Right In Front Of Me...

Chapter 9

The Next Night:

I went round his house that night, to show my support for him even though I wanted him to be going on a date with me. He was dressed so cutely in his whit shirt; black tie and black trousers. Whoever the girl was, she was very lucky. Sal was looking in the mirror, making minor adjustments to his hair. I just admired him, sitting on his sofa watching him. He must have noticed me with the reflection in the mirror, because he smiled to himself; looking down at the ground. After he finished with his hair, he came down and sat by me on the sofa.
"Remember, have a good time!" I said. "Especially as your ditching me on our movie night" i joked.
"Aww dont say that. You know id love to spend every second of every day with you, its just.." Sal said. Those words melted my heart. "Its just.. Murr wants me to go out with this girl" Sal explained.
"Murr? Why?" I asked, now confused.
"So I can prove something" Sal told me.
"Prove what?" I asked.
"That..I...nothing" Sal stuttered, looking nervous.
"You can tell me" i said, placing my hand on his knee.
"That I secretly love-" he began, until the doorbell rang interrupting him.
"What is it? Who do you love?" I asked him, eager to know the answer. He quickly got up and opened the door to reveal the girl he is going on a date with.

"Oh hi" Sal said, glancing over at me, whilst speaking to the girl.
"Hello, Sal right?" She asked. Sal nodded, half distracted by me. I smiled at him weakly and waved him goodbye.
"So..er.. we better get going" Sal said to the girl. He slowly closed the front door and led the girl to his car. I quickly ran upstairs and peered outside of the window to catch a glimpse of her. She had long curly black hair with brown eyes and wearing a short dress with heels. She was beautiful and the total opposite of me. Sal turned around to face back to the house so I quickly ducked down at sat on he floor.
'How come I didn't realise my feelings earlier?! That could have been me on that date with him!' I thought, as I burried my head in my hands.

Sal's POV
'How come I was so close to telling Emily how I felt. I was one word. All i had to say was i love you! She's perfect. Shes the one for me... my true love. But I was now on a date with Jess, so i had to focus on her.. at the end of the day, me and Emily my never happen! We may just be friends!' I thought.
"So Jess" i began. I couldn't think of anything to say. My mind was distracted by Emily. "What..job do you have?" I asked to make conversation.
"Im a producer on a few shows, and your part of a comedy troupe right?" Jess asked.
"Yep" i said.
There was slight awkward silence, so I decided to put the radio on. The song 'Mr Brightside' was playing. My mind immediately flashed back to the time me and Emily sang it in the car, with the music playing full blast. I was beginning  to run out of reasons to not ask her out...