Anaxiphilia

Chapter Seven

           I woke up to see so many notifications from Tristan and Samuel. Tristan's was just him spamming me to wake up. And Samuel, well he said it was an emergency and to call him immediately I woke up. I called him and he told me to meet him at the park in 15 minutes. So I washed my face, brushed my teeth, got dressed and went out. 15 minutes later I arrived at the park and he was sitting on one of the benches.

         I approached him and hugged him and we sat down and started talking. "So what was the emergency you were talking about?" "Oh yeah. Haven't you heard the news?" "What news?" "Dylan broke up with Heather" Was that why he said he wanted to talk to me last night, instead of Heather? "Ok...so well what has that got to do with me? "Isla...I dont think you understand. When Dylan breaks up with his present girlfriend, it means he has his eyes on another" "So.....?" He face palmed before talking again.

        "Isla you remember how I told you to be careful?" "Yeah..." "You could be the girl he has his eyes on" "Nahh. I highly doubt that" "Just watch him come to tell you he likes you very soon" "Samuel I would rather keep on kissing posters of hot male celebrities and crushing on those really cute guys on Instagram that I know I have no chance with than like Dylan. Everyone knows that. I don't even see him to be that handsome anyway. He's not my type...."

      I paused before continuing, "....And do you really think I would date....that?" "Ok now I have got to stop you there Isla. He's not bad actually, like in terms of how handsome he is...he's..meh ok. But please dont refer to him as 'that'.." "Ok ok fine. But I know I'm not ever going to like him. Ever. Whatever happened between him and Heather, is none of my business" "Are you sure?" "Yes" "Hmm..that's what they always say" "I'm serious" "Ok I have an idea. Since he's always fucking around and liking girls unnecessarily, why don't you play along to his little game"

          "I like where this is going...." "Ok so, get him to actually admit that you're the girl he likes. When he flirts, flirt back..y'know like that. But dont send any nudes" "Ok first of all. Ew. You want me to flirt with him??" "Isla you just have to" "Ok then if I get him to admit it, then what do we do?" "Just tell me when he does" "Ok" "Isla please. I'm begging you. That guy is like a snake. He would do and say every nice thing to you, when he gets what he wants, then he will dump you. So please be careful" "ok I promise".

             Just then my phone rang and it was Raphael. He said we should meet up in 30 minutes. So I had to wrap things up with Samuel and then left. As I was going, I kept thinking about what Samuel had just said. Dylan broke up with Heather, because of let's just assume it's me...and he wants to get close to me and do everything nice just to get what he wants and then leave. I once heard a rumour, that he did the same to a girl Melanie. He told her he liked her and made her fall for it, then made everyone believe he had broken up with Melanie only for it to be prank.

          Both him and Heather humiliated Melanie and insulted her to the core. Telling her that's she was a nobody and no guy would ever want to date her. Now thinking about it, I was beginning to think that's the same thing he wants to do to me. No Isla. This is not going to happen. I'm not going to sit down and watch this bozo humiliate me for fun. So I was going to go with Samuel's plan. Play his own game. I went to my chats with Dylan and replied telling him how I slept off and stuff like that.

        I know lying is bad, but technically I'm not lying, I actually did forget to text him. It was as if he had been waiting for my reply. Immediately I sent the message, he replied. He said it was ok and that he was busy and so he would text me later and so I told him I was busy too and that I would text him later as well. I got to the café and saw Raphael sitting there in all his glory. Immediately he looked at me, my heart started pounding.

          Not the type for when you see someone you love, but the type that happens when you're nervous to the brim. He smiled at me and I smiled back and walked to him and sat at his table. "Hey" "Hi" "Thanks for coming" "No problem" well this is a bit awkward...
"So uh...about what we spoke about yesterday..have you thought about it? "Yes...." he looked at me indicating he was waiting for me to continue. "....I guess we can give it a try and see where it goes" "Oh no it's fine, you dont have to rush, I'll keep waiting for you and–..."
      
      "....Wait what?" "I said we can give it a try" "Oh" "Is there a problem?" "No it's just...I didn't think you'd actually accept it. I was expecting a no. But I'm glad you said yes" "ok...so....that's it?" "Yeah I guess so" "So we're a couple now?" "Yah" "Ohk. I want to let you know this....if you hurt my feelings, or I get to know that this was all just some kind of joke, You won't like me" He just looked at me in shock before laughing nervously. "Hahahaha no it's not a joke. I really like you Isla. Like for real" "Sure".

      He was about to say something when my phone rang. How many people were going to call me today? It was Tristan. I picked up and he too said he needed me immediately. Now this is my best friend, I had to leave. So I apologized to Raphael and got up to leave, but before I could, he grabbed my hand and pulled me back making me bump into his chest. Then he kissed my forehead and looked into my eyes smiling. "You're my girlfriend now, I can do that. Right?" "Um...I guess..?"

       "Good bye now". Then he released my hand and I walked backwards but ended up hitting the table behind me. I just knew my cheecks were red. I finally turned and left to see what on earth this idot of a best friend wanted. "I swear if it was just a false alarm, I'll kill him" I said to myself and took a cab and went to his house