One Fine Week

04

Renee laughs as loud as the groovy music that is addicting people to the dance floor. While clapping on her thighs, Lilly and Zoey ask themselves how she managed to not fall from the chair throughout the hours they spent within the bar.

Lilly already told her friends about the teen Pao and regretted it immediately, because now she has to deal with the plenty of questions she gets keeping asked of her friends; in attempts to get to know him.

Zoey chuckles and slurps down her cocktail: "How could you say that? Everyone knows what it means!"

"I can imagine how his face looked like when you said 'te amo'." Renee giggles, reducing her laughter.

"Guys just leave me alone, he just looked kinda shocked, nothing more," Lilly explains, her cheeks flushing red like roses.

"I mean, just look at her, she is already falling, for a stranger."

Lilly interrupts Zoey by saying: "We really did laugh a lot today. It is as if I can be goofy, around him. As if I can be me."

"Okay then tell us, what makes him so special?" Renee asks and Lilly replies with: "Well, he is kind, gentle and pleasantly alluring to watch.

"Oh really? If that's the case, then how about you bring him over?" Renee's suggestion made Lilly's lips part.

"Yeah, I mean Zoey and I need to know if he is good for you." Renee informes as Lilly wraps her arms around herself.

"Girls, he is just a worker-"

"A worker that you will invite." Zoey adds and Lilly tilts her head, confronted with the multiple thoughts that are running through her mind. She wants to meet him, she really does. It would only cost her so much of boldness to invite him, but even if it came to him, she would take her fullest courage to try it out.

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While Lilly and her friends continued to hang around in the bar, Pao and his friends gossiped about today's action. Pao, too, could not hold back from reporting his friends about Lilly. After all, he had to share today's events with his best buddies.

"Guys, that was the cutest thing I've ever heard in my entire life!" The young blonde surely couldn't get any happier. For him, a whole day could pass with Lilly just saying 'Te amo' to him. Afterwards, the teen was so impressed by the fact how he could remain that calm while hearing these angelic words in his native language, coming right from his beloved one Lilly.

"Okay... and what did you do?" One of his friends named Vincent asked as he turned the TV off.

"What I did?!" Pao watches them in disbelief, smile not fading away. "I pictured my future with her!" He responds, crossing his arms over his puffed chest, chuckling like a maniac.

"Boy, she only said it as a mistake." Vincent states.

"But the way she said it was different, I could feel it." Pao says, drumming his fingers on the table.

"Yeah, maybe it was like a secret message, like a way to secretly tell you that she likes you. Luke jokingly says.

"Exactly, that's what I meant, gosh you just get it Luke!"

Vincent and Luke run disapproving eyes at Pao. These two are Pao's best friends. They became good friends after Pao got into an argument in high school when they stood up for him. Since that day, the three males did everything together. Other than Pao and his family members, they are liberal, goofy and sufficiently elucidated when it came to their favorite topic 'Girls'. Pao however, is more than a restrained and courteous boy. He comes from a financial wealthy household where he is used to these kinds of habits.

"Your so dramatic. Look, why don't you just say that you like Lilly?" Luke suggests.

A slight blush crept over Pao's face when Luke mentioned her name. "Are you crazy? I can't just say that so easily. Also, she might really think that I am truly crazy if I confess my feelings for only talking a few days with her.

"You only talk about your feelings. What do you know about her? You don't even know if she is interested in you." Vincent explains, carefully taking a sip of his green tea.

"Well, I asked her what kind of guys she likes, but unfortunately she couldn't give me an answer. Instead, she giggled and walked away."

Pao had to be honest with his guys. That surely was the only thing he wasn't quite impressed with, and the only question that occupied him quite a lot. With time, it did matter to Pao if she liked him.

"See? This is exactly what I mean. Women like bad boys. If you were one, she surely wouldn't hesitate to tell you right away that she is simping over you." Luke interrupts and adds: "Listen, your parents are rich, and you are rich too, so why not flexing more with your capital?"

"Boys, listen." Pao gestures them to be quiet by putting his index finger on the lips. When he got their attention back, he continued with: "I don't know what you guys are talking about. I have the feeling that I'm doing pretty good so far. I mean, why do I have to flex with money or play the bad boy? Pao frowns slightly, taking a big bite of his cookie he received this morning from the room service. "You guys obviously want to transform me into you." Pao gave a bitter laugh, gesticulating fervently with his hands.

"Wait, I have an idea! His friend Vincent exclaims, his gaze pensive and attentively at the same time. "Your birthday is tomorrow, so how about you invite her, and we celebrate together? You wouldn't do anything either way."

Pao's gaze dropped to the ground as he plucked on the cuff of his cotton shirt. He totally forgot about his birthday. His friend was right. Pao never really cared about birthday celebrations. For him, it just made no sense to celebrate for getting a year older. In his eyes, it was even more like a negative event, then a glee. Maybe he created that thought due to him celebrating throughout the years by his own or with his parents. Maybe.

Pao's eyes grew in excitement. Having Lilly by his side would be his biggest birthday wish and a wish come true. Pao rubs his forehead.

How could he convince her?