When I woke up I felt that someone was caressing my hair and obviously it was Ryan. Who else would it be? He had put my head on his lap while I was sleeping and to be honest this way was more comfortable than before. Yet I didn't appreciate it.
"What are you doing?" I asked nervously looking at my feet.
"I just wanted you to sleep well. What's so wrong with that?"
"I guess nothing." I muttered.
"Won't you say something like thank you?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because I don't think I have to."
"Ok then, you don't have to. I don't want to argue with you right now."
"Me neither." I agreed with him for once. "You look tired. Didn't you sleep?" I asked as I noticed the dark circles around his eyes.
"No."
"Why?"
"Because I did everything I could to make you feel comfortable without letting my self sleep !"
"Oh.. Thanks."
"Finally!"
"When do you think they'll let us go?" I asked trying to lighten up the mood.
"I don't know."
After this slightly unpleasant conversation we were told that we are free to go. When I arrived at home and closed the door I felt the phone buzzing in my pocket. It was Samantha.
"Hey Samantha, what's up?"
"Can we please talk?"
"Won't you go to school?"
"No."
"Then I'll not go either. We have already missed the 1st period anyways."
"So... Tell me your address and I'll come in a bit."
"You know what? Don't come home. Let's meet somewhere else. How about the new café next to school?"
"I think it's fine."
"I'll take a shower and I'm coming, ok?"
"Ok, bye."
I hung up the phone and got ready. I just wanted to look presentable so I didn't bother to make something special with my hair or makeup. As time was passing the curiosity was overwhelming me. Did something happen to her? Did I do something wrong? I felt like a paranoid.
When I entered the café I saw her sitting on a small armchair looking at the menu.
"Hi!" I said trying to catch her attention.
"Hi! What will you drink?"
"I don't feel like drinking right now. So why did you call me? Did something happen?"
"Let's get straight to the point. I wanted to talk to you about Kevin."
"Kevin?"
"Yes. Does he have a girlfriend?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Because I broke up with Luke yesterday and I was wondering if Kevin would date me. You know how it is. I need someone to fix my mood."
"Excuse me? And you will play with him just like that?"
"Yeah, why not?"
"You can't do this!"
"And who are you to tell me what to do? Now answer me. Does he have a girlfriend?"
"Yes he has."
"Girl, don't mess up with me! I know you're lying!"
"How do you know? You were the one that called me to ask if Kevin has a girlfriend. That means that you don't know! I start to think that you're only a stupid cow."
"Don't talk to me like that! You are nothing compared to me!"
"That goes for you too. Do you know who are you talking to?"
"To whom?"
"To Kevin's girlfriend!"
"Where is she? I don't see her."
"You are really stupid, aren't you? I'm his girlfriend!"
"You can't be serious...." she said as her mood changed drastically one more time.
"Do you want me to call him?"
"No! And please don't say anything about what I said. Bye." she said harriedly and left.
I couldn't believe what just happened. How could she even think of playing with someone's feelings just like that? Maybe I shouldn't have lied that I'm Kevin's girlfriend but at that moment I thought that this was the right thing to do if I wanted to stop her.
I went home and waited till the last period finish before calling Kevin. I felt that I should tell him about the little scene Samantha made.
"Kevin we need to talk."
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing serious. I just think it's better for you to know."
"What are you talking about? I don't understand."
"Can we meet?"
"Sure! Just send me your address."
"Can't we meet somewhere else?"
"We can but you have never shown me where you live. I want a home tour."
"But..."
"Please! Even Ryan has been in your house!"
"Yes but I didn't want him to come!"
"Yet unlike me he's not your friend."
"Ok...I'll send you the address."
After a while I heard the doorbell and surprisingly it wasn't someone I didn't want to see. It was Kevin just like how I planned it.
"Come in." I told him showing him the inside of the house.
"It's cute. But how will you fit with your parents when they come back? It only has one room."
"We'll live separately."
"But why? Don't you feel lonely already?"
"No."
Big, really big lie.
"So what did you want to tell me?" Kevin asked with curiosity.
"So today..."
"First tell me what happened yesterday." he said cutting me off.
"A drunk guy approached me did some inappropriate things and I almost kill him. Then Ryan told me to let him go just to beat him up. That's all."
"I want more details because this doesn't make much sense and most importantly what was Ryan doing there?"
"He was there with some girl." I told trying not to show any weird emotions about it.
"And is that a problem?"
"Of course not! Who cares?"
"Ok then, but let's just leave the subject because I think that you'll make it much more confused than it actually is."
"Finally because I wanted to tell you what happened today. Samantha called me."
"And?"
"She broke with Luke yesterday and she wanted to date you."
"Why? She just broke up yesterday!"
"To make her feel better."
"So she basically told she wanted to play with me."
"Basically.... And when I tried to stop her she insisted even more and I had to lie to her."
"What did you say?"
"I told her that I'm your girlfriend. I'm sorry."
"Why are you sorry? Where else will I find a better fake girlfriend?"
"My honor." I said and we started laughing.
"So you better come to school tomorrow to show her what a nice couple we are."
"I wouldn't miss that. Oh, and please don't tell Ryan."
"I wouldn't tell him anyways but why?"
"I don't know just don't tell him."
"Ok, as you wish."
"Now please go because I've missed my bed. Tell Ryan.."
"What?"
"Nothing, just forget it."
"Ok, bye."
"Bye."
I wanted him to tell Ryan to get a good amount of sleep because he stayed up all night because of me. I gave up though as I thought that it's weird to say something like that. Yet I couldn't help but think about Ryan. He was really tired and although he looked like a panda with those dark circles around his eyes he was still handsome to me.