Imprint in Time

Chapter Nine

Chapter Nine

“So he officially broke up with me,” I said.

I was telling Hayden about our breakup.

“Well, look on the bright side. At least now you know for SURE that you two are broken up,” she said, trying to help.

I glared at her.

“Yea. Sure. I just feel so guilty for doing that to him. I mean, he’s obviously still in love with me,” I said.

“Can you get any more conceited at the moment Tiffany?” she said.

“I’m sorry,” I said.

“Ok, you wanna know the BEST part about when a guy breaks up with you?” she said.

“What?” I said.

“Getting back in the game!” she said.

“What are you talking about?” I asked her.

“I’m talking about asking someone out. Someone whose name rhymes with FAWN…….” she said.

“I can’t ask John out,” I said.

“Why not? He likes you,” she said.

“I know, but I can’t just walk up to him and ask him out,” I said.

“It’s the 21st century. I’m pretty sure you can,” she said.

“Grrrrrrr,” I said.

“Did you just growl at me?” she said.

“Yup. Pretty much,” I said.

“Hmm, maybe you and Brad were meant to be together after all. Oh well,” she said, as she walked away.

That night, I was at home alone when my doorbell rang.

“Who in the world could that be?” I said out loud.

I opened the door, and there stood John looking as cute as ever.

“Hi,” I said.

“Hey,” he said.

“You do realize it’s 11 o’clock at night right?” I asked.

“Um yea. It’ll just take a second,” he said.

“Ok. But how did you know where l live?” I asked him.

“Uh, Kira told me?” he said, saying it like a question.

“Again. Bad liar. But anyway, what are you doing here?” I said.

“I wanted to talk to you. Can I come in?” he asked.

“Sure,” I said.

I opened the door further to let him in.

“So what’s up?” I asked as I closed the door.

“I heard what happened with you and Brad,” he said.

“Yea. He dumped me. For real this time,” I said.

“Yea. I heard,” he said.

“I think we established that already,” I said.

“You seem cranky,” he said.

“Yea, because I’m tired,” I told him.

“Who gets tired at 11:00 at night?” he said.

“Apparently me,” I said.

“Right. I was just wondering if you found my note I told you about,” he said.

“Your note?” I said.