Bring It // EDITING

Sixteen

"So, you're going out on a date with him tonight?" Sophia asked. I shook my head. "It's not a date. I called him this morning and told him that I want to go as friends, and he understood. Even though I haven't even been in a relationship with Niall, I still have that sliver if soul left in me to not jump into a relationship after what happened." she nodded. "I'm glad you're not one of those girls. The world has to many of those already." Sophia said, sipping her drink.

We walked down the side walk to the music store. Sophia hasn't seen it yet, and I want her to meet Harry. We walked inside, but there was no one there.

"He must be in the back." I said. We walked to the couches. We sat down and talked about our classes.

"How's dance?" I asked. She smiled. "We're good. We're taking part in Romeo and Juliet, we're practicing the dancing scene in the party. Are you auditioning for Juliet?" She asked. I nodded. "Auditions are in two weeks, she's handing us our scripts tomorrow. I think she really likes me." I smiled. Sophia rubbed my arm. "Why wouldn't she? You're a talented actress."

We continued to talk until I heard footsteps. We looked up and saw Harry walking through the doorway, stopping at the sight of us. "Hey Delaney, who's this?" he asked, walking over.

"Harry, this is Sophia. Sophia, Harry." I introduced them. Harry held his hand out. "Nice to meet you, Sophia." she smiled, shaking it. "Likewise, Harry."

He walked over and sat down across from us. "So, how are you lovely ladies today?"

"We're pretty good, what about you?" Sophia asked. He shrugged. "Bored. Not very many people coming by today."

Sophia and Harry went into deep conversation after a while. I laid back and checked the time, reading 5:00.

"I'm gonna head out." I said, standing up. "Do you need a ride?" Harry asked.

"I don't want to intrude on your conversation."

He shook his head. "I was actually about to take Sophia out to get ice cream. I mean, if it was alright with her." he explained, looking at Sophia a bit nervously. Her eyes glistened. "Oh, well, yeah of course. I'd love to." she jumbled out. I set my hand over my mouth, giggling to myself. She's never been so nervous before. She's always been pretty confident, so seeing her stutter and jumble her words up is a bit of a surprise.

"Well, thank you." I said. He grabbed his keys from behind the desk and walked us out. I climbed in the backseat, letting Phia in the front.

Harry drove me to the sorority house. I thanked him and got out, walking inside.

"Hey Delaney." called one of the residences of the house. "Hey Ashley."

"Claire is pissed." she said. I groaned. Claire is one of the upperclassmen, and kind of our woman in charge. She is the one that runs the house and gets us involved in activities for the community and such. Sophia and I missed their latest one, which was going around the campus and picking up the trash, we weren't here for that yet. Then they went on a month long trip to New Zealand for something, I'm not quite sure.

"Yeah, something about her boyfriend and her, and now it's gotten her in a sour mood which is annoying everyone." she said, sitting down. I sat down next to her. "What's up?"

She shrugged. "I heard that he forgot to pick her up or something."

"Over something silly like that?" I asked. She nodded. "Jesus, I don't want to see her if something bad happens. I might leave the city."

She laughed. "Don't forget to take me with you."

We watched TV until I have an hour to get ready for tonight. "I have to get ready." I said, standing up. "Ready for what?" she asked.