ariana's pov
"He's a great guy, you'll have so much fun!" Miley raved, following me around my kitchen while I tried to escape her constant pushing, filling up our champagne glasses in the process. We were having a girls night, Vic, Courtney, Miley and Liz were over, and somehow we'd gotten onto the topic of my love life, like usual, and of course Miley had been the first to say had the perfect guy to set me up with.
"I already told you I'm not going." I sighed, moving away once again to sit down on the couch beside Court.
"Come onnn dude. You need to leave your house."
"I don't actually i'm quite fine." I retorted back, and I could tell everyone could tell I was getting annoyed.
"Okay let's just drop it for now." Court shot in, motioning for Miley to stop pushing this.
"I'm just trying to help get you out of this loop you're in." She said under her breath. I looked up at Liz, Vic and Court before raising an eyebrow towards Miley.
"What loop?" I asked somewhat as a retort.
"Getting up at 11, having lunch, watching tv and then going back to bed." I scoffed at her assumption.
"Well this night doesn't seem to follow my so-called loop." I shot back.
"Ari in her defense we did have to really push you into letting us come over." Vic replied in a high pitched tone, as if she knew she was walking on thin ice with me right now.
"Oh my god what is with all the dumping on me right now?"
"Ariana you're depressed. You've been depressed for almost a year-"
"Holy fuck is this some sort of intervention to you guys?" I loudly asked, my eyes bulging in the process, breathing out in attempt to calm down. They went quiet, answering my question without me having to wait for an actual response.
"Right okay." I chuckled, standing up from me seat to walk into the kitchen, knowing they were looking at one another as i grabbed the bottle of champagne and began to make my way up to my room, before the door bell rang.
"You've got to be kidding me." I stopped, turning to look at my friends who look scarcely back at me. I made my way back down the stairs, walking towards the door, not bothering to see who it was before i swung it open. There stood a tall brown haired man, brown eyes and a smile as he looked up at me.
"Wow it looks like a party." He chuckled, referring to the champagne bottle still clutched tightly in my hand.
"I'm sorry who are you?" I laughed, the iciness of my voice cutting through with every word I spoke.
"Sorry i'm Dalton...Miley's friend." I turned back to look at the group of people who still sat on my couches. Teeth clenched as they waited for me to say something.
"I um invited him..." Miley kicked her feet up on my coffee table as she spoke, as if she'd just won the argument of a lifetime. Fantastic. I turned back to Dalton and met his eyes as he looked down and then back up, still smiling wide.
"Sorry I thought you knew." He mumbled and I nodded slowly. I couldn't turn him away now, I would feel too bad, but god i hated Miley for this.
"I um..I'm Ariana...and come on in I guess." I softly spoke, moving out of the way for him to walk into the house, closing the door behind him. We both walked back towards the group, while I took a large needed slug of champagne on the way, the girls still staring at my actions.
"Dalton this is Victoria, Courtney, Liz..and you know Miley."
"Hey i'm Dalton. " He waved, sitting down in a chair next to where i'd sat beside Court once again, and listened as they all said there hellos.
"So how do you two know each other?" Liz asked pointing whilst looking back and forth from Dalton to Miley.
"D's an old friend, helped me buy my house a while ago." Miley smiled, looking over at me while I rolled my eyes back to her.
"So you're in real estate?" Court asked, and he nodded.
"Yup sure am." He looked back over at me, and I knew he immediately could tell how annoyed i was, his smile fading slightly. I felt bad for making him feel like he was intruding, but I wasn't in the place to be talking or meeting anyone, I was really just banking on this being a girls night until Miley's comments ruined my mood.
"You want a drink?" I asked him.
"Sure, thanks." I stood up from me seat.
"Top up please." Court smiled, handing me her glass while I laughed back at my best friend.
"You want some help?" Dalton asked, and I looked at him softly for a second before nodding. He stood up with me whilst we both made our way into the kitchen.
"Hey Ariana i'm sorry to put you in an awkward position...Miley told me about you and then invited me..I thought you knew that all, i'm sorry if me showing up kinda ruined things." My heart immediately sank, i looked up to meet his eyes and for some reason looking in them made me feel like i'd known this man for a hundred years.
"No Dalton i'm sorry, i'm acting like a bitch-It's just Miley's been trying to set me up with guys for awhile and i'm just not in the place to be seeing anyone right now."
"I get it don't worry..friends?" He asked cutely, and i nodded.
"For sure."
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