Midnight Blue Chapt 12

"You WHAT?!" exclaimed Claire, dropping the cup of water shed been drinking. "Sorry," she said, picking it back up again."
"I broke up with Jonah. I mean, sure, I was really into him. I still am." I replied hastily, grabbing a rag to soak the water up with.
Claire picked up her compact and reaplied some eyeshadow and lipgloss. "Whyd you do it then?"
I sighed. "Can you keep a secret??" Claire nodded. I took a deep breath. "I like Rich."
Claire squeezed the tube, spilling the lipgloss all over my face. "WHAT?!" then she paused, realizing what shed done, and began to laugh. "Sorry Leia!"
I laughed too. "Its kay. But Rich- thats a cover story. Underneath it he is so sweet and shy and honest and funny and cute...." My voice trailed off. "And those sparkling blue eyes. Who CAN resist them??"
Claire raised her hand. "Me....." She started to help me wipe off all the lipgloss. "So, you liked Rich, and dumped Jonah for him?"
"No. You see, Rich kissed me, and I knew I liked him, but I was dating Jonah. I couldnt do that to him."
"I see."
"But then- Rich formally asked me out. In front of Jonah. I said yes, and explained to Jonah we were going as FRIENDS. But then he blew up and admitted he apparently tricked me into dating him!!!"
"Okay, that does give Jonah some bonus jackass points."
"Exactly! And he started yelling at me and I didnt want to get into one of those huge fights so I ended it. I told him we would maybe start seeing each other once school starts again."
"So a week," Claire murmured, stating the obvious.
"Duh," I said. I licked my lips. "Mango?"
Claire laughed. "Uh huh. Imma get you ready for your D-A-T-E with Rich!!!" She grabbed my hand and pulled me up the stairs.
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"Here, wear this." Claire said over her shoulder, throwing me an outfit.
Jean shorts, black sunglasses with zebra sides, and a black ruffle tank with silver streaks.
"As long as I get to wear one of my fedoras," I murmured, quickly changing outfits.
"Which one? You have five."
"Ones for Sarah on her birthday," I muttered. "The white grey blue and black one."
"Ooh, I like this one!" Claire smiled, trying it on, then tossing it to me. "Wear these flip flops." then she stood back to admire her masterpiece. "You SO pull off the hipster physique," she cooed.
I laughed loudly. "Alright, I have to drive to the mall to meet Rich. See you later!"
"See ya!"
As I got into my Prius, my phone buzzed. "Hello?"
"Hey, Leia."
"Oh, hey Rich! Leaving right now!!"
"Hey, im out of gas, and I left my wallet at home. Do me a solid and stop by my place real quick and grab it?"
"Of course!" I chirped.
"Thanks, beautiful." I could just tell he wouldve winked at me if we were in person. I loved how he called me beautiful even though we werent dating.
"anytime. See ya!"
"Bye!"
I turned the radio up. I felt oddly optimistic despite the fact that Jonah had decieved me and we werent together.
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N o t h i n g ever stayed optimistic for long. Youll see.
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I pulled in the driveway to see a sleek black limo, unlike Rich's silver mini van. I figured it was just his dad, no biggie!
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Yes biggie.
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I knocked on the door, whistling Good Time by Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen, my favorite song.
"Hello!" I said when the door opened.
"Why hello there."