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-"So you did what again? " I could tell by Ashley's eyes, that she was surprised and amused at the same time.

-"You heard me the first time Ash, stop laughing, 'cause now i am in trouble.I am supposed to have a boyfriend here with me, which I don't have, 'cause I just met him today." Ash laughed again at my serious tone.
I started to panic, 'cause we were already at the bowling club and Adam was about to show up at any moment.
And I wasn't prepared for facing him and his new thing , without my so called boyfriend.
-"Why don't you just call Elliot and ask him to come here and be your boyfriend, at least for tonight?He seemed pretty interested in you,wanting you to have his number.."Ash finished changing her shoes for the game, but she wasn't done mocking me.
-"That's a brilliant idea Ash, I haven't thought about doing that at all."My sarcasm came out,while I was rolling my eyes at Ashley, but she was too busy checking her phone.
-"Haha, I joked the first time, but you could still invite him, you know? We'll figure out something,when he gets here."She was finally no longer mocking me.Her idea was a good one.
-"I'll call him. Let's not tell Tiffany and Bella for now,ok? I'll just tell them, a friend will join us tonight, 'cause I forgot about my plans with him and I didn't want to bail on him." It really wasn't the right moment to explain them everything.
-"You'll have to be a bit more convincing than that, expecially with Tiffany.She has like a special sense for secrets and knows when someone tries to hide something.
And with Bella , you know , how much she cares about these bowling nights, which we have kept doing for four years now. She'll be a bit pissed that an intruder will ruin our special bonding night."

Ash was right, I had to find something more convincing for our friends.They knew me really well,so I had to step up my lying game, which wasn't easy for me.
Ash watched me think, deep in my thoughts and got up from our table to get our usual order.
The clock was ticking and I had to call Elliot.He wasn't answering ,damn it.I was praying for him to pick-up his phone already.Again nothing.
-"Who were you calling? Ash asked in a very joyful mood,while she was putting our tiramisu milkshakes on our table.
I immediately grabbed one of the chocolate sticks sitting on top of my milkshake.The chocolate stick made me feel better, but my problem still wasn't solved.
After finishing the first bite, I managed to respond :"Elliot.He didn't answ..."and then his name popped on my screen and Ashley was screaming joyfully.
-"Answer , now girl." Her smile was all over her face, which made me question the source of her happiness.
-"Hei Elliot."My voice was trembling , but I tried to keep my calm.
-"Hei Sarah. It's nice to hear from you.How are you? "His excitement was quite obvious, which made my nerves calm down.
-"I'm fine ,hanging with a friend.Can you talk or are you busy?"I tried to hurry up the basic beginning of any phone conversation.
-"It's ok, I was just listening to some music.Did something happen?"
-"You know that I kind of owe you for saving me.And I wanted to invite you at a bowling game.There will be me and a couple of my friends."
-"Like right now?"He seemed a bit amused.
-"Yes ,I know it's last minute,but I thought about this and saw it as a great way to express my grattitude for what you did."

-"Don't worry about that anymore.I am glad that I could help you.And about this unexpected invitation..I accept,, but I only played a couple of times ,so be patient with me."
-"I will teach you some tricks.."and we both laughed at my remark."It's the bowling club next to Charlie's pizza place."
He said excited that he was getting ready to come and meet us there.
After I hung up,I saw a weird expression on Ashley's face, then she came back to her senses :
"You forgot a really important detail: the boyfriend part."
-"I didn't really forget.I couldn't ask him to do that for me.It would have been too much ..My plan goes this way:Elliot will come,play with us, I'll stay closer to him and Adam will see us together. He'll figure , that he is really the boyfriend I was talking about."
-"It's actually a good plan.Maybe giving Elliot a kiss or holding his hand a couple of times, might also help."
-"Only if it's necessary. I don't want to scare the guy away,Ashley.He was really nice to me." now I was defending Elliot,,,still a stranger to me.

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