it's 6:30pm and i'm just about to head up back into the apartment after seeing my dad and staying out for the rest of the day. i left things kinda badly before with cari and i didn't mean too, she was only concerned and i snapped at her.
i exit the elevator and unlock the front door stepping inside, seeing megan and alex sat on the sofa. they both turn around and look at me, alex sending me a smile. "hey how did it go?" she asks, pausing the movie they have on the tv. "it surprisingly went really well actually, i didn't know really what to expect by it but as soon as he knew it was me he started crying and apologising to me" i explain to them as i sit down on the rug and untie the laces of my converse.
"that's amazing girl, did you find out when he gets out?" megan asks. "in 7 days" i tell them both and they both look so happy for me. alex looks away spotting her best friend walking down the hallway, dressed in an orange dead with a leather jacket over the top and some knees high black boots.
"do i look ok?" she asks, adjusting herself to make sure her boobs don't come on show. "you look amazing!" alex tells her.
"where you going?" i question, admiring her figure in the dress she's wearing. "i'm actually going on a date" she tells me.
i nod slowly, "oh...oh cool. well i hope you have fun" i say unsurely. she smiles and looks down at her feet, "thanks, can i borrow you for a second actually?" she asks and i hesitantly nod. i follow her down the hall into her bedroom as she shuts the door behind us.
"hey look i'm sorry about earlier, it wasn't fair of me to snap at you like that when you were just looking out for me" i explain to her, cutting her off before she has the chance to speak. she shakes her head and smiles a little bit.
"it's ok, i get it. i think i have been a little too full on with you but like i said before, i do think i'm starting to have slight feelings for you, which is why i care too much and why our little make out sessions weren't just nothing to me. but i agree that i do need to back off a little bit, we've barely known each other longer than a week. so i've decided to go and get to know some other people and go on some dates so i can get out of your hair" cari tells me, sitting down on the edge of her bed.
"i don't want you to think i don't care about you and don't like you, because i do. i just don't think that anything could go any further between us. i know you've had your heart broken one too many times and i don't want to be the person to do that to you again" i explain to her, she grins and looks down at the floor, laughing to herself about something.
"all i know is that, you are extremely good looking and your a cool person. i actually find it difficult staying away from you when i'm sober, so when i'm drunk it's almost impossible. i would've loved to get to know you that little bit more but you don't want that and that's completely understandable" she says to me, standing up and walking over.
"so who's this person your going on a date with then?" i ask curiously.
she grins, "jealous?" she asks me. i punch her in the arm gently, "no i'm not jealous" i say, but i think we both knew that it was a complete lie. "i'm kidding, anyway i do need to get going" she tells me.
i nod and step out of her way, but instead of walking past me she wraps her arms around me tightly and hugs me. i hold onto her waist, my face buried in her hair. she pulls away and we both walk back into the living room together. i squeeze on the sofa between megan and alex, getting under their blanket.
"see you guys later" cari says, opening the front door. "stay safe car" alex says just as she disappeared from our eyesight.
"wanna go out?" megan asks, looking at us both and raising her eyebrows. we all glance at each other and instantly grin. "let's do it" we all say.
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