My best stranger

Ate_in

I look at my phone for like the bazillionth time hoping that she has called back and maybe I didn't hear it, or if she sent a text or at least marked my message as read.
It has been two weeks since the best night of my life and apparently I've had the worst two weeks of my life. She hasn't called or picked my calls, hasn't texted or replied my text. Is she actually pregnant and doesn't want to tell me.

"What's going on"
I hear Lucas ask from behind me and hands me a bottle of beer.
"She still hasn't called"
"Just forget it. Guess she didn't see you that way then"
"What do you mean she didn't see me that way, I'm not listening to you. I'll send another voice mail" I reply Lucas and give him a death glare before leaving the living room and going to the corridor.

"Hey, Erica. It's me, Noah obviously. I don't know what I did wrong and why your ghosting me, but if you are pregnant I promise you I'll support the child okay?"

I rake my fingers through my hair and feel the urge to hit something. I fist my palms and walk back to the living room.

"Want to go out?"  Lucas asks

"No"

"To get your mind off that chick, you don't look good"

"I'm aware. But I'd rather not be around people"

"Come on. Watch a movie, meet new people"

I find it pointless arguing with Luke, I already zoned out and couldn't hear shit he said.

"Fine"

"Cool"

He grabs his car keys and we leave my house. We drive for about 30 minutes listening to his playlist which is in no way related to mine. I look out the window for the whole ride and question myself.

"We're here"

Lucas says and brings me back to reality, I look ahead an view the cinema
"Don't want to go anymore"

"Really mate?"

"If she doesn't love me, why all those signals, I mean we fucking slept together. She gave me her virginity, or did she?"

She obviously did Noah

"First off, its now you give me details? Secondly, girls are complicated okay, one day you are all they need and the other they are busy questioning their sexuality or something"

"What?"

"I don't know how they work, that's the point and so do you. So fuck her"

"Already did"

We both laugh and high five

"Good one, see your getting better already, I'm all the therapy you fucking need mate. Now, you coming or not?"

We both leave the car and walk over to the building, the sun is already down and the orange outside lights dimly light up the walk way. We get in and buy our tickets. On our way to the theater two girls 'mistakenly' bump into us

Looks too staged

"Oh sorry" they say and giggle then walk away still glancing back to see if we were watching them, oh we are.

"Those girls are checking us out" Lucas points out the obvious
"No shit" I sarcastically say.

"Let's meet them"
"Dude, we're going to miss the movie"

"Who gives a fuck".

"Uhmmm, me?"

He totally neglects my opinion and walks towards the girls who are seductively sucking their straws like their lives depend on it, while keeping their gaze on us.
I stay put waiting for him to change his mind.