"What the heck am I doing?" Luke looked at the Slurpies cup in the cup holder in his car. He had afternoon classes today but he woke up early, went to Slurpies to get a chocolate malt milkshake and now was waiting for Nora to walk up to the university gates. "I must be out of my freaking mind." He muttered. Finally she showed up, he grabbed the cup and stepped out, but somebody else ran up to her, Nora gave devilish smile, he stopped in his track.
"You finally decide to come back?" Nora asked, it wasn't long until he realised that the person was Tina.
"Yes. Give me the keys, I think I'll take a day off, call in sick maybe." Tina stretched.
"Sounds good, but I won't give you the keys." Nora shrugged.
"Why is that?"
"Because I don't feel like it." She smirked.
"Seriously Nora, come on. I'm tired, I want to sleep."
"Not my fault, see you." She headed off. Tina grabbed her by her bag, "What do you want?"
"The room's a mess, clean it up for me. Please." Nora smiled and freed her bag.
Tina sighed, "Okay." Nora threw the keys at her, "Bye."
"Damn this brat." Tina caught the keys. She turned and her eyes fell on Luke, he saw the whole thing. She shrugged, gave a small smile and waved at him, he waved back and then she was gone.
He went towards Nora, thankfully she hadn't got far, he caught up with her. "Nora," he called out. She turned around. "Morning," he came to her.
"Morning." She smiled. He didn't say anything, but looked around. Nora looked at him and gave a questioning look.
"Oh yeah, this is for you." He extended the cup, "I'm sorry for yesterday."
"Yesterday?"
"About what happened." He looked at her.
"What happened?" She tried to remember, "Oh for that time. It's cool I forgot about it."
"You did? But you looked angry."
"Yes I was. You shouted at me for no reason. But later I forgot about it. And as for the milkshake, if it's for me I'll take it" She grinned.
"Of course it is for you." He handed her the cup.
"How did you get this idea anyway?" She took the straw in her mouth.
"You enjoyed this a lot last time, and you were pissed, thought this would cool you down." He shrugged.
"Hmm. It was a good idea. I cannot deny this anyway, even if I am angry." She giggled. "So I'll go. Bye."
"Go where?" He looked at her. She pointed to the classroom, "Thanks for walking me here and for this too." She raised the cup.
He nodded, "See you round." His phone rang, it was George.
"Man I need your help!" George blurted from the other side.
"What did you do?" Luke was already on his feet.
"I didn't do anything. I want to do something."
"What?"
"Meet me at my place, this is a very important matter man. Okay?" He pleaded.
"Fine I'll be there 20."
***
"Remember Nora.."
"Yes I'll not take up anything, we're going out. You've been telling me this since last night. I get it." Nora cut her off.
"Good. At the dorm at 7, exactly two hours later." Tina said. Nora nodded and headed off.
Unfortunately the two hours went by in a flash and Tina was at the door of the library, "You're late." She crossed her arms.
"I was just heading back before you came to get me." Nora shrugged.
"Anyway let's go." Tina pulled her by the arm. "Let's get you ready."
Nora pulled back, "You said there was no need for that, also it's just the two of us, so no need for that."
Tina looked at Nora from head to toe, she was in a pair of denim shorts, a tank top and a long shrug, "You don't look bad. It'll be fine, let's go then."
They got into a cab and Tina almost whispered the destination to the driver. "What's with all this secrecy?" Nora asked.
"Secrecy? No it's not like that." Tina looked at her. "We're going to Three Monkeys."
"Three Monkeys? Good choice."
They finally got there, Three Monkeys was a newly opened restaurant bar but it garnered it's name over the time and is now must visit for any person staying in Sorane or outside. "Come, I already made a reservation." Tina said.
"It's beautiful." Nora looked around.
"Of course it will be, one of its co-founder is an interior designer and the rest of the two, I don't know, it has been three years since it opened. You know I read everything about it online, magazines. Everything. But still couldn't find about the other two founders." Tina shrugged. Nora patted on her shoulder, "Proud of you."
"Hey you guys." Two persons stepped out of the restaurant, George and Luke.
"Oh my, you're here too." Tina shouted. "That's great, we've got company Nora." She beamed. Nora gave her a cold stare, "Don't act so surprised, you already had this planned, right? It's evident."
"Got me. So then let's head inside." She held Nora's hand, but before they could step inside, a man appeared from behind them and took George and Luke in a big hug. "What are you doing here? You never come here!" The man shouted.
"Can't we come here unannounced." George slapped his back. "Anyway we've got company." The man turned around to face Nora and Tina, "Sorry for that, I'm Joel Collins. Welcome to Three Monkeys." He opened his arms. Joel was the happy go lucky type, curly brown hair, a semi-formal suit and way too enthusiastic.
"Thank you so much for the warm welcome." Tina smiled enthusiastically. "You're the founder of Three Monkeys, right?"
"No, co-founder actually. We three -" he stepped back and stood between George and Luke, "are the founders of this beautiful restaurant bar."
"What?! They both?!" Tina made it evident, she was shocked and surprised.
"Yes, I know, they don't seem like the men who would make it big in their lives, right?" Joel started laughing.
"So technically speaking, you guys are the three monkeys." Nora muttered. Joel stopped laughing and looked at her, his expression unreadable, "I never thought about it like that, but you might be right." He nodded his head and let out a small chuckle.
"I think that's enough. Now get the hell out of here Joel, we've got to have our dinner." George pushed him away.
"Hey you're going to leave your friend like that?" He said sounding heartbroken, George nodded. "Fine, I have a date too. Baby." Joel called out. A girl with voluminous hair and a little black dress appeared out of a car and came running to Joel and hugged him, "Baby let's go." He fist bumped Luke, gave George a cold stare and went inside.
George sighed, "Let's get inside before anybody else shows up."