☏ 02. awkward encounters
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"Laylaaaaa," my roommate yelled from across the hall.
Cons of having two lazy asses share a flat: neither of us are willing to walk out of our comfortable positions. This usually results in us communicated by yelling at each other.
"I need help picking an outfit."
Miraculously, I got up and walked to her room which was an utter mess. To say the least. Every centimetre of the floor was covered by clothing and accessories. I made my way through the maze trying my best not to step on any objects and found Eloise perched in the middle of the floor.
Eloise has never had one serious relationship (unless you count the one in ninth grade which lasted a solid 3 months), but she doesn't have hook-ups either. She goes on dates with guys all the time but none quite "match" what she is looking for. That or they just want to have sex.
I gave her a why-the-hell-are-you-going-on-this-date look.
Reading my facial expressions (which she does quite often) Eloise attempted to convince me, "Because, he's really attractive and he's the sweetest!"
"That's exactly what you say about every other guy."
"Well..." she began stammering and I zoned out at the moment she said "he's different" which is her excuse for going on a date with every guy.
Admitting defeat and I searched through the endless piles of clothing. After what felt like hours of sorting through, I chose the perfect outfit to match her girly (and not slutty) personality.
"Shit," I heard Eloise mutter under her breath.
When Eloise swears something must definitely be wrong. She's that type of girl who thinks cursing is "unladylike" and only saves it for rare and highly horrendous occasions.
She held out her phone motioning for me to inspect the text.
cutie from the music store: hey, I'm sorry to say but I have to bring my friend along to our date. all the other guys are out and i felt sorry for the poor dude with no social life. maybe you could bring a friend as well so they can keep each other company and we can do our own thing (;
As soon as I finished reading the message I looked up and saw an unhappy Eloise with pleading eyes. I dramatically sighed, just so it was clear of how unpleased I was with this plan. Blind dates never went well. Eloise always got the cute, sweet guy ( that then later turned out to be a total douchebag ) and I was stuck with the annoying best friend. The things I would go through for Eloise.
She squealed once she saw the answer in my eyes, "Ahhhh thank you so much for doing this! I owe you!"
She still owed me the last five times I helped her out, but I wasn't going to point that out.
Once I was done getting ready I still had to wait another 45 minutes for Eloise. Damn, she must really like this guy if she's taking that long to get ready. I just hope he doesn't crush her heart too bad... My gloomy thoughts of what-ifs were interrupted when a marvellous looking Eloise walked out of the door.
Now I felt completely underdressed. Guess my date will have to suck it up. We walked out of the apartment and started to walking down the street, in which I had slight hopes of actually getting a good date this time.
We arrived at the diner giggling and excitedly talking, but as soon as Eloise spotted the pale guy with period coloured hair she ran towards him and gave him a ginormous hug. I silently excused myself (although I don't think they noticed my exiting) and went to the bar to order a drink.
Beside me I heard quite a lot of rumbling and looked to see what was going on, I took a quick glance and didn't pay much attention to the person, of the male species to be precise, that sat down beside me. I could feel him checking me out before he even spoke.
"Damn girl, I lost my number, can I have yours?" the boy catcalled.
I simply rolled my eyes and was about to tell him to screw off when I turned around and saw who it was.
"Asian boy?" I asked with a bewildered look on my face.
"Gryffin-whore?" the (all too familiar) boy's jaw dropped, "what are you doing here?"
"I'm on a date," I huffed. Although I'm not sure why I lied. Maybe to make it seem as if I had a social life besides studying my ass off.
"Well so am I," he shot back. Judging by his looks that wasn't such a surprise. Although, the girl must be deaf because he definitely did not have a way with words.
Just when I was about to shoot him a snarky remark Eloise and her date showed up.
"I guess you two already hit it off!" Eloise squealed.
Sometimes I wonder if Eloise is half pig she does a whole lot of squealing for a normal human being.
Both of us must have have given them a confused face because the vampire pale boy explained, "Calum, meet Eloise's friend, Layla. We have set you up, in hopes of making your loveless souls happy, that and the fact that Calum had to tag along but none of that matters for your date."
"A date?" I confirmed.
The boy, who I now know is Calum looked disgusted, "With her?"
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