If I Remember You

24

Isabel

"SHE HAS A BOYFRIEND!" He exclaimed pacing back and forth by a water fountain in one of the  campus buildings.

"A FREAKING BOYFRIEND" He says again in disbelief visibly pissed off as I sat quietly letting him vent out his frustration.

"Well its been close to a year since you last saw her. What did you expect? That she'd be waiting for you even though she doesn't remember anything about you" I tell him truthfully as he frown at my words.

"And when you did see her, you asked her for coffee and left" I added quickly as he gives me an 'are you kidding me?' look.

"Right. I forgot. Boundaries" I tell him lifting my hands up in the air remembering our fight back in the restaurant. "I'll shut up" I assured him looking up at his broad figure before something behind him caught my attention.

"Oh. My. God" An all to familiar voice expressed dramatically walking quicker our way. Peter was blocking her way so she shoved him aside unapologetically.

"Bel. You absolute bitch!" She exclaims as she tackles me into a tight embrace. "I can't believe you didn't tell me you would be visiting!!!" She adds as she squeals pulling away to look at my face before hugging me again.

"Davina" I greeted hugging her back as Peter eyes widen in realization. He mouthed her name pointing at her and I rolled my eyes waving a hand signaling him to shut up.

"So you're Davina?" Peter greeted as she looks over her shoulder towards him. She eyes him from head to toe before looking at me.

"Who's this?" She asks pointing him. "I'm Peter" He said extending his hand out for her. "Davina Cortez" She replies shaking his hand out of politeness.

"You finally got a boyfriend" Davina tells me visibly impressed. "Not bad for your first relationship" She adds winking at me as I groaned in embarrassment.

"Davina" I scolded as she laughs. "What? It's true. I wished my first boyfriend was half as sexy as this eye candy" She says bluntly as I sigh defeatedly.

"First boyfriend huh?" Peter teases me as I roll my eyes at him while Davina just observed our interaction cluelessly.

"Shut up Peter!" I countered smacking his arm as he laughs at the revelation.

"Oh shit. It was a secret?" Davina added as I glared at her.

"Well I don't typically go around sharing that information Dav" I sassed back as she smiled apologetically.

"Sorry Bel. I luv you" She said sweetly as she wraps her arms around me to comfort me.

" You have class now?" I asked her changing the topic at hand. "No. I'm done for the day. Just in time for our special guest speaker too" She adds poking my sides teasingly.

"Stop. Stop. Stop" I giggled as she tickled me and I desperately smacked her hands away.

"I can't believe my long time high school bestie is now a guest speaker at my university. Oh how time flies. So freaking proud you!!" She admires in pride as she pulls me close, kissing my forehead tenderly as an overly proud older sister would do.

She was a lot taller than me too, so not fair.

"Stoooop" I whined pulling out of her hold.

"I'm allowed to be affectionate after not seeing you for over 3 years" She demands pulling me back I groan.

"I went Oxford University. Sue me Davina Cortez" I teased as she chuckles down at me.

"You know I can't afford to sue you" She sasses back making me laugh at her sharpness.

"So you two love-birds hungry? Cuz I'm starving from absorbing all this wisdom" Davina jokes looking back Peter as he chuckles.

"I'm down for some food" He agrees as I nodded in agreement.

"Well let's go" I announced as Peter grabs my bag and hands it to me.

"Are their dinning quarters any good?" Peter perked curiously as I looked at Davina with the same question.

"It's pretty decent." She says truthfully as I come to stand in between Peter and my best friend.

"You're biased. School pride or whatever. We will be the judge" I emphasized as I point between Peter and I.

"That's not fair. You two are a team. You'll back each other up" She counters as I scoff.

"No. That's not how we work. If your food sucks I'll tell you. And if it's amazing, I'll glorify it too" I tell her as she rolls her eyes.

"You'll never want to leave" Davina declares as we enter the dinning building.

"Wow" Peter and I muttered under our breath at the structure.

"I give it a 8.5 on presentation" I tell Davina as Peter nodded. "I'll give a 12" He emphasized as Davina laughs.

"His scale is skewed cuz he's never been to college. So, don't get too cocky" I teased her as she grins at me.

"Or maybe M.I. T is better than Oxford" She challenges.

"Never" I concluded with an innocent smile.

We managed to pinpoint Ned and MJ in a nearby table and Ezekiel ended up calling us over so we could share a table.

"How's the tour going?" Ezekiel asked as we sat down at the corner of the table.

"She's doing amazing. Best tour guide" Peter replied giving me a teasing smile as I rolled my eyes at him.

We sat by a water fountain for 2 hours. And did nothing else.

"What's your favorite thing so far?" MJ asked him as he meets her gaze. "Here" He points as everyone laughs.

"Dude. You're funny. I like you" Ned speaks up for the very first time.

"Thanks dude. I'm Peter" Peter tells him with a small smile. "Ned" His friend replied with a smile of his own.

"And this is my girlfriend Betty" He adds wrapping his arm around a short blonde girl mumbling into MJ's ear.

"So I'm the only single person in this table? Unbelievable" Davina groans with a pout.

"That's because you reject every guy that comes up to you" MJ teased with a playful grin as I look back at my friend.

"Not like you do any better Miche" Davina sasses back smirking at her.

"I have a boyfriend" She points out grabbing Ezekiel's hand for emphasizes. I could feel Peter's body tense beside me and I squeeze his hand for support.

He sighs sadly but squeezes it back, silently thanking me.

No matter how hard I try, I couldn't stay mad at Peter forever.

He's my friend. And I have to be there for him.

Even if he is a little bitch sometimes.

Now, how the hell am I suppose to bring this trio back together with this new dumbass coming to ruin everything???!!!

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