Uncovering Dahlia's Truth

The Preperation

"Hey," Earnest said, trotting over with his backpack bouncing on one shoulder, his golden hair flopping in the breeze. Hillary followed right behind him and smiled, wearing brightly coloured blue shorts and a white top.

"Hey guys, I'm nearly going to my next class," Angel said and pointed towards the philosophy building. "But I'll see you at your party tonight." Angel waved and they waved back.

"We'll be expecting a lot from you!" Hillary screamed and Angel laughed.

Angel hopped up the steps of the building and sauntered in since she realized she was now a bit early. She leaned against a wall and crossed her arms. She smiled to her side when she saw Matt coming.

"The agonizing wait is over," he said dramatically. "Matt is here."

Angel laughed and got up from leaning against the wall. "How lucky for me." She gave a bright smile at him since he was grinning just as widely back.

He ran his hand through his hair. "I don't see you enough," he said.

Angel nodded. "Well, I guess I have been quite busy lately."

Understatement of the century.

"Are you busy tonight, though?" Matt asked, leaning slightly forward and resting his one hand on the wall next to Angel's head.

Angel bit her lip and she could've sworn Brooklyn's face popped into her head, but she decided to shake it off. "What do you have in mind?" She asked, biting her lip slightly.

He smirked. "Are you going to Earnest's party tonight?" He asked.

Angel nodded and adjusted her bag on her shoulder. "I was talked into going by Hillary, Earnest, Josh and Chris," she said in a mock exasperated voice.

Matt gave a small laugh. "Well, I'll be thanking them," he said. Angel blushed and looked down, one corner of her mouth smiling. "So, I'll see you there then."

Angel looked up and saw that more people were walking into the building. "I guess you will," she grinned at him. The two of them walked side by side into the class.

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"Get your ass here, Angel!" Chris screamed from the dance floor just as Angel came from the loo. She laughed to herself as she looked at Hillary bobbing her chestnut hair up and down and Earnest, Chris and Josh doing some strange drunken moves on the grass. She trotted over and saw Matt coming from the pool side, waving at her.

He came closer and took her hand, leading them to Angel's friends. She started syncing with all of them and just let loose again. She felt herself grinning wider and smiled when Hillary grabbed her arm and spun her in circles. The full moon acted as a spot light along with the colourful flashing lights Earnest got for the party, it bounced onto everyone's faces, lighting them up. The new hit song Middle from DJ Snake was blaring all around.

They slowed down and went to go sit on the deck chairs by the pool. She wiped sweat from her forehead and smiled at everyone. "I-I haven't been doing this for quite a long time," she said and looked down.

Hillary put her hand on her back. "What a shame, because having fun is an essential, especially when you're 19!" She giggled and Angel giggled with.

"So," Earnest said after swallowing his beer, "what are you lot doing for the holidays?"

Everyone looked at each other and Hillary's hand shot up first. "Oo!" She exclaimed excitedly. "I'm going to go on a road trip by myself all across the Western Cape."

Josh nodded his head. "That's better then what I'm doing. I'm going back home in Johannesburg to go stay with my grandparents." He rolled his eyes.

"That sucks," Earnest said. "Chris and I are partying this whole holiday in Plettenbergbay!" The two of them high-fived and whooped.

"What about you, Angel?" Hillary asked and everyone was looking at her expectantly, as well as Matt.

Angel smiled, but also felt her words not being able to form. What would Matt say about her going with Brooklyn to Italy? Does she care what he thinks? Does he care?

"Brooklyn invited me to go to Italy with him for his mom's birthday party," she said.

Everyone looked impressed, but Matt just looked down and nodded his head.

"Now that's exciting!" Hillary said and everyone agreed.

"With Brooklyn?" Earnest asked and Angel nodded. "Are you two...?"

"Oh, no," Angel answered and she felt a little weight on her heart, but ignored it. "He's the closest I have to a best friend," she said softly and looked down.

"Well, what a friend to be able to take you to Italy!" Josh exclaimed and whistled. "Now I'm jealous."

She laughed as everybody started telling her what she should do when she gets to Rome the first day there, but Matt was rather silent.

After about two hours, Angel got up to go home and Matt offered her a lift. She was so tired and took it gladly. He opened the car door for her and she got in and he drove her back to her apartment block. When they arrived, he opened it again and walked with her to the front door, his hands in his pockets. They turned towards each other. "I'm going to miss you these holidays," he said.

"Me too," she answered and sighed.

He scratched his neck and closed his eyes. "You're really cool," he said and gave a shy grin.

Angel smiled back and bit her lip. "You're not bad yourself," she chuckled.

He laughed with her and before she knew it, he leaned closer and closer and his lips were on hers. The kiss ended almost as quickly as it started and he smiled up at her. She grinned back, but in her head, emotions were going haywire. She liked Matt, but probably not as much as he liked her.

"Goodnight," he said and walked backwards.

"Goodnight," she said back and waved as he got in the car and drove away.

She unlocked the front door, her head still feeling dizzy. She got in and kicked off her shoes, picking them up and walking up to her bedroom. She opened her bedroom door and stared at her suitcase on her neatly made bed. She packed almost everything and is leaving tomorrow for Rome. Her and Brooklyn are staying there for a night before flying to Milan.

She sat down on the bed and bit her fingernail. She decided to just not think for now and get herself excited for what was waiting for her the next day.

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Hey readers! I haven't updated in soooo long, but it's just that I'm so busy and procrastinated a bit, but I did now and will do again as soon as I can to those of you who are actually reading. Do you guys like Matt?

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