The Guy I Met In College (COMPLETE)

Happy birthday

I've been so caught up with the thought of Aisha and Aman being together. That I was totally blinded by what was going on in my life.
"Happy Birthday!" Everyone in the firehall  yelled. Streamers, music, balloons, food, and cake were all set up. Some of my college friends were here and some of my friends from my other schools! How did they get here?! I felt tears filling my eyes then as I closed my eyes someone pulled me into a hug. I burst open my eyes and recognized the strong flowery perfume.
"Aisha?" I asked feeling a tear run down my cheek.
"Haan"she replied. I pulled away from her hug quickly. She had a bruised lip and a black eye completed with and a smile.
"Aisha! What the hell happened to you!" I yelled over the music.
"I'll explain later, but how's the setup look?" She asked with excitement in her voice. I didn't want to destroy her excitement and just pulled a smile. Although I did wonder what the hell happened to her. I wiped away the tear that fell down my cheek and pulled her back into another hug.
"It's beautiful, I love it. Thank you!" I said feeling more tears springing to my eyes. She pulled back from our hug and looked a me with a vicious smile.
"You can't thank me" she said shrugging her shoulders. I was about to object to her when Courtney came up behind Aisha and started whispering something in her ear. Aisha's face looked excited as she pulled away from Courtney and grabbed my wrist. Aisha started pulling me towards the exit and I tried to pry myself out of her grip when we reached the door.
"Aisha! What the hell" I shouted slightly.
"The person you can thank, is outside." She smiled and ran off. I stood there for a second bewildered. I shook it off and stepped outside, a figure stood in front of me with their back turned.
"Happy birthday Priya" the familiar voice said and turned around. I felt all my emotions from the past three days catch up to me as I ran right into his arms. I felt him lift me off the ground and spin around causing a giggle to rise from my throat. He put me down and I pulled back from our hug.
"Aman!" I said excitedly as he smiled at me. My smile slowly faded as I saw his face up close. He had a huge band aid on his forehead, he had small cuts along his jawline, and his eye was slightly black and blue like Aisha's.
"What happened?" I said lightly touching the band aid, then the cuts. He winced slightly by my movement and took my hand in his.
"Well, Aisha and I reserved the hall for you. We knew your birthday was coming up and so we decided to throw a small party for you. I fell off the ladder while hanging the streamers that's how I got the cut on my forehead and cuts along my jaw line. The black eye is from Aisha, we ran into each other and gave each other a black eye. But it was all worth it seeing you here hail and hearty" he laughed a bit. I felt small streams of tears falling down my cheeks and quickly turned away from Aman. I didn't want his to see me this way, I didn't want him to see me cry again.
"Hey what's wrong?" He said turning me around again to face him.
"I've missed you" I said looking up at his face. His expressions were soft as he wrapped his arms around me.
"I promised you I wouldn't leave. I'm keeping that promise." He whispered as I wrapped my arms around him. We stayed wrapped in each other's arms for what seems like forever. I felt him slowly pulling back and I unwrapped my arms from him.
"Your phone?" I asked remembering his phone not being in service.
"Why don't you ask Aisha about that one" he chuckled.
"Oh god, not good huh?" I ask laughing a bit.
"Let's just say she needs to buy me a phone, and I need to buy her a replacement heel for her high heels" he laughs. His laugh is so... perfect. Everything about him is perfect.
"Shall we go in? This is your party after all." He smiled at me and I shook my head. He took me by the hand and led me inside. Into the madness we went, Aman was pulled aside by Gene and Courtney. I was pulled away by my friends Hailey and Leyla from my previous college. They seemed ecstatic to see me.
"You look great!" Leyla confesses.
"Thanks, so do you!" I say smiling at her.
"We miss you over at Brook View" Hailey whined and I laughed a bit.
"I miss you guys too!" I said feeling happy to see some old friends.
"So uh..." Leyla said nudging my arm in Aman's direction. "He is?" She asked as Hailey giggled a bit.
"Oh, Aman?" I said clarifying who she was talking about.
"Yeah, obviously. You guys came into the room holding hands!" Hailey said joining in.
"Oh, he's a friend" I said feeling myself blush a bit.
"A friend?"
"Or more?" Hailey taunted.
"Well, we are friends... but... I like him" I started. "I don't know. I feel like he likes me, but something or someone is holding him back... I get jealous like a girlfriend would and I can't stand to see him with another girl! I love him" I say feeling frustrated.
"Does he know you like him?" Leyla asked placing a hand on my shoulder.
"Love him" Hailey chirped correcting Leyla
"Like love, same thing" Leyla said rolling her eyes.
"I think so" I sighed.
"Then what's holding you back Priya?" Hailey asked looking genuinely concerned.
"His secrets."