"There's only so many times I can put my heart back together"
"Why are you so sure I'll break it again?"
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Andrew had a perfect life. Or so others would think.
Living under his father's control was a nightmare. Having his dreams ignored and bei...
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The restaurant Lucas had chosen for the date was big and crowded. It was a simple pizzeria with white walls and old tables. Music played in the background, muffled by the chatter and laughter of many voices.
"Lucas and I are going home after this," said Carolina, making her boyfriend frown. "But you guys should enjoy the night. Go take a walk in the park. It's so beautiful at night."
Giovanni shifted uncomfortably in his seat and took another bite of his slice. Even Alice seemed uneasy. She glanced at him, but he was looking elsewhere.
"We're going home too," Alice said, making her friend roll her eyes.
"Nooo! You need to have fun, you two. You've done nothing fun in ages."
"We do plenty of fun things," Giovanni argued, "individually."
Carolina shot him a look. She had spent the last weeks trying to get Alice to tell her what happened between them, but all she got was a quick complaint about how their New Year's kiss was a mistake. It sounded wrong to her. She knew Alice refused to make another mistake in her love life, but the way she was blocking Giovanni made sense.
"Ali-" she started.
"I'm going to the bathroom." The pink-haired girl shot up and walked away without looking back.
Carolina opened her mouth to protest, but closed it at once. That dinner was not going the way she had hoped. Sighing, she took another spoonful of her chocolate mousse.
"There's an issue here, Gio," she said after a while.
"Definitely," Lucas scoffed.
She kicked him under the table lightly and then turned back to Giovanni.
"You're going to take her to the park, and make up some beautiful love confession, and then you kiss her. Deal?"
"No."
She hit the table with both hands and let her back hit the chair. She couldn't even look at him, shaking her head in plain disappointment.
"Why not?"
"She told me we were just friends and better remain like that."
"And you believed her?" she argued in a high-pitched tone.
"Carol," Lucas warned, nodding towards the people staring after her outburst.
She waved her hand in dismissal and pushed her chair closer to the table, closer to Giovanni. They had to reach an understanding before Alice came back.
"Gio-"
"Would you stop it? She said she just wants to be friends and you know what? I respect it. I won't chase her against her will and ruin our friendship."
"Your friendship is pretty much all ruin," said Carolina. "Let's lay our cards on the table. She likes you — don't you dare deny this — but last time she liked someone, it went wrong. She's afraid. That's why she is lying to herself. You like her too. So, man up and tell her how you feel."
