I didn't think about it, I was afraid of what I might find in the depths of my thoughts. Even though it was only 4 pm I managed to sleep until noon the next day, and even then I only woke up because of my cell phone's annoying ringtone.

Alexander

I walked Alexiel to her dorm and headed for Claude's room. It took him a while, but eventually he answered the door. He was wearing nothing but boxers and his room was dark except for the glow of the television.

"Were you expecting Charlotte?" I asked with a smile.

"I could only wish!" He responded dramatically. "What brings you here, Alex? Girls?"

"A bit. It's funny, Lolita happens to be Alexiel's best friend. I saw her yesturday."

"Earlier then 6 pm? You guys rise too early. So then you're in love with your fiancés best friend? Smooth cousin."

"How did this happen?" I sighed.

"Well, maybe if you weren't so confident when you first saw her after, what? 2 years?"

"How was I suppose to know her memory was gone?"

"Good point. Why don't you just call her and talk this over?"

"Ew, talking. So… girly."

He laughed and threw me my phone. "Be a man." I sighed and called her outside his room.

As it was ringing I heard a cell phone go off right when I had dialed her. I Listened closely and realized it was coming from the room next door. I listened for a while. Soon the ringing had stopped, right when she had answered me. Jackpot!

"Hello?" she answered still half asleep.

"We need to talk." I wasn't in the mood to beat around the bush.

"Yeah we do." She paused. "Wait… who is this?"

I laughed. She really had not changed in two years. "Alexander."

"Oh! Yeah, then we do."

"Okay I'll be over in 5."

I knocked on the door immediately.

She opened it with a shocked face.

"Wha- how did- ah, whatever." She said defeated.

I smiled at her silliness. "Cute."

She blushed and frowned. "So, best friend's fiancé. When did this happen?"

"Right after you started hanging out with Mr. Human, fiancé's best friend." I responded with accusation in my tone.

She sighed. "Just because I was with him, doesn't mean I like him. I was just… lonely-ish." She said uncertain.

"you don't like him?" she shook her head.

"Dang... Then why are you engaged to him?"

"How am I suppose to know ! I barely found out I was engaged to the guy! I thought my fiancé picking deadline had passed anyway."

"True…" I sighed. "So you like me right?" I said with a smirk.

She blushed again and turned away. "Really? That's your conclusion? 'oh she doesn't like Lysander so she must like me.'?"

"Yup. Am I wrong?" I said confidently, with an arm around her waist. Then again... confidence is what got me here in the first place.

She looked at me with sincere brown eyes. "I-" she was interrupted by the sound of knocking. We looked at each other, unsure of what to do. Quickly, she sat down in a chair in front of her computer and started playing a game in order to look distracted and I sat in front of her mirror and picked up the first thing I saw, a bottle of perfume. She glanced quickly at me, gave me a "what the heck are you doing" look and said "Come in" loudly enough for the person outside to hear. Alexiel walked in but stopped when she saw me.

"What are you doing here Alexander?" She said suspiciously.

"Catching up, its been years since ive talked to Lolita." I said with a shrug.

"Oh. Okay!" She dismissed whatever thoughts she had. "Lolita, ignoring Alexander while catching up is a little rude don't you think?"

She sighed dramatically. "Fine. Gosh." She closed the laptop and turned around. "What's up Alexiel?"

"I just wanted to see which classes we would have together this year." Alexiel showed her list of classes to Lolita.

"We have exactly no classes together."

"Eh! But how?"

"All my classes are advanced."

"Well, I guess that makes sense. What about you Alexander?" She took the note from Lolita and offered it to me with an excited smile. With just one glance at the paper I knew we didn't have any classes together either.

"We don't have any together either, sorry."

"Am I really that bad at school?" She grabbed my hand in hers and kissed it. "Don't worry my love, I will study my head of this semester so we can be in the same classes next semester!" She ran out the door saying, "Goodbye! I must get to studying!"

Alexiel had left her class schedule here. Lolita looked at the door with a blank expression. After a while she turned to me. "You should probably get that back to her." She said with the same expression.

"I can do that later." I got off the chair and laid down on her bed instead.

"If you wont do it, then I will. Hand it over." She reached for the paper.

"No." If she wanted it, she would have to fight for it.

"Alexander." She rolled her eyes.

"Nu uh." I shook my head and turned my back to her.

"Your kidding right?" She tried to sound like she disapproved of my behavior but I could hear the smile in her voice. She tried to pull at my arm with all her strength and it was so ineffective that it was hilarious. She tried again, this time placing her foot on my back, as if it would help. "Stop laughing and give this to me!"

I got a hold of her arms and I easily pinned her to the bed. "Do you still want it? We could stay like this you know." My heartbeat was racing, I was more nervous then I let on. A lot more. I rested my ear on her chest just so I could hear her heart. Luckily, it was just as fast as mine. When I looked at her, she had a troubled look. "I may be engaged to her Lolita, but you will always be the one I love." That was the farthest thing from a lie I had ever told. She smiled, a small sweet smile. I couldn't do anything except kiss her, and she kissed me back. Soft, warm lips that for as long as I lived, would never kiss anyone else but me.

I wasn't sure how much time had passed and I honestly didn't really care. I was just glad I was here with her, and you know kissing her. The only thing that stopped us was when the door banged open, otherwise we probably could have continued for a while longer, but that really wasn't the point. Alexiel walked in carelessly, that is until she was able to take in the scene. Once she did, her eyes started getting teary and she ran out of the room.