"I Like You Too"

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Ally's POV

"Hey Lo, I'm leaving my house in a few" I spoke over the phone while putting my heels on, "me too, I'll meet you there okay? Drive safe babe" she ended the call after that. I grabbed my car keys and locked the door on my way out.

Lo and I were the only single ones in our friend group, everyone else had a significant other, which is why we agreed to go out every Monday night as friends. So that we wouldn't feel lonely. However, recently we've become a little more than that and I don't know if it's one sided but it was kind of obvious that our relationship wasn't platonic anymore. To be more specific, I'm not sure whether this is strictly us having fun as friends or if she caught feelings because i know I did.

Anyway.

Today we decided to go the grand opening of an art gallery in the city. Pulling down my skin tight black dress, I climbed into my car and turned on the radio as I backed out of my driveway.

Tapping my fingers along the beat of the song, I inspected my makeup in the rearview just to make sure that my eyeliner isn't smudged or my lipstick didn't need to be reapplied. I jumped in my seat when i heard a honk from the car behind mine and immediately started moving when I noticed that the light was, in fact, no longer red. "Fucking dick" I muttered under my breath as I steered the wheel. Not long after that i reached my destination and got out of the car to hand my keys to the valet.

I sent Lauren a text, informing her that I arrived. As if on cue, Lauren's car came into my view and i watched her walk towards me with a genuine smile on my face, some would say I was already smitten with love for her. I guess I had not realized it at the time. She greeting me with quick and light peck on my lips. "You look hot mamí" she whispered in my ear, making a tingle rise up my spine.

"Shall we?" She asked as she raised her hand for me to hold. "We shall" I was a warm blushing mess as I held her hand and started walking towards the doors. We were quiet  as we admired the beautiful modern interior of the building, we stood in the queue to show security our tickets. When it was our turn we both let go of each others hands to grab our phones and show them our tickets.

I missed the warmth of her hand as we walked through, I was too shy to initiate the gesture, instead I started fiddling with the bead strap on my phone. As if she could read my mind, Lauren hooked her arm around mine. She guided me through the gallery since she appreciates art more than I do and did her research before coming here. While she talked about the pieces I stared at her in admiration, she had this concentrated look on her face, figuring out different interpretations and perspectives. She looked beautiful and.. hot doing so. Every now and then she'd look at me with a certain expression that would almost make me squirm in desperation. I do not want to elaborate on that.

We only had 3 pieces left to visit when we heard a loud "Oh my God!" close to us. We both turned to look at the source but soon Lauren mirrored the woman's excited expression as she let go of my arm to hug her. I just stood there, dumbfounded. "It's been so long I missed your sexy ass" the unidentified woman said as she slowly pulled away from Lauren, though her hand was still on her arm and I absolutely did not appreciate that.

Yes Lauren and I aren't exactly dating but whatever we had going on counts so I kinda had the right to be jealous.

The woman was pretty, not hot n' spicy but just... pretty. She had shoulder length hair, brown eyes, and porcelain skin. Her features were as someone would describe soft?

"I missed you too, Lexi" Lauren chuckled. I cleared my throat when I realized that they were staring at each other for a little longer than a few seconds. "Oh uh by the way this is Ally my uh.. friend" Lauren muttered the last word.