Lila did not want to feel depressed all by herself at home, so she visited Jasmine, and after the talk with Levi, she knew the right thing to do was to talk to her friend and take it no matter how it turned out to be. Jasmine did not seem surprised by Lila's revelation, which was even more shocking to Lila."Jas, I want you to know that I love you and I would never do anything to hurt or harm you, and I am not saying this out of spite but truly out of love for you.""I know that and you do not need to say an entire speech just to convince me.""And I only say this out of your best interest; I have thought long and hard about this before I decided to come to you about it," Lila added. She did not know how she was supposed to lay it down gently on her without hurting her. The topic she was about to discuss was quite sensitive."Is this about Derek and his red flags?" Jasmien asked, cutting her off before she could even finish her train of thought."Did you know?""Of course, I noticed a
Lila was tired of the awkward air between her and Levi; they were supposed to be friends, and she wanted that back. The one where they could talk and not get at each other's throats, and they could just coexist without anyone feeling threatened. She wanted that and because she knew that Levi was most likely not to come forward first, she decided to break the ice between them and speak to him first.She went down that morning early and met Levi back from his exercise, gulping down water in the kitchen. Seh cleared her throat to announce her presence. "I want to talk to you; can we talk?" she asked, pulling a chair at the breakfast table and taking a seat without giving him many options to opt out.Levi closed up the bottle and dropped the bottle to the table before sitting down opposite her. "The air between us is driving me insane and I want to call a truce," she said. She had practised a great speech in the mirror that morning but as soon as she saw his arms and biceps on display, al
After Levi's parents left, Levi returned to what he was before their visit, leaving her alone in the house he had left for his date with Fiona. Lila felt her phone ringing, and when she took it out of her pocket, she was shocked to see that it was her mom calling. She was not in the mood for any back and forth with the woman, so instead of getting the call, she ignored it, and the calls stopped after a while. The house was too quiet for Lila to spend the rest of the night there, so she decided that the best thing to do was to go out."Jas wants to go out?" Lila said over the phone to her best friend."Tonight couldn't have been more perfect; let's go out," Jasmine replied, causing Lila to feel some kind of relief. She was worried her friend would turn her down, and then she would have to spend the entire Saturday night all alone at home sulking about things she could not control.They met up at a mixed bar and club and just stayed at the bar section where the music was not embarrassin
Lila stood in the middle of the room, beating herself up. She knew that she should not have kissed him, but why did she feel like she needed to, and why did it also feel like she was going to do it again? She would have always thought she was not an impulsive person who did things just because, and here she was, not able to find any reason as to why she had kissed Levi. She was not regretting locking lips with him, more like she wished she had done it earlier.Over the next few days, the tension between them was worse; Levi was treating her with so much arms-length aloofness, as if she were something that needed to be avoided by all means. If she were in a room and he mistakenly stumbled in, he would walk out without looking at her or even trying to strike up a conversation with her, which was a bit odd to her. At first, she thought she was being paranoid, but then it turned into a trend for him towards her.He would wake up extra early and even skip breakfast just so he did not have
A FEW DAYS LATERLevi had an off day, and he suggested that they see a movie together at the theatre. Lila agreed without thinking too much about it; after all, she was glad that the distance between them might be resolved by this. She did not know what he was thinking since he did not say a word about it and the air around them was tense. She missed how it was when they were friends and stayed together instead of how it is between them now.All she got from him were mumbles of greeting and a bare, halfhearted 'How are you?'; it was as if she was forced to live in a nightmare. She hated how it felt and hoped that this would change how things were between them once and for all.Levi told Mary to get them popcorn and some soda before he went on to get the theatre ready. Lila went on to change out of her clothing and put on perfume for reasons unknown to her as well. They sat in the theatre and watched the movie quietly until it came to an end and Levi was ready to move on. He didn't kno
Lila muttered a jumble of words before excusing herself and walking away at once. She could not believe how shameless Fiona was but then she was trying to understand her; she had tried to do the same thing just a few days ago. She had been trying to put them together so why was she angry now that the woman was taking action by herself?Lila had Victoria come over later in the morning. "Oh my goodness, you did not tell me that you lived in such a lovely place," Victoria gushed as soon as they got into the house."I am sure that you live in a much better place." Victoria rolled her eyes and shrugged."I mean this place looks more like a home than any other house I have been in in the last ten years." Lila tried to ignore that what her sister said was right."I saw your ad," Toria said, breaking the silence between them. Lila knew that her sister was there because of the ad, but she did not want to be the one to bring it up first."I am sure you did; it's pretty popular right now." Lila