A Weird Love Story

Chapter 20- Show And Tell

Dianne's POV-

I wake up to the sound of the front door closing. Probably my mom who has to go to work even though it's summer for us and it's getting hotter everyday. I find all of my sheets and covers on the foot of my bed and remembered that I took them off in the middle of the night. I check my phone that is charging on my nightstand and the clock reads 8:02 so I decide to fall asleep again.

When I wake up again, this time the clock reads 9:16. I'm a little hungry so I get up and put my hello kitty slippers on then head downstairs to the kitchen. I open the refrigerator and get myself a cup of strawberry yogurt then reach for the cupboard and take out a granola bar. I sit on the couch and turn on the TV then go to my recordings and find that I have not yet seen the latest episode of Once Upon A Time. Love this show!! Grace has seen it because she was talking about it the other day but I wasn't paying much attention. Has Maria has seen it yet? Then remember that I have to talk to her. I should go to her house after finishing my breakfast...and this episode!

I walk back upstairs to my closet and pick out my black Billy Joel concert t-shirt, light colored short jeans, a white/cream colored cardigan, and a pair of brown ankle boots that I love! Weird combination but I wanted to be comfy and it doesn't look too bad. After that I just put on a little bit of mascara, some lip gloss, and put my hair into a ponytail. Grabbing my small cross body purse, I drive to her house by 11:24.

I'm pulling into her driveway when I see a car, that looks familiar but it's not one that her family owns, drive away. I get out of my car and walk up to the door then ring the doorbell. Maria almost immediately opens the door with the same clothes on that I saw yesterday when I left the movie theater but she has her hair in a messy bun. "Oh hey Dianne!"

"Hey Maria. Who just pulled out of your driveway?"

"That was just Joe. He spent the night."

"Oh really?" I raise an eyebrow and give her a smirk. (A/N: this is what it would look like: 😏)

"Not like that! We just watched a movie! You are so weird." she pushes me back a little and we laugh. "So are you!" and she just nods.

"So what brings you here today, Dianne?"

I stop laughing and my smile fades. She's giving me a confused look. "We need to talk about you and Ross."

"Oh!! Speaking of Ross, I need to tell you about last night!" she interrupts. We go inside to the living room and she sits down on one end and pats the cushion next to her. Then she tells me the whole story about her, Ross, and Joe...and about her first kiss with Joe. Well there goes my theory. "So! Anyways, what did u want to tell me?" She asks me.

I can't tell her about the thing with Ross anymore so I'll just finally tell her about Ryland. "I like this guy...but he likes someone else and I don't know what to do." I entwine my fingers together but open my palms with my thumbs facing out.

"Well, who is it?!" She leans forward with an eager look on her face, desperate to know who I like.

"It's Ryland..." I trail off. "Oh." she leans back and puts on a thinking face. "Well maybe you should go over to his house and at least try to be friends with him." I start to nod thinking about her proposal. "Ya! I think I might just do that! Thanks so much Maria, you give great advice!" She shrugs, cross her legs, and flips her hair over her shoulder. "That's just how I do!" I scoff and roll my eyes then leave.

I'm actually surprised that I remember where their house is since I've only been there once before. I walk up and ring the door bell and Riker answers it. "Hey Dianne! What's up?" he pops the 'p' at the end if his sentence. "Nothing much, I just wanted to talk to Ryland about someth-" He interrupts me. Why is everyone doing that today?

"Oh! That's great because he has been feeling kinda down about the Grace thing and Rocky and I wanted to help him get out of his funk and I think a friend is just what he needs." he bends his elbow and thrusts it to the side in a joking sorta way. "That's why I came here, I don't really want to be his friend..." He slumps forward and looks down, "Oh, okay." he half whispers. "Not that way. I mean the other 'don't want to be his friend' kind of way." I look down embarrassed. "Wait, Really!? You like like him!?" I twist my foot back and forth on the stairs, smiling but not looking up. "Yeah..."

"That's even better! Rocky!!! Come here!! Oh right, come on in."

"Thanks." I sit in the middle of the couch and Riker sits next to me. Then Rocky comes running down the steps and looks at Riker with wide eyes. "What is it??? What happened???"

"Come sit down." Riker says with raised eyebrows and squinted eyes pretending to be like a therapist. It's working because Rocky slowly walks to the couch with a scared and confused look on his face."We need to talk." He puts his hands into a gun form and touches his index fingers to his pursed lips. "Should I be concerned?" Rocky says sitting on my other side. Riker stops and goes back to 'normal'. "No, I was just joking."

"We were just messing with you." I add on. "But we do really want to talk to you."

"About what?" he puts his arm on the backboard of the sofa. "Dianne here likes Ryland." Riker responds.

"That's great! And it's just what he needs." Just then, Ryland comes walking down the stairs and sits on the recliner taking out his phone. "Hey guys, hey Dianne. What's up?" Show time.

A/N: I just felt like actually attaching a picture of what the outfit would look like just for fun. It's not great but still... SO! See you guys tomorrow!