Chapter 3
As Krista's car pulled up to the
quaint house of their picture perfect neighborhood, Angela snapped out of her
blast to the past. "Here I am. 21 and still wishing that we'd
be back together someday. He'll never find me out here. I might as well
just give up." But in her heart she knew that she couldn't take off
her fire pendant and give up hope.
"What's wrong Angela?"
Krista asked.
"Nothing," she muttered.
"Oh, now I know that something is
up," she said. She gave Angela that face that pleaded with her to
tell her what was wrong that combined with she knew something was wrong and
Angela couldn't BS her way through it.
"Alright already," Angela
laughed. She knew that once Krista gave her that look, she was through.
"Let's just get my stuff into the
house and get me somewhat settled first. Then we can talk."
So for the next few hours, they unpacked her
things from the car and settled her into her room. The room was a little
bit smaller than the one she had at home, but she knew she could make it
work. The closet was a decent size and held all her clothes.
"The posters will have to go up another day," she thought.
The 2 girls shared a bathroom, but
they knew that it wouldn't be a problem. Krista, was the bathroom
hog. She took the long showers, blew-dry her hair, and things of that
nature. Angela, on the other hand, got in and got out. She hated
the all-made-up look, and got dressed up when she absolutely had to.
Krista would wear skirts and dresses for fun. Angela didn't think that
appearance was everything, and neither did Krista, but she loved to make
herself look good anyway. So they knew that living together would
definitely work.
"Let's get down to
business," Krista said, once they were finished.
"Before we do, I just have to say
that you were wrong before about Brian and not knowing where he is. He
told me he was moving to Orlando and here we are!!"
"You have a point there, but
who's to say that he's still here?? Anyway, don't change the
subject."
"Hold on, " Angela
said. "I haven't eaten since breakfast and I'm hungry. Let me
get some food first."
"Alright," Krista said
reluctantly.
Angela went into the kitchen and threw
a bag of popcorn into the microwave. She knew that she wanted to talk
more about Brian to Krista, but also knew that Krista hated hearing about him.
The microwave beeped and she poured
the popcorn into a bowl. She then took it into the living room and
plopped onto the couch.
"Alright," Krista
said. "Let's talk."
Angela just sat there and didn't say
anything. She wasn't sure if she wanted to talk to her about him anymore.
"Oh come on!" Krista
begged. "You know you can talk to me about anything."
"I know," Angela said.
"But I'm sure that you don't want to hear anymore about Brian right
now."
Krista rolled her eyes, but said,
"I'll listen."
"You didn't seem so thrilled just
a few minutes ago."
"That's only because it's been so long
and I don't want to see you hurt anymore. I understand he meant so much
to you, but I really think it's time for you to move on."
"We had something that you just
don't understand Krista. It was something so special and
indescribable. It was like a romance out of a fairy tale. You have
no idea how much it hurt when I had to say good-bye to him that night. I
was so in love with him, but I knew that it was the right thing at that
time. I wouldn't have been able to only hear his voice on the phone and
not having him there just to hold me. And then, I had to spend my senior
year alone and go to the prom with someone that I only wished was him. It all hurt so much and it was so long ago,
and yet I can't give up hope on finding him," Angela poured out.
"So you're telling me that you
still have the same feelings for this guy as you did five years ago? And
you're telling me that you're going to wait for him for the rest of you're
life?" Krista asked.
"I don't know! But I just
can't help it and I can't take this off," she said picking up her pendant.
"Plus I'm afraid to get into
another relationship because I don't want this to happen again," she
confessed as she felt the tears burning in her eyes.
"Oh Angela!! Please don't
cry!" Krista pleaded. "I never meant to make you cry. We
can stop talking about Brian. I only wanted to help you. I have one
last question though. Do you really think that guy in the green car was
him?"
"Maybe," she replied.
"It's the eyes. Only Brian had eyes like that. Remember?"
"Don't you get all sappy on
me! But, yes. I do remember."
"Well, only time will tell,"
Angela said. "What a fairy tale ending that would be if it is
him."
"Enough of this. I think we
should go out to dinner and a movie in celebration of us being on our own
together. What do you say?" Krista decided.
"Sounds good to me," Angela
said. She wiped the tears from her eyes as she stood up and went to her
room to find something to change into. "I'm gonna put this behind me
for tonight and have a good time.
It's been a little while since Krista and I went out together, she said to herself.
She grabbed her purse after she was
done changing and met up with Krista in the living room. "Ready to
go?"
"Yup," Krista replied.
With that, the girls went out the door to have a "girls' night out."
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