The Road To Your Heart

8

Eliane POV

Thanks to the food Beta Rain gave us, I could concentrate on my studies during the weekend without worrying about Maya dying of hunger or junk food. But truth to be told, I really missed cooking but I couldn't just waste good ingredients just to have fun.

Maya slept the days away, she seemed a bit tired. I suppose all the stress we went through is finally catching up to her. She even canceled her job interview, she said she wanted to take it easy for a while. She would wake up to eat then go back to sleep.

Somehow, Alex's face and his beautiful smile kept popping in my head at random moments. My mind kept rewinding our conversations, I still can't believe he called me beautiful. And the way he apologized on one knee was so romantic, he was like the male lead actor in a chick flick, it made my heart skip a beat every single time I remember it. I even caught myself grinning like an idiot several times, I couldn't get him out of my mind.

By Monday night, Maya was in better shape, she wanted to eat dinner out since we were running out of food but I refused since I had a few mock tests to finish. She didn't insist any further and left me be. That night we settled for cereals as dinner.

On Thursday morning, Maya woke me up with breakfast in bed, saying that we are spending the day out. I tried to use the excuse of studying in order to refuse one more time but she didn't listen to me, besides, somehow my laptop and books were gone. She said that I needed to chill out before my exams and I had no choice but to comply.

After eating, I took a long relaxing shower. When I came out of the bathroom, Maya was already dressed and playing on her phone. Like usual she opted for the comfortable look, she was wearing blue jeans, black sneakers and black zipped hoodie. I decided to go for a similar outfit but with different colors, I went with a pink hoodie and gray sneakers.

"Where are we going?" I finally asked when I fastened my seat belt.

"To the mall" she answered while starting the car, "We are spending the day there"

"Doing what???"

"Shopping for a starter!"

"Shopping for what? I don't need anything" she turned the radio on and ignored me. Great!! today is stubborn Maya's day. I tried to complain a couple of times but the only response I got was her smirk. She knew I had no rebellious bone in me.

We parked the car in the underground parking lot. We found a spot close to the elevator, it would make things easy afterward. When we got the ground floor, Maya looked for the mall map and dragged me there.

"So, you'll get to chose today's activities"

"I chose to go back and finish studying," I said with a huff

"You'll get to chose the shops we'll visit, the movie we'll watch and the food we'll eat", she kept looking on the map as she didn't hear what I said, "There is an arcade center and a spa if you're interested"

"Maya..." I started whining like a brat, "We could chill out back home", She took a deep breath and turned to me, she cupped my face with her two hands and gave me the creepiest smile.

"You will choose the shops we'll visit or I will do it and I'm sure you remember what happened last time I did the clothes shopping on my own?" I shuddered remembering the pepperoni pizza printed onesies she got me last time.

"You will choose the movie will watch otherwise I'll go for a zombie movie" no! no! anything but zombies.

"You'll choose the food we're going to eat or I'll get something very spicy. I love spicy food what about you?"