Are You There, Somewhere? (girlxgirl) [ON HIATUS]

Chapter 4: Hey There, You.

Guess what, I had written three versions of this chapter. I just couldn't make up my mind. But finally, I like this one better than the others.

I woke up to the loud bang of the door slammed closed. And then I heard feet thumping down the stairs as if the person was rushing down.

"Kim??" I tried to shout a little.

No reply. Those foot steps must've been hers then. But it's Saturday, where would she be going? I glanced at the clock next to my bed. Nearly 7am. It's really early too. I get off of bed to make myself a cup of coffee. There's a note on the desk and it says "Sorry dear, forgot to tell you I had a job interview at the school today. Wish me luck!" I frowned. Didn't know Kim's been searching for any jobs. Well she better be anyway, since she's done college. I thought she'd be continuing to uni but she said she wanted to teach kids. So I guess you wouldn't need to go to uni to teach kids some simple ABC.

I then continue making the coffee and sat by the window. I really felt like going out and walking around the city. But who else is there to go out with? Tobby? Well he's probably still mad at me after I ki-

My eyes widened and I chocked on my coffee. Last night's event started to replay in my mind, over and over. "Oh Annabelle, you foolish girl." I sighed as I dropped my face onto my palms. I wasn't worried about Tobby. But I worried about Lana. I probably never gonna get to see her again. She'll notice me. And then what? She probably think I'm weird anyway. But I don't want her to think like that of me. I wish I could go back to the past and change what happened last night.

Or maybe I should just stop over thinking about it. Maybe it's not a big deal. Maybe she's an ignorant kind of person and just brushed it off like it was nothing. Maybe, I could walk pass her, and she wouldn't even notice me. And things will be back to how it was.

I need to have a walk. By the beach or park or something. Away from the city to ease my head a bit. Mom said I'm not allowed to go out by myself unless to college. But it was morning and the park was near anyway. I guess I just don't have to tell her, that definitely won't hurt her. She was always have been worrying too much and over protective of me. But I'm glad she decided to let me live in an apartment for college. I didn't wanna be one of those people who's still live with their parents while in college. But my parents choose the apartment, and they choose my housemate too. They purposely chose Kim because she's older and a responsible person despite her weirdness, so they are depending on her to take care of me. And Kim certainly did.

So after I showered, I head out to the park. I had to say that it was an odd feeling walking around the city alone. Like, I felt empty but I wasn't sad. There was quiet a lot of people at the park, especially kids. I sat on one of the bench by the lake. Just watching some kids feeding the ducks. I was thinking of reading the book I had in my bag but the scenery at the park was too beautiful I didn't want to miss out a second of it. I was lost by my own thoughts when someone stood in front of me and blocked my view.

"Hey there, you." That person said. And moved to the side so I can see her properly without a bright sun shining from behind her.

I turned my head towards her with a smile, but that smile turned into a gasp when I saw who it was.

"The weather is beautiful today, isn't it? Lana said, sitting down next to me, casually making a conversation.

I didn't reply, I didn't know what to say so I just stare at her. I couldn't believe my eyes. Was it really Lana, sitting next to me in a park bench? Or was it just me being delusional?

"Um, maybe you could say something back?" She asked and smiled, snapping me back into reality. It was really her. It was really Lana, sitting next to me on a park bench.

"Uh, hey, hi. It's, em, it's you." I stuttered, obviously nervous. I could feel my palm sweating.

"Ah, come on. You don't have to look so scared. I'm not going to eat you or something. Though, last night was vice versa." Lana ended her sentence with a small chuckle and shook her head slowly while pretending to look around. I blushed furiously.

"Oh God, I am so sorry about that. I didn't know what I was thinking. And I didn't expect it to be you." I said, desperately hoping she wouldn't be creeped out by me. "Maybe it was the beer?" I added nervously. I wasn't good at lying.

"Well whatever it was, I know it wasn't the beer." She exclaimed and gave me a knowing smile.

"How are you so sure?" I asked, thinking that maybe she was just testing me.

"Well, you shove your tongue inside my mouth and I didn't taste any beer on it."

"Shit." I didn't know what else to say.

"Was it that guy? The one who came few seconds afterwards. Saying he needs to talk to you."

I didn't reply just yet. I didn't want to tell her the truth. She'll think I'm heartless.

"He was going to tell you he likes you didn't he?"

Well crap, she knew.

I let out a sigh. "He's my best friend. Or, was. I don't know, he hasn't contacted me yet.

"Well, he's probably heartbroken right now. But hey, at least he got the truth, didn't he? Or like, half of it."

"I really should've just tell him, shouldn't I? That I never had any feelings for him and that we should always stay as friends." I didn't know what Lana did, but I found myself pouring out my problems to her. "And why am I even telling you all this?" I gave her a nervous laugh.

She smiled. "I don't know. People said that I have the face that makes people blurted out about their lives. They said that I'm comfortable to be with."

They were right. Lana and I have been in a conversation for just awhile and I felt like I've known her and we were friends. We were companied by the the uninvited silence after that. And I felt very uncomfortable.

"What did you mean when you said you didn't expect it was me?" Lana asked, breaking the silence.

"Hmm?" I turned my head to her. Confused by her question. And I saw that she was purposely been avoiding from looking back at me.

"You said you were sorry about last night and didn't expect it was me." Her voice was very soft. And she was looking down at her shoes.

"Oh did I? Well, um, you know, I never really saw you anywhere else other than the library or classes. Especially not in wild parties like last night. I thought you weren't that type of person."

"You saw me in the library?" She asked curiously.

"Uh, well, only sometimes. Whenever I felt like studying in the library." I lied. I couldn't tell her that I always go study at the library just because she was there. It'll seem like I was stalking her.

"Oh" She nodded and took out her phone to check out the time. "Well I gotta get back to work. I had only 15 minutes break. I work at the Starbuck just across the park. You can come by sometimes. It's nice chatting with you." She said, standing up now.

"Alright sure, I think I will." I replied with a smile. She turned around to walk when she stopped and turned back on me. "Sorry I didn't realize I never got your name."

"Oh, it's Annabelle Watson. And I know you're Lana Campbell"

"Annabelle Watson." She echoed." What a pretty name. Well, it certaintly suits the owner." She added with a wink. She then turned around and started walking. "See ya, Annabelle." She said, raising her hand, waving without even looking back.

I didn't reply. I couldn't. I was grinning like an idiot. I couldn't find a word to express what I was feeling. The butterflies in my tummy was going crazy. I'm afraid that if I open my mouth, they would fly away. And I found myself falling head over heel for Lana, as if I wasn't already.

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