Dallas’s Perspective

Like the good friend she was, Adelaide was waiting patiently on my couch, already in her pajamas, when I got home, Minnie curled up in her lap, but Minnie leaped all over me when I came in.

“Hey!” I smiled.

“Good, you’re here. Now I can eat.” Adelaide groaned.

“What?” I asked, confused.

“You always yell at me for hanging around your apartment and eating your food without asking, so I didn’t eat a single thing while I was waiting and now I’m starving. So can I eat something?” Adelaide said.

I rolled my eyes.

“Yeah, go ahead.” I told her and went into my room to change. I kicked off my shoes and threw them into the closet. I’d put them away properly later. I stepped out of my dress and changed into some pajamas.

“Alright, I’m dressed.” I called to Adelaide. She ran into my room with chips and sodas, Minnie following closely behind.

We lay across the bean bag chairs and talked.

“So, how was it?” she asked.

“So wonderful. He got everything right. Thanks to you.” I added, laughing.

“Hey, he asked!” she defended.

“He also asked me to be his girlfriend tonight.” I told her.

“What? Oh my God, that’s so great!” she gushed.

“Yeah, he asked at the end of the dinner. And of course, I said yes.” I sighed blissfully.

“Ah, I went with Jack to the park. We had a lot of fun. Not as exciting ” Adelaide told me.

“So, what do you think of Zack?” I asked, my eyes lighting up.

“Um, honestly he seemed a little jealous of Alex at first, but since he took you out on the date, I guess he’s okay.” Adelaide shrugged.

“Hey, nobody’s perfect. We talked about that and it was just Alex being....” I trailed off. Did Adelaide know Alex liked me? Since I hadn’t heard it from Alex himself, I didn’t want to tell a secret that wasn’t my own.

“Crazy about you?” Adelaide finished.

“What?” I asked.

“Yeah. Jack said he won’t shut up about you. Jack has to remind him like every minute that you’re into Zack.” Adelaide explained.

“Wow, I didn’t know he had it that bad.” I commented.

“You knew?” Adelaide asked.

“Yeah. Zack told me when we talked. After you guys left my apartment. But I didn’t know how much he liked me.” I explained.

“He’s kind of sloppy with this. I mean, letting everyone know he’s into someone else’s girl.” Adelaide said.

“Hey, up until a few hours ago, I was nobody’s girl.” I defended.

“No matter.” Adelaide shrugged.

“Oh God, what if he writes a song about me? I don’t think I could live that down.” I groaned, burying my face into one of the pillows.

“Hey, don’t worry about it. You haven’t done anything wrong. Nobody did. Sure, he’s gonna be upset, but he’ll get over it. He’s a big boy.” Adelaide told me, which made me laugh.

“Yeah, you’re right. I shouldn’t worry.” I nodded.

It fell silent for a little while.

“So how’s Jack? He treating you right?” I asked.

“He’s fine, Dallas. Don’t go into Mother Bear Mode.” Adelaide teased me.

“Oh hey. Rock stars, yknow.” I shrugged.

“Yeah.” she sighed.

The rest of the night was spent on movies and mild pillow fights. We fell asleep around three AM.

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Alex’s Perspective

Zack was out with Dallas. I wanted to hate him for that, but he was so damn nice all the time. So instead, I got drunk. By myself.

Just as I was toasting to me being a giant asshole, Zack came in. He was smiling so big I thought his face would crack into pieces. I kind of hoped it would, honestly.

“What you so happy about?” I asked. I was only tipsy at this point.

“I asked Dallas to be my girlfriend.” Zack began, smiling like a thirteen-year-old girl at the Twilight premiere.

“So? What’d she say?” I asked, turning around to fully face Zack.

“She said yes.” he finished.

“That’s really cool, man. Congrats!” I smiled brightly. I was getting good at faking smiles.

“Look, I know you had some feelings for her...” he began, but I cut him off.

“Dude, it’s fine. I’m with Lisa.” I told him.

“So we’re good?” Zack asked.

“Yup!” I nodded, grinning.

Too easy.

Notes

Dallas

Aw, poor Alex!
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