Unexpected

• Chapter Fifteen •

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow." ~ Helen Keller

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The repetitive sound of knocking has me rushing down the stairs. Opening the door, I'm nearly knocked over by Rolo and Rani who shove their way past me.
Ana, being the mostly civilised person that she is, says hi and calmly walks in.

Rani and Rolo barrel their way upstairs and into my room while Ana and I follow slowly. In the momentary silence, I decide to question Ana on Raphael.

"So you and Raph huh?" I ask

Ana immediately flushes bright red. "Oh he's just a friend."

"Mmhmm, that's why your blushing. Because you're just friends."

Ana ignores me and enters my room to meet the others.

"So what happened with Abel, Keziah?" Asks Rani immediately.

I clear my throat. "Um, so we finished working on our presentation-"

"Get to the interesting part already!" Shouts Rolo.

"Let me speak!" I yell while throwing a pillow at his fat head.

"Geez woman how does Abel handle you."

Ignoring the comment, I continue. "And then he suggested we watch a movie." Ana sits there nodding her head and hanging on my every word. "Halfway through the movie which was Fast & Furious 7 by the way-"

Rani Shouts at me. "No one cares what you watched Keziah! Just tell us what happened!"

"Stop interrupting me! Let me finish for once or you'll never know."

"I really hope Abel can remove that stick up her butt." Mumbles Rani to Ana.

Ana bursts into laughter but attempts to hide it behind a cough.

I give them all a dry look and roll my eyes. "As I was saying, halfway through the movie, Abel tells me how he likes us together since we were cuddling. And then he leans down and he kisses me."

Rani and Ana both simultaneously squeal while Rolo claps his hands.

Ana speaks. "I'm so excited for you!"

"Are you guys dating now?" Asks Rani.

"Im not really sure, we didn't exactly discuss that..."

Rolo snores loudly. "Of course you didn't , you were too busy snogging his face off."

"So he didn't mention anything about what happens now?" I shake my head.

"I'm gonna call him." Rani says while grabbing my phone.

"No! I'll just see what happens Rani. I don't want to seem clingy."

"I'm pretty sure you're not the clingy one here Kez. He's already texted you." Says Rani.

I quickly snatch my phone from her hand before reading the message.

Sexiest man alive: Can I call you? I want to hear your voice.

Keziah: I can't right now. Rani, Rolo and Ana are staying over.

I throw my phone onto my bed without waiting for a response from Abel and focus my attention on my friends who are smirking at me.

Rolo begins making kissy faces accompanied by the obnoxious sound.