Maybe I wasn't ready for life...

Little and Friday

It was Sunday and I was getting ready for lunch with Rayna. She said 1:00 at little and Friday, my favorite place to eat! I wore a pair of jeans and a floral top with a jumper and some sneakers. I grabbed my bag and went on my way to her house...

"Hey, Evie!" Rayna said happily. Unlike Shawn... she gave me a nice nickname, Evie. "Hi!" I replied, "So should we head out?".  "Yeah, let me just get my bag first..." She said as she went inside the house and I followed. 

"Hey!" It was Justin. "Aren't you supposed to be at soccer practice?" I asked, curious. "Yeah, it starts at 2:00" he replied "Oh, ok. Want us to bring anything for lunch?" "Um, where are you going?" He asked. "Little and Friday,"  I said happily "Whats that?" he asked. "It's my favorite cafe!" I said, pretending to be offended. "Oh, just bring me whatever you want," he said. "Anyway, I'm going to Shawn's party," I said "Oh, good. I didn't want to go by myself with the soccer guys, not that you guys have to come...because I can handle myself" He said proudly. "Ok then, Shawn invited me himself so..." "A personal invitation?" He said smirking. "Oh, umm" My cheeks went pink and I nervously laughed. "I'm back!" Rayna said as she stumbled into the room, in an attempt to wear her shoes quickly. "Hahahaha! Don't fall over!" Justin laughed, Rayna made her way to the kitchen table where Justin was sitting so she could slap him. "Hey!" He started running around the table with Rayna following close behind. "Guys! stop it" I said as I tried to contain my laughter. "Rayna we got to go..." I said "Ok...Don't worry Justin, I will kill you when I get home..." She said as she imitated a knife cutting her neck. "Bye Justin! Be careful and don't fall over!" I laughed as I walked out of the house. "Yeah, bye Justin..." Rayna said as she glared at Justin. "Bye!" He said as he walked to his room. 

"Do you like my new car?" Rayna said happily. She pointed to a battered, old, blue car. "Umm, are you sure it's safe? Let's just call an uber" I took out my phone and started to call one when she yelled "It's fine! NOW GET IN THE CAR!!!" "Ok..." I said softly while I got in the car. She started driving and I asked, "Are you sure you've got a driver's license ?" "Yeah I got mine last week!" she replied. She recently had her sweet sixteen bash that was overly expensive and she made her parents pay for it all. "Last week!" I quickly said as I put my seatbelt on and braced myself for the drive ahead.

The music was on full blast in Rayna's car while she sang along to the lyrics. Suddenly a grey figure ran in front of the car. "Rayna watch out! Cat!" I yelled. She swerved the car to miss it and then she said "oh my god! I almost killed a cat" "It's alright, it's alive. Now try to focus on the road so we don't get killed" I replied, trying to reassure her. "Ok, ok," She said nervously. "Come on let's go," I said as I turned down the volume of the radio "and you don't need super loud music to drive, it's going to make you lose focus...".  "Ok then... miss bossy pants..." she said grumpily. Ok, what is it with everyone giving me names that end with pants? Doesn't everyone wear pants? "Great another nickname..." I mumbled angrily.

"We are here!!!" Rayna said excitedly. "Yay!" I replied. I was starving and in my mind, I was already ordering my meal. We entered the cafe. "Hi! What would you like today?" said the overly happy waitress. "Umm I'll have the spinach quiche, garlic knots, a chocolate lamington, and a L&P" said Rayna, happily.  I thought about my options and ended up getting a chicken sandwich, a raspberry and chocolate cake, and a coke. We sat down at a table and started talking...

"So...are you going to Shawn's party?" Rayna said while we waited for our food. "Yeah..." I replied. The waitress came with a tray of food. "Here you go!" she said cheerfully. "Thanks!" me and Rayna replied as the waitress walked off. "So back to the subject at hand..." she said after she took a big gulp of L&P "Who are you going with?" "I  thought we were all going together, you know, as a group" I replied. "True, but you were technically asked... twice" she said "what? by who?" I said shocked. I don't remember being asked to go to the party with anyone. "By Shawn and my brother of course..." she said as if she were telling me the answer of two plus two. "First of all Justin just asked me if I was going-" "Technically that's asking you if you were going, so he could ask if you could go with him..." "Second, Shawn just invited me-" "Because he liked you enough to invite you or maybe because he's head over heels for you..." "Third, how did you know about Justin asking me if I was going and about Shawn inviting me?" I said suspiciously. "First of all, I was behind you guys when you were going to Science because I wanted to ask Justin if he was going to soccer practice after school and I heard you and Justin in the kitchen while I went to grab my bag" She answered. "Oh" was all  I could say as I took a bite out of my sandwich.

"I'll pay," I said as the waitress came. "No, I will" Rayna said, rummaging in her wallet for her card. "Here you go" I said to the waitress with a smile when I gave her my card and I smirked at Rayna when she looked up, furious. "I was going to pay!" she whined "It's ok" I said patting her back, still celebrating my victory in my head. As we walked to the door we saw a girl in one of the booths sobbing her eyes out, her head in her hands. I walked over to her. "Hey, r u ok?" I said as she looked up to show her mascara-smudged face. Oh. My. God. It was Chloe.