"Where have you been?" Evelyn stared me up and down with a worried frown. I strove to come up with something to say.
"Just doing my.. Thing" I stuttered. She raised one of her eyebrows, before shaking it off again. I'm not even sure what I meant by that myself. It surprised me that she didn't start interrogating me, but she was probably leaving it because of Larry.
"So, how did you two meet?" I asked, trying to make conversation. Larry immediately lit up, meanwhile Evelyn was struggling to keep to the topic as Larry started explaining. I honestly didn't pay much attention to what any of them said. I was busy with scouting for Luke. Maybe the right term to use would be searching.
I was torn between wanting him to walk by and not wanting to see him at all. At the same time as I desired to lay my eyes on him, I was afraid. Not of him. Not of his criminal friends. But of being rejected. I hated the fact that he was ignoring me. Just this morning, he was haunting me, but now he was simply hating on me. Where did I go wrong?
It took me a while to notice that both Evelyn and Larry was staring at me. They had probably asked me a question, without getting an answer.
"I'm really sorry Larry, but I think me and Penny need some quality time together. She needs me right now. But I'll see you tomorrow okay?" she apologized, giving Larry a peck on the cheek.
"I understand sweety" he chuckled and yanked her closer, putting his hands on her hip bones. She let out a girly giggle as they pushed their lips together in a sweet kiss. A feeling of jealousy rose in my stomach. Jealousy of their relationship. I couldn't act that way around Luke. With Luke, it was only rough forced kisses of intimidation, where I had absolutely no control of the situation. He could be gentle, referring to the incident in the woods. But he let his guard down, and that happens very rarely in his case. What am I even thinking about? There's nothing between me and Luke except heated kisses now and then, no feelings. At least not on Luke's part. I think.
"There!" that would be Evelyn's way of getting me to spill the information. We sat down on her comfy bed and stacked a couple of pillows behind our backs.
"I think I like him.." I couldn't deny the truth for any longer. "But he's ignoring me" I was just waiting for her to say 'I told you so'.
"Maybe it's for the better" she consoled, proving her point. "When did he start ignoring you?" she added, being the advisor she is.
"When I tried to stop him from smoking, but mainly when I told him the kiss wasn't real" I admitted, grabbing a soda can from the bedside and took a sip from it.
"Wait! What kiss?" she inquired, as her curiosity was activated.
"In the woods. He let me take control of the kiss, it was really weird. He seemed so vulnerable.. And then I told him it wasn't real" I described, my heart aching a bit.
"Oh no" she moaned, and got up from the bed, shaking her head in disappointment. I looked at her in bewilderment. "You hurt his feelings" she pouted and sat down on the carpet covered floor.
"The guy doesn't have any feelings" I snapped, putting the can back in it's place.
"Are you kidding me? Could he be more obvious? He's truly, madly, deeply in love with you" she teased, jumping back as I attempted to give her a playful kick.
"Is this when you tell me to forget about our feelings for each other, and never to talk to him again?" I slid down from the bed, and landed on the floor in front of her.
"If you truly like him, I'd say go for it. I support you" her words warmed me more than I could possibly describe.
"Now, time to discuss the new item in town" I jokingly poked her stomach, making her flinch. She poked me back with a laugh as she took a deep breath.
"Don't hate me, but I kind of stole him from a friend of mine.." she began, faking an innocent smile.
"Go on" I encouraged leaning closer to her.
"Well, he wasn't really hers to take, but.. At least she had a crush on him. I feel kind of bad for it though" she admitted with a sigh.
"Don't worry about it" I comforted and patted her shoulder. This is what friends are for.
