Aces: Ace of Spades

Chapter 3: Hugs and Kisses (Part 2)

The next day I tried my best to ignore Mr. Mystery.  I just went on with my day.  Elie was gone for a few days since she visited her parents so all I did during those few days was wait for her to come home.

 I missed her long bright blonde hair which always smelled like watermelon. It was weird how I noticed small details like that about her but whenever she hugged me; I oddly looked forward to smelling her hair. I’m weird.

 I missed the way she smiled and how she would hug me so tightly. Nobody could hug me like Elie ever did.  Nobody.

 Sometimes I would get really home sick and she would be there to comfort me.  Now, I had no one to comfort me in my sort of miserable life.

 When I told my Valkyrie friends that Eliot broke up with me, I’m pretty sure there was a celebration.  I ignored it anyway.

 But for the next few days, I quietly observed every guy in Group B. I was generally friendly.  A lot of people liked me.  Girls knew that for the latest scoop I was the one to ask.  While guys liked me for being a childish teenager instead of the usual bitch they encounter.

 But to my disappointment, nothing came.  They all seemed to like me but I always seemed more like a friend than a girlfriend.

 Eliot would comfort me but he and his twin were different.  Elie would comfort me by telling me that I’d find a way out of this, that everything is going to be okay.  She’d even treat me to an ice cream sundae and then, I would smile knowing that I could face anything in the world. Eliot, on the other hand, always made jokes when I felt down.  He tried the whole ice cream sundae thing but it just wasn’t the same without Elie.  Something simply sparked when I was with Elie.

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I waited impatiently in the train station.  This was taking forever.  Why is Elie taking so long?

 Then, I put my hands on my hips and smiled for the first time that night.  Elie’s train was finally here.  I looked all over the train and after a long time, I found Elie.  She was wearing this black beret and her long blonde hair was as smooth as ever.  Her cheeks were so rosy. I envied them.  She smiled upon my sight and gave me that hug I had missed so much.

 “How about some ice cream sundae?”  I asked smiling.

 She let go of the hug and smiled back.  “The usual, please.”

 She took my hand and we walked to the ice cream parlor together as if we were little children again.  Once we got there, we ordered our usual.  Elie bought a strawberry sundae while I bought cookies and cream.  But instead of the usual dine-in, Elie requested a take-out.

 Together, we walked to my room.  I was so glad that Elie wasn’t even tired.  That was the thing. Elie is and will always be the best friend I will ever have.

 We went to the balcony in my room and we just sat on the cold cement ground and started with our sundaes.

 “Did you miss me?” I teased.

 “Miss you?”  Elie said.  “I felt so alone before going to bed without you.”

 I smiled.  That was so sweet.

 She shivered. I do admit that it was sort of cold.  I smiled giving her my jacket.  She refused but I insisted.

 After finishing our ice creams, we laid down on the ground right next to each other, my hand holding her hand as we gazed into the stars.

 “Have you ever been in love?”  Elie asked all of a sudden.

 “Umm…” I tried to answer.  “Not love.  Maybe a crush, but not love.”