| The next day, Maria found Regan immediately in the morning. She couldn�t wait to hound her about her and Blake�s �date�.
�Nothing happened,� Regan maintained as soon as Maria asked for the details. �Sure nothing happened,� Maria said, rolling her eyes. �You guys were only staring at each other like lovesick turtle doves the entire time we were all out. I felt like I was your guys� servant or something.� Regan looked at her apologetically. �You did? Sorry!� �Don�t even say that! It felt good to see you so interested in someone new that I didn�t even notice have the time that you guys weren�t talking to me,� she played. �I�m still sorry. And yes, if you are SO dying to know, I am interested in him.� �You didn�t have to tell me,� she said, rolling her eyes. �He�s just so� different than anyone else I have ever met before. It�s like he understands me. In the few hours we were together, I felt like I was already beginning to fall for him,� she confessed, amazed that she had done so. �Oh really?� Maria asked, intrigued immensely. �Falling for him?� Regan shrugged in answer. �What about your little promise my dear?� She sighed fretfully. �That�s what I�m confused about. I like him a lot, and when I say a lot, I mean a lot. But I don�t want to risk falling in love with him and then getting hurt when something happens to us. This time, I know that I would never be able to recover from anything. He�s so different and I can see myself loving him for so long.� Maria smiled sentimentally at her best friend. �He is different. And he�s very interested in you.� �What? Did he tell you?� �No, but it is so obvious Reggie,� she pointed out. �Even when he hadn�t met you, he was interested.� Regan stopped and looked at Maria. �Are you serious?� �As a heart attack. I told him about my best friend who had given up on love, and all he wanted was to meet you and hear about you again and again. It was really good fortune when you happened to be the girl he was dreaming about all through your game.� �Dreaming about?� Regan shrieked. �Oh yeah. Do you remember that sketchbook I gave him?� �The blue one? Yeah,� Regan recalled. �Well, you should see something he drew during that game.� �What did he draw?� Regan asked anxiously. She knew that Blake was absolutely passionate about his sketches. He had even shown her some. However, whatever he had drawn during the soccer game he had not shown to Regan. �I�m not going to tell you, he told me he would show you himself.� �He did, did he?� she asked, looking away. �You�re so into him, and it�s great to see that twinkle in your eye again,� Maria commented. �Twinkle?� Regan asked hopefully. �A twinkle I haven�t seen in years,� she said, smiling broadly. The day went by so smoothly and so quickly for Regan that as soon as she got home, she was ready to go back out. She figured a little quality time with Paige and Piper was needed since she had spent time with all her other friends at prom. She was just about to call them when the phone rang. Expecting it would be one of them since she had mentioned calling them earlier, she answered the phone with a sort of jubilance. �Regan?� It was Blake. She couldn�t believe that after all they had been through the night before, her crying, her quietness afterward, and her reluctance to give him her number, he had still actually called. �Yeah, hi Blake,� she greeted wholeheartedly. She was absolutely dying the entire day not hearing his voice. She was more than happy at that moment, talking to him. �What are you doing tonight?� Regan�s heart jumped and fell at the same time. She wanted to spend some quality time with her two friends but she also wanted to see Blake. Desperately. �Nothing but uh�� and suddenly an idea hit her like a bolt of lightning. �Do you have any friends?� |
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