Those Girls

Get Ready

14 mins. That's how long it took me to run 3km back to my house.
I've been doing a lot of cardio this week. I'm trying really hard to lose as much weight possible before I leave for Cinque Terre, Italy in 5 days. I've already lost 15 pounds.

I run up to my room and quickly get in the Shower. I'm meeting Luca at the Café in an hour.
Luca is a guy I met at Tegan's birthday party last year. We've become pretty close friends since that day.

I turn the water on to the hottest setting. I always take really hot showers.

I get out and leave wet footprints on the bathroom floor as I walk out of the shower. The mirrors have all fogged up. I draw a heart on it with my fingertip and then wipe it a way with the palm of my warm hand. God, my face is so red and irritated. I hate the way I look with wet hair, or just in general. I wonder what people think when they see me like this, like at the beach or at the pool.
I rush over to my desk and blow dry my hair.

Great, it's all puffy now. My head looks like I have cotton candy as hair. I quickly straighten my hair to try and fix it. It worked.
I'm so insecure. I'm insecure about the fact that i'm being insecure. I try really hard for people not to notice that I am. I get dressed and drive to the Café, it took me an hour to get from my town to Miami, due to traffic.

At the café.

"Hey you." I say as I pull him into a hug. I haven't seen him in 5 days cause he's been busy getting ready for a soccer game that's tomorrow.
"Hey you." He responds. The "Hey you." thing is sort of our thing, we've been saying it to each other since we met.
We sit down at a cozy corner in the back of the Café. We order our drinks and sandwiches. He orders his regular Americano and I order a Ginger Tea; my favorite. I order my sandwich with lettuce "buns" instead of bread. I'm trying to cut off the extra calories. "I really don't know how you can drink coffee, it's so bitter." I mention. "I don't know how you can have a Reubens sandwich in lettuce." He says. I smile at him and then take a sip of my tea.

I really don't know how Tegan and him convinced my parents to let me go to Italy with them. It was easier for Tegan to convince hers because she's known Luca since elementary school.

After a while of sitting at the booth we get up and leave. He puts his arm around my shoulder as we walk to my car.
This was the first chapter! I hope you guys enjoyed. I promise the story will get better chapter by chapter and the chapters will get a bit longer :) Please comment, vote and tell me what you think so far! - Soph!