ara: i thought his head was going to explode
ara: it was so funny, he was struggling so hard to make conversation
ara: i wish you could've seen it
I laughed at the series of texts that rolled in from Ara. Her and James picked up Lily thirty minutes ago and apparently James had been in a complete panic since then.
"You like your brother's best friend." Barty told me from the kitchen. I laid on the couch with Puck on my stomach, he'd taken me hostage as soon as Lils left.
"We're friends."
"Do you smile at my texts like that?" He asked as he plopped himself in a chair. I rolled my eyes.
"You annoy me."
"You love me." I stared at him. "And Ara Fox."
"Get fucked."
"It's not a lack of trying my friend, I'm trying." I chuckled and stared at the texts from Ara.
i wish you could have seen it.
me: me too, take a video on the drive home.
The front door opened and closed, Evan's duffel bag hit the floor with anger.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"Who busted your lip?" Barty asked. My head shot up.
"No one." Evan replied.
"Rosier, who busted your lip?" I demanded. He blushed.
"I went to the rink with Lupin, he told me I had to try goal to know what it was like, I didn't put his mask on and he accidentally hit the puck into my mouth." He admitted.
"Aw, did he kiss it better?" I teased. Barty snickered.
"Shut up." He grumbled as he trudged to his room.
...
ara: i accidentally got drunk
me: accidentally?
ara: how mad would you be if i play hookie tmrw?
me: i wouldn't be mad at all.
ara: come to the bars
me: what?
ara: i'm not drunk enough to make typos. come. to. the. bars.
me: which bar?
That was how I ended up getting ready at eight thirty on a Tuesday. Evan walked in my room as I slid on a tee shirt.
"Where are you going?" He asked as he flopped on my bed.
"Uh, Ara and Lily asked me to come out." It wasn't a lie. Well, a full lie.
"You're down so bad and I can't figure out which one it's for." I rolled my eyes as I sprayed cologne.
"Neither."
"Is it Lily? That's messy she lives with us."
"I'm not down bad for either."
"It's Ara. Even messier."
"You're annoying." I told him as I grabbed my keys off my desk.
"I'm just saying, if it was Lily you wouldn't have stopped pursuing her after you hooked up," I froze at my door. We agreed to never talk about it. "Ara and you have done nothing, so you obviously are pursing her."
