Pizza, Anyone?

Chapter Four : Out Comes The Truth

“So how'd it go? Was it a party like I said? Was Noah hot?” asks Hadleigh, rather excitedly, which is strange seeing as how she's usually the calm one between the two of us. I grin and turn away to clean the table tops. “It was great, no, it wasn't a party, and yes he was hot. And Leigh, his name isn't Noah.”

She walks around the table I've almost done cleaning so that I'm facing her again.

“Are you sure? I answered the call myself.  Either I’m going deaf or he was kidding with you.”

I look up, and smile.

 “Actually, he was kidding with you. His friend ordered it under a fake name...for reasons I will not disclose.”

 And I continue to clean the table. She leans down so that her face is inches away from mine. I jump back, startled.

“For what reasons? Is he a celebrity? Come on Maliaaaaaa, I'm your best friend! Tell me!” she pleads, batting her eyelashes. I laugh at her, she looks ridiculous.

 “I think the batting-eyelashes thing works only on guys, Leigh. And yes, you're my best friend, no doubt, but it's not really my secret to tell. You know?”

I move to the next table.

“That’s just it, I don’t know. Tell me, please,” and she gives me the famous puppy dog eyes. With her pretty brown eyes, it's quite hard to resist. I close my eyes, giggling.

 “Don’t you puppy-dog eye me –”

So of course she continues to do it.

“Okay fine, I'll tell you. Promise you'll believe me.” I say, holding the cleaning cloth in her face. She looks at it in disgust and smacks my hand away.

“Lia, you're acting as if I’m Acacia and you met T2E!” and then she laughs. See, Hadleigh isn't a very big fan of pop/rock, (she kind of hates it – she thinks there can only be pop and rock, not pop rock.) but according to her, The Tyndall Effect is 'tolerable, especially that Jai guy'.

I stay silent and watch her, slightly amused. She stops laughing and looks at me. “You didn't, did you?” she asks, staring at me. The corners of my mouth turn up slightly, but I refuse to laugh and ruin the suspense. So I remain silent.

“Oh god, you did! Whatever you do, do not and I mean, do not tell Acacia. She will freak. No, freak is the mild way to put it.” she says, waggling a finger at me. It's funny looking at her trying to do a cross-teacher bit, so I giggle in agreement. Okay, I probably haven't mentioned this. I'm a fan, Acacia's a “Chemist”. I am cool with them, she obsesses. I like Landen, she worships Noland.

You see the difference? And people say we're exactly alike. They are oh so wrong. The only thing identical is our looks. Red hair, green eyes, a few freckles. We're just about the same height, but that's where the similarity ends. 
Hadleigh looks at me again, her eyes glittering mischievously.

“Did you see Andy?”

She knows I kind of like Landen, or 'Andy', as he's called, but is also aware of the fact that I don’t crush on celebrities. 

I make a sad pouty face.

“Nope, only Nolly and Lys.”

“Ha ha, you say ‘only’ like that’s a bad thing. You do know that 45 million girls around the world would kill to deliver pizza to them, right?”

“So? They’re just a bunch of guys who play instruments. Sure, they’re cute, but it’s not a big deal.”

Leigh looks at me like I'm mad and I roll my eyes, and walk over to the last table.

“It’s a big deal to those girls –”

“Are you defending the Chemist fandom now, Leigh?”

It’s her turn to roll her eyes.

“Acacia’s influence.”

Change of topic; What say we head to my place tonight, kidnap Sahara and watch a couple of movies?”

Sahara's my other best friend, we've been friends for a few years but it feels like we've known each other forever. Ditto me and Hadleigh.

“In that order? Sahara may be busy with her extra courses, or rather, her 'summer school.' But I think I can make it. Sleepover?”

I blow a stray strand of hair out of my face and nod. “Definitely. We haven't had some best friend time in ages! Oh and hey, Leigh can you just check with Dan if he can drop us off at my place? Acacia's using my car, again. Hers has gone for repair. Ugh.”

“Sure. And I almost forgot to ask, did you get 'Noah's number?” She makes air quotes with her fingers when she says Noah.

I shake my head. “Nope. Wish I had though.”

“I wish you had too. And Jai's number. Even if you didn't meet him.”

“Leigh, darling, you have a boyfriend. And he has a girlfriend, too. Remember?”

“You had to rain on my parade, didn't ya?” and then she laughs. Her boyfriend Austin (not Mahone, sorry) is a great guy, they're an adorable couple, and have been for the past 8 months. Austin and Leigh had become a couple just 4 days after Jonah and me. Jonah...Well it didn't last as long as we thought it would; he moved away. And I moved on.

“Lia? Earth to Malia?” asks Hadleigh, shaking my arm. Looks like I've zoned out on her - again. Oops.

“Sorry sweets, lost in thought.”

“Well, we've got to leave, Dan's dropping us. There he is! Come on, lets go.”