My Friend, Eleanor

CHAPTER 0: Prologue

It was a nice day. Everything had been going well for Lilith Sadino. She had passed her test, received a confession from the boy she liked, and most importantly, she had seen her best friend, Eleanor Graves. They had planned to go to the park later and get ice cream from the local ice cream parlor. The idea of this had excited Lilith so much, she couldn't wait to hang out with her best friend, and she knew that Eleanor could not wait to hang out with her as well.

They had been friends since they were 9 years old, and nothing was going to change that, or that's what she thought. School was almost done, she was in her last period of the day. It felt years to her, all she wanted to do was see Eleanor.

The teacher continued on with his lecture, "You see, the human body's anatomy is an interesting thing.", after those words, Lilith completely blanked out, realizing that not only did she have a best friend, she had a boyfriend now as well. Meaning she had to spend equal time with both. This had her completely stumped, the only way she could think to spend enough time with both, is to have them meet and become friends as well. But, not best friends, that title was reserved or her and Eleanor only.

Apparently, time had passed by quicker when she was thinking, and the bell had rung. Without a second thought, she shoved her things into her bookbag and ran outside the classroom, searching for Eleanor. But, she was stopped by her newfound boyfriend, Oliver. 

Oliver was a scrawny kid with dark brown eyes, and short, curly, black hair, his skin was a pale ivory.  He wore a baggy, black "Gaming is Life" t-shirt with blue jeans, and had braces, he stood at 5'3", about an inch shorter than Lilith. Lilith was the complete opposite of him, she had long, fluffy,  ginger hair, blue grey eyes, and a tanned skin tone. She wore a white hoodie with 2 roses on it, and ripped, baggy jeans.

Lilith was a bit surprised to see him, but happy nonetheless. "Hey Oli!", she said, while giving him a hug. Oliver blushed slightly, "H-hi Lili.", he muttered, barely able to get it out, "Would you like to hang out after school today? It's ok if you have other plans as well!", he appeared slightly panicked while saying it, "I'm sorry, I, uhm, just forget I said anything.", Oliver sighed. Lilith looked at him, feeling bad, but she did already have plans that day. "Sorry Oliver, I already made plans to hang out with Eleanor today. Maybe we can hang out next time?", she tried putting it as lightly as she could, to at the very least spare his feelings.  Oliver sadly nodded his head and walked away.

Lilith knew he was asking her on a date, but was a date really worth not spending time with Eleanor, who had been there for her for 7 years. Not to her it wasn't, besides there was always next time, right? Lilith ran out of the school, looking around for Eleanor. Then, she saw her. The girl who she had fallen for. Lilith ran up to her and hugged her so hard they fell to the ground. Eleanor let out a squeal before turning around and seeing Lilith. Eleanor's eyes were a calming dull green, her hair was a platinum blond, that had been put in a ponytail, her skin was a warm beige. She wore a long, green sweater with little white diamond shapes at the end of her sleeves.      

Eleanor stared at Lilith for a quick second, before chuckling and hugging her back as they got up. "Elly, I've missed you so much!", Lilith exclaimed. Eleanor smiled nervously at those words and said, "I missed you too.", in a quiet voice. "You will not believe the day I had!", Lilith beamed. Eleanor looked at her curiously, "What happened?". Lilith smiled widely, ready to go on a full on rant about her day. "First, I passed my Algebra test, which was super hard by the way! Then, my crush confessed to me and now we're dating!", Lilith blushed. Eleanor looked at her, then looked away and took a deep breath. "Wow, t-that's really cool!", Eleanor stuttered, putting a smile on her face for the good news.

"I know, right? But that doesn't matter right now. Are you ready to go on our best friend date?", Lilith asked. Eleanor's eyes lit up at the words, "Yep, I've been waiting all day for it.", she chuckled. Lilith grabbed Eleanor's hand and started running off. Eleanor being dragged with her.

To be continued..