They really went out of there way and brought me to this very nice place. From the outside, it was a two story glass house, kind of square-ish if you know what I mean. The first floor was bigger than the second floor, but we chose to sit at the second floor because it had a balcony.

They light inside, was this neon blue which kind of set a night vibe though it was barely in the evening. Good thing is, all furnitures were wooden and the sun set was in front of us. We had taken a right seat closest to a short corridor that led to the balcony. They already had a menu of ice creams you could choose from and another option of creating your own recipe with flavors.

We sat at a small table of four. Dylan was still pushing the other Logan and Bella thing. Bella and Logan were sitting together, facing the tall glass windows, while I and her boyfriend had our back to the view outside. They really had to stop playing around because now I couldn't watch the sunset.

It had been like ten minutes since they had brought our order and I hadn't seen Kaiden at any of the tables at our floor. I was starting to think it wasn't him that I saw earlier or maybe he was at the first floor.
At the big table across from where I was sitting, there were two girls. One really looked familiar, I think it was the other girl that had fought with Kaiden the first time we kissed.

I was ignoring the small fight between our two love birds, just eating my cream and zoning out. After they were done arguing, I immediately became their target, again.

" Ivy, we weren't done yet, you know?" Bella had said after calling me a bunch of times to get my attention.
Here we go again.

" Done doing what?" I say playing dumb.

" Stop playing, you know what. What's up with you two?" She says and everyone looks at me expecting some explanations.

" Look I told you already. I was just doing him a favor. He needed me to escape from a girl and I needed a hook up, nothing serious." I lie because I couldn't explain how it happened the second time. And they seem to go with my lie.

I see three guys coming our way but they stop and sit at the other table across from me with the girls.
See, Kaiden was one of them. I was starting to think I was going crazy. He is sitting on one side with the boys and the girls on the other side. He was facing the window, which meant he was facing me too. locked our eyes when he sat.

Of course Dylan saw him enter and wouldn't stop teasing me about it.

" Looks like lover boy is following you." He said. And to make things worse they all turned to look at him at the same time.

"Can you guys be discreet about it, at least?" I say annoyed. Now he would definitely think I talked about him.

" Someone is playing hard to get." Bella teases.

" What! No. You know what, y'all can go to hell." I say giving them the finger.

One thing is for sure, I was going to avoid any eye contact or any contact to be specific. Certainly didn't want my friends to think they were right.plus I was in a shitty mood and I didn't want to reflect it on anyone.

Logan was telling us about how last weekend he met a lit girl he thought he kind of liked.
He went on and on about her but to be honest I really wasn't there. I was in a battle of not looking at Kaiden at all cost. I kind of felt like he was watching me though, I don't know.

When I finish my ice cream, I excuse myself to go to the balcony, needing some air.
Stepping out, I lean on the wall beside the balcony letting out a big puff of air. The sunset was so orange, it brought some type of appeasement.
I am caught off guard when suddenly I am cornered between two arms with someone leaning in to my ear.

"Ivy, are you avoiding me?" Kaiden whispers slowly, sending chills down my spine.
I am so caught off guard, that I nod and shake my head at the same time not being able talk.

" That's what I thought." he whispers in response then he lifts his head to my level keeping both of his arms on my side.

"Did you actually follow me?" I ask him to be sure.

" That's not important. So about tomorrow. I might come a bit-" I don't let him finish his sentence.

" What's tomorrow?" I ask him confused.

" What do you mean what's tomorrow? I told you I would pick you up." He says a bit aggressively. I honestly didn't remember that.

" First off, your tone. Second, my bad, I forgot." I say not taking any attitude from no one.

" Okay my bad too. Like I was saying, I might come a bit late to pick you up." He says more calmly.

" It's cool. How late are we talking about?" I don't know how I felt about us meeting in 'a not sexual way'. I was lowkey hopping he wouldn't make it.

" I will be there at six thirty max." He says.

" Six is actually cool. I need to go back in there before they start looking for me. See you then." I say to cut our conversation short. I gently remove his arms from beside my head and make my way back in without waiting for his response.

I find them ready to go, so we leave immediately. Thank God he didn't follow me right after because they surely would have known we were together.

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I spent the next day lazily laying in my bed. Later in the afternoon, Bella came to my room to tell me that she didn't know what was happening to her, but that she kind felt like she needed a break from everything including Dylan.

I didn't know where all of this was coming from, but what the fuck? She wouldn't say any specific reason, just that she was tired of school and everything in general.
When I asked her if maybe she was loosing feelings for Dylan, she said she didn't know. All of this, sounded bad, like really bad. Coming from the most romantic person that I know, it meant a lot.

We had said that we would talk about it more when I came back from where I was going. I kind of lied to her and said that I had a rendez-vous with my dad.

As it got darker outside, I started to get ready.
Showered and put on a boyfriend pant with a short body crop top and some flat open shoes. Didn't want him to think that I was over dressed or some other bullshit like that. Although by six I was ready, I was still praying that he wouldn't make it. Like was this even a date? I was asking myself a bunch of questions that didn't sound good in my head. Like what will we talk about? what does this mean? And some other questions that were starting to make me regret accepting.

It was seven and he hasn't showed up yet. I mean it was a good thing, maybe he wouldn't make it after all.
Two hours go by and he still hasn't come. I take the conclusion that he wasn't coming at this point.

I am angry he stood me up, like nobody does that to me. He could have called or something and it's not like I was excited to see him anyway. But why was I kind of disappointed? This is what I wanted, right?

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Author's note : Did Ivy just get stood up? Bet she is pulling her hair out as we speak.

Not to brag or anything, I will pull your eyes out if you don't vote.

Xoxo,