"So let me get this straight. You played a silly game of pick up lines, bought ice cream, fell down and hurt yourself. What a stellar date!" Faith said sarcastically.
"It wasn't as bad as you're making it sound," Anya defended. "We had a lovely time."
"Did you kiss?" Faith quirked an eyebrow expectantly.
"No! God, no," Anya said, "Of course not. It was our first date."
"But not the last?" Faith grinned wickedly, and was quickly shoved by her friend.
"Shut up." Anya's face burned.
"Come on, atleast give me some juicy details!"
"Well, what kind of details do you want?"
"Anything and everything you can tell me," Faith replied breezily. "Did he tell you any secrets? Anything that's happened to him that he hasn't told anyone else? Spill."
"You do realize that even if he did tell me a secret about himself, he would expect me to not tell anyone?" Anya laughed.
Faith looked indignant. "Surely I, as your best friend, deserve to be aware of such information?"
"He didn't tell me anything at all," Anya shook her head glumly. "The closest he got to telling me about something that nobody else knows was that he was called to the principal's office today, and he didn't even tell me why!"
"Aww," Faith said, jutting out her lower lip to pout with mock sorrow. She caught sight of Anya's face and promptly changed track. "Fine, no big deal. So when are you two going out again?"
"This Friday."
"Oooooh, I wonder what's going to happen," Faith sang. "I wonder if- OUCH! Quit it, An."
Anya smacked her friend on the head again and gave her a satisfied smirk.
******
The following weeks passed by in a haze. Anya settled into a sort of routine; she attended school, met up with Aiden every other Friday and occasionally went shopping- or rather, window shopping- with Faith on the weekends.
Every date with Aiden was fun, but Anya was determined to keep him in the friend zone. She told herself it wasn't worth the trouble, although he was unbelievably good looking.
Zayan was good looking too, she reminded herself. It's not like that relationship turned out to be any good.
She finally gave in to Aiden's efforts, though.
It was a chilly Friday evening, one day before she had to leave for India. Anya ran up to Faith, who was walking back home, presumably from her dance class.
"You will not believe what just happened!" Anya hollered. She skidded to a stop in front of her friend and put her hands on her knees, gasping for air.
"What? What?" Faith asked eagerly. "Our english homework got cancelled? You're not going to India? They're remaking the Percy Jackson movies? Trump is resigning?"
Anya stared at her friend's outburst of wild guesses with her mouth agape. She found her voice a few seconds later, feeling slightly amused. "Well, that escalated quickly."
"Alright then, tell me what's up," Faith chuckled.
Anya finally remembered why she had come; she had exciting news to deliver. "I- well- it's- Aiden kissed me!"
"WHAT?!" Faith screeched, her eyes bulging. "That's awesome, An! Oh, and I don't want to say I told you so, but I totally told you so!"
"Okay, fine. You did tell me," Anya replied, laughing a little as her cheeks coloured.
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Love Maze
Teen Fiction[Highest rank: #84 in Teen Fiction] Anya Brooks was convinced that the brown-eyed boy she met two years ago during her trip to India was the one for her. Things didn't go exactly as planned, though, and she returned to New York heartbroken. When An...
