Don't tell my best friend.

2. The text message

Days had gone by with no words of what happened. Lea and I kept talking, as usual, nothing out of the ordinary. Meaning that whatever happened was all in my head.

I mean come on how would that hottie talented straight boy who's also my best friend's boyfriend mysteriously happens to be into me? That sounds like a cheap porn script. So there's no reason why I should be punishing myself for something that was just in my imagination.

So I don't know why when Lea texted me with the -we need to talk ASAP. I almost skip a beat dropping my steaming coffee on my white shirt. Did Raphael mention something did she thought I was flirting with him? Or was it just to talk about something else. I decided on the third option and asked -W.W?. Which meant when and where to which she responded. @ Usual, 8:30 pm. The confidence I had, vanished in seconds, the fact that she had chosen our favorite café the one where we meet to talk about heartbreaks and important topics. It made me unsure of the reason for this unexpected meeting. But I responded with -C you there, xo. Blocking my screen, hitting play on my Bluetooth speakers and continue listening to some music, surprised by the fact that the next song playing was Someone like you by Adele. Was this a strange message from the universe? Or was I just getting insane? Probably both.

My day went in a blur of me having small heart attacks every time I got a notification on my phone, waiting for Lea to send me voice notes screaming or angry texts. But it all went fine, I literally died when I had a picture coming from her, I opened the chat and it was just a meme about how sometimes we are reading, listening or watching something and it just relates to our lives, like is the author speaking to us? Or is it just coincidence. Lea has always been one of those universe believers, signs, cosmos, universe she was into all of that, she was the one who revealed to me what my moon sign meant and ever since I became obsessed with it. Helping new dates and lovers find out theirs. It was weird, but it meant sense how our moon sign actually tells more about ourselves than our sun's. I always felt drawn to the moon and my feelings being complete chaos all the time, so it meant sense when I found out I was a Sagittarius.

It was 8:00 P.M and I was already in the cafe waiting for Lea when I got another text, this time from an Unknown number.

-Can't wait to see you again ;).

I did not have that number on my contacts and I had no idea who it might be, so I just decided on ignoring it, shoving my phone on my pocket, putting it on silent mode and head in, before Lea arrived. To my surprise she was already inside, on what seemed to be her second coffee, this meant bad news or something even worst. I just kept thinking positive thoughts.

I exchanged a worried look with the barista and he knew exactly what he needed to do for me, a caramel cappuccino with a pour of vodka or maybe more than just a pour, the place smelled like donuts, caramel, and the music was just perfect, some instrumental pop hits, that we all knew the lyrics too, but didn't dare to sing out loud.

I sat not looking at Lea, instead, I looked at her hands which were a little shaky, guided by instinct I held her hands and then looked at her eyes, was she crying? Lea didn't cry, what the heck was actually going on, I couldn't wait any longer, even if it was the doom of me I needed to ask her. "What's going on girl?" I asked trying to calm my tone, making it as stable as possible. "I am leaving the city for a couple of days, and I will be missing your birthday. " Lea said in a low tone, relief flooded through my face, but I try to hide it as soon as possible. "My grandfather died, and I need to travel back to my hometown, my mother already bought me a ticket and all" I felt the worst friend ever, how could I felt relief when her grandfather died. She looked at me worried "Could you excuse me at work?, I will send them an e-mail, but still, it's all so abruptly. I've been crying all afternoon, and couldn't bring myself to tell you over text, you know how close I was to my grandfather and last time I saw him, was for his birthday the last October, omg, exactly 9 months, I called him, he is not too much of a digital native you know, and he always refused to do video calls, he said he felt trapped in a magical box" Lea said laughing and crying at the same time, it was so shocking seeing her like this opening up to me, I held her hands tighter,