Later that night, while Esteban and i were preparing diner, my phone rang, it was a private number. Quickly paranoia started making different scenarios about the caller, i let it ring. seconds later, the sound stops and the only thing i hear is the sound of the television in the living room and the noise coming from the kitchen . I put it on silent mode and go back to help Esteban, we quickly finished then sat on the sofa watching a lawyer's serie on TV called Suits . Curiosity gains on me, when i check my phone again after few minutes .
3 missed calls.
Suddenly, the private number appeared again, this time i want to answer it, i need to .
*hello ?
*hey, Mel how are you ?
*Caleb ? gosh, you scared the living shit out of me
*why ?
*nothing forget it, how are you ? and Vanessa ?
*we're okay, we miss you, i'm constantly worried about you, grumps.
*you know i don't like that nickname, jerk
*well it's only true, you're always grumpy in the morning...wait a minute, i hope you're not grumpy with Esteban, he was kind enough to let you live in his house, be nice .
*what the hell are you talking about, i'm always nice, i'm adorable !
*lol, yeah if you say so, how's school ?
*as always...nothing happened ? i asked
*No don't worry, what about you ? he answered knowing i was talking about THE guy.
*nothing happened
*okay, i need to go now, be careful
*yeah, you too...wait !
*yes ?
*next time, only call two times ,so i know it's you
*mel, i only called once and you answered
*Caleb, don't make fun of me, it rung four times
*Amelia, i called once !! .Oh my, then who ?
*oh well that must be Cassie calling, she likes to make those silly jokes, good night, take care . I try to reassure him, but not really feeling secure about it, it couldn't have been Cassie, since well she's not talking to me, so that leaves me with Laken and that guy chasing after me...
Tomorrow i'll talk with laken, to be sure, for now i'll just forget about this and enjoy the meal, the serie and being with Esteban, my boyfriend.
I turned to look at that guy, who i, few weeks ago, didn't know existed but now means so much to me...
Rain was falling heavily on the city, i was watching the water drops slide along the window's glass, while waiting for Laken to answer his phone, but he doesn't answer. i had free time that day but Esteban had some classes to attend to .
My phone rings, i find a message:
'Laken : sorry amelia i couldn't answer i was busy , but if you're free we can meet for a coffee in thirty minutes ?'
'Amelia : Yeah sure, let's meet in the café in front of the high school '
'Laken : i'll be there'
the café was just few feets away, i arrived there much earlier than expected, i looked at my phone. there's still twenty minutes left, i sit in the table on the corner, the TV was on, there was some old movie called My fair lady starring Audrey hepburn, Well it was not for no reason that the café was called the sixties, I loved this kind of movies, it had always a happy ending, leaving the spectators at the end full of hope, believing that faith had indeed something great in store for you.
i check the clock on the wall, five minutes left, but right when i bring my attention back to the movie, the door opens, letting in the cold wind, i look at the new guy, it's Laken, he looks at the tables, looking for me, and when he spots me comes smiling, he looked nice, his hair was shorter.
"Nice cut, it looks good "
"well thank you just did it yesterday, just got bored of the long cut, it's tiring" he says
"i should be the one saying that"
" and why is that ?" he asks
" well girls have a hard time with hair, we have to straighten it and take care of it right after because the iron causes damages, and i could go on forever about the inconvenients of being a girl if you don't stop me " I answer
"okay okay, i get it it's much harder for you" he laughes
" So i wanted to ask you, did you call me yesterday ? with a private number ?
he frowns " no i didn't , why would i ?" well , i'm screwed...
"Oh, don't worry i was just asking, it must be someone making pranks on the phone " i reply
"Okay, so what's new after the incident , he didn't do anything, did he ? " he asks
"No, but ..." i stop talking, because i realize that without eve noticing, i wanted to tell him, what cassie said, because he saw what steven did and he could understand, but at the same time i don't know if i should.
"but what ? juts talk i wont tell " he says, well screw this, i'm telling him.
" it's about my best friend Cassie, she was actually steven's girlfriend"
"Oh, well that's a real sticky situation, did you tell her ?"
" Yes i did , but she accused me of leading him on, and says i was the reason they broke up " i answer
"i'm sorry, but you did good when you told her, Honesty is always the best choice, don't worry , she'll come around eventually" he tries to reassure me, but i'm not as sure as he is.
"i know, i did the right thing, but she's my best friend and not talking to her, makes me feel lonely"
"Stop the shit, you have me, and your boyfriend ..." he mentions Esteban, and i feel all of a sudden very ashamed.But ashamed of what ??
"Yeah, you're right, let's order !!" I propose.
We continued to talk a bit longer, after getting our drinks, we got to know each other a lot more, turned out he was a coffee addict, just like i was but weirdly neither of us like coffee, few years ago. And in all honesty that moment, we talked about everything and anything, watching Audrey Hepburn play a flower seller learning how to talk properly and drinking coffee, made me feel i gained a friend, it might have started as a flirt but Laken was now a dear friend...
"La amistad es más difícil y más rara que el amor. Por eso, hay que salvarla como sea." - Alberto Moravia
friendship is more difficult and rarer than love. therefore, we need to save it as it is .
PS: the movie i talked about, is an actual one, called my fair lady where Audrey Hepburn plays a flower seller in london that talks in a bad way, until she meets a professor specialized in elocution and phonetics played by Rex Harrisson, who made the bet to make her learn how to talk proper correct english and be a perfect lady in a limited amount of time, it is a wonderful movie i personally loved, if you ever find it, just watch it , you won't regret it !!
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