Roles Reversed

19

"I did not!" Leah shrieked. I had tears rolling down my face from laughing so hard. These girls were hilarious.

"Oh yes you did!" London said. She might not've looked that smart, but she was brilliant.

They were currently telling my the story of the first time Leah consumed an alcoholic beverage. It was quite entertaining.

"Liars. What I actually did, Sasha, was fall on top of him, not attack him," she glared pointedly at London. Kat laughed.

"Yeah right. And I'm a size two," she snickered.

"Who was the guy?" I laughed.

"Shay." All of them said at once.

"Well, whatever you did, it worked," Kat laughed.

I tried to muster the biggest smile I could, but it just wouldn't come.

"You okay?" Lydian asked.

"Uh, yeah. I need to use the restroom," I said.

"Down the hall to your left," she called after me.

I scurried into the bathroom and closed the door, leaning up against it. I took a deep breath.

My mind flashed back to earlier.

"Sash," he called.

I turned around.

"Yes?"

He looked at his feet then have me a half smile. "Never mind. It was nothing," he lied. "See you," he called out and left.

I really wanted to know what he was going to say. I should probably tell him about that dream, but it was two years ago. Does it even matter anymore?

I sighed. "Get a grip," I muttered to myself.

It wasn't that I liked him or anything, I just had the fascination with him. Like everything he did was beautiful. He had this, aspect, to him.

Do you know the song One Thing by One Direction? That song was written about him.

It had to have been.

I splashed some water on my face and walked back out.

They were all staring at me when I entered the room.

"You have a guest," London said with a big smile.

"A what?" I looked at the door. Garret stood there uncomfortably. He gave me his cute little grin.

"I hope you aren't busy, because we have plans," he said. The tips of his ears turned pink.

"Oh do we?" I raised my eyebrows.

"Yes we do."

A smile broke onto my face. I hugged each of the girls and thanked Lydian for letting me stay.

"Anytime, girl. You're one of us now," she said kindly.

"Bye you guys," I waved and shut the door.

"Where are we going?" I wondered out loud.

"You'll see. It's a surprise," he smirked.

I swatted him. The last time someone surprised me with something was when Shay- No, Sasha. Stop. I mentally scolded myself.

He opened the door the taxi for me and we got inside.

He gave the driver the address and then looked at me.

"What?" I giggled.

"Nothing. You're just really pretty, and I try to enjoy the pretty things in life as much as I can," he answered simply.

I flushed. "What time is it?"

He checked his phone. "Four-thirty. Why?" he replied.

"Well I have a movie recording but it comes on at eight tonight," I said sheepishly.

"A movie? It's your first day at college and you want to celebrate by watching a movie? How lame are you?" he laughed.

"Hey! It's a good movie," I defended.

"Really? And what might this movie be?" he asked.

"The Notebook," I mumbled.

"I'm sorry, what was that?" he smirked.

"The Notebook! I want to watch The Notebook!" I shouted.

He let out a huge bark of laughter.

"Why is that funny?" I crossed my arms.

"It's not, sorry. You just never cease to surprise me Sasha, that's all,"

"Since we're best friends, can I come watch it with you?" He asked me quietly about a minute later.

"I'll need payment," I replied.

"I'm not hearing a no," he said in a sing-song voice.

"You aren't hearing a yes either buddy boy," I shot back.

He held his hands up. "Touché. What kind of payment are we talking about here?"

"You have to bring me popcorn and M&M's," I said in all seriousness.

He pinched his lips together to hold in another laugh.

"Aye aye, captain," was his childish response.

The driver pulled over in front of a store.

"Where are we?" I asked as we stepped out of the car.

"Have you ever heard of Dylan's Candy Bar?"

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