Ross' POV

Everyone except Rydel was in the dining room.

"Where is Rydel?" I asked my parents.

"She went to the mall for shopping."

"She said that she doesn't want to have dinner with you." Ryland mumbled.

"RYLAND!" Everyone glared at him.

"What? It's true." He raised his shoulders.

I sat between Jessica and Stormie trying not to cry.

"I'm sorry hun." My mom rubbed my back.

"I'm okay." I blinked away the tears and started eating.

Ani's POV

I was lying on my bed checking mail when my phone rang.

It was Emily.

I smiled and took it.

"Hey Em."

"Hey big A" she chuckled. "Open your curtains"

I opened them and saw Emily standing in her room.

"Wanna hit the mall today?" She asked me and started jumping.

"Fine. See ya in five minutes." I nodded and closed the curtains back.

"ARMANI I'M COMING!" I heard her shouting.

I smiled. Her behavior reminded me of Rydel.
I miss you Delly. I thought and wiped my tears.

***
It was Monday and the mall wasn't crowded. The shops weren't open yet so we decided to go to the cafe for some drinks.

"What do you want Em? I'm paying" I asked Emily and took my wallet from the bag.

"Umm one big orange juice with two cubes of ice please" She said to the seller.

"I want the same." I said to her and handed 10$bill.

"Thanks for coming." She handed me our juices and went to another customer.
"May I have iced tea?" A familiar voice said.

My eyes widened. This voice sounded exactly like Rydel's.

No,it's impossible. But today I read that they are coming in Milan on their vacations and what if....

I turned around to see if it was Rydel.

"HOLY COW!!!" I screamed. She jumped and turned around.

"WHAT THE...ANIII!!!" She screamed even louder than me and ran right into me.

Tears of happiness fell on my cheeks.
We were hugging and jumping at the same time for a few minutes.
Finally we pulled apart.

"I missed you so much Delly."

"I missed you too. You can't even imagine how much." Her answer was weird.

"Ummm is everything okay?"

"Actually not. I will tell you everything later." She turned to Emily.

"Oh I'm so sorry. Rydel,this is my best friend Emiy."

They shook hands.

"Nice to meet you Rydel."  She smiled.

"Call me Delly and it's nice to meet you too." She smiled back.

"So won't you tell me what happened?" I asked her. Suddenly her mood change from happy to sad.

"Ross happened." She looked down and sighed.

My heart started beating faster as I heard his name.

"You know,don't you want to come to our hotel.?Everyone will be happy to see you." She changed the convo.

"Err... I don't know Delly." I tried to deny her offer even though I wanted to see all of them so much.

"Why not? And if it's because of Ross I don't care what he will say."

Definitely something happened between them. I thought and walked away with her.

"Have fun." Emily shouted and waved. We waved back and sooner got out of her sight.

***
Finally we reached the hotel.

"Wow Rydel this hotel is so...."

"Amazing? Expensive?" She finished my sentence as she pushed the red button of the elevator.

I nodded and giggled.

The elevator opened and I saw Riker,Rocky and Ryland with surfboard.

Theirs jaws dropped open as they noticed me.

"SURPRISE!!" I shouted and smiled.

"ANIII!!!" They screamed,dropped the surfboards on the floor and ran for a hug.

"Look at you! You grew up." Riker spinned me around."

"Haha thanks Riker." I laughed.

"And you're more beautiful." Rocky complimented.

"Thanks Rockster." I blushed.

"Awww you blushed. Guys look she blushed." Riker giggled

"Shut up Riker." I slapped him in the arm gently.

"Ouch! My arm." He shouted in agony and rubbed it gently.

"You're such a liar Riker." Rydel giggled at his behavior.

"I'm not."

"You are."
"I'm not."

"You are"

"Guys? Guys stop it." Ryland tried to shut them up. "By the way Ani,did you see Ross?"

I got nervous. I didn't know what I was gonna say when I would meet Ross.

"Nope, I didn't." I said and looked down."

"You should better not. You don't even know how disgusting is it seeing him with Jessica." Riker put his finger in his mouth.

Everyone laughed.

"Who is Jessica?" I asked curiously.

"Errr...ummm" Riker stretched the back of his neck. "Ross' girlfriend." Finally he ended his sentence.

"Oh.." I said nervously.

Ross has a girlfriend. Why wouldn't he? He's smart,handsome,kind. Every girl's dream is to date a guy like him. And I'm glad that he's moved on. Ugh then why am I so jealous. Why does it hurt? I have no right in being jealous.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you." He apologized.

"You didn't. I don't have feelings for him. He's moved on and I did too. Besides I'm happy for him." I tried to cheer them and myself up.

"You wouldn't be happy for him if you knew Jessica." Rydel mumbled.

"Why? I guess she's nice if Ross loves her."

Everyone laughed so hard that were wiping their tears.

"What did I say that funny?" I asked surprised.

"Nice? You don't even know her. Do you remember that girl on 'royal' party? That's Ross' Jessica." Rydel said still laughing.

"And? She seemed nice." I repeated.
And then again. They started laughing. I was in desperate. What did I say that  funny?

"She's a bitch who's dating Ross only for his fame and money." Ryland said in a 'disgusted' voice. "And the worst thing is that he doesn't understand that. He thinks that she loves him but that's not true. He's blind and because of Jessica, fights with us almost every day."

"Oh,I'm sorry." I said sadly.

"It's not your fault." Ryland sighed.

"Let's don't talk about Ross right now." Rydel offer and everyone nodded.

"Do you wanna go surfing with us? We're going to Turbo Wave." Riker said and took his surfboard.

"Sounds fun." I agreed "Just can you drive me home for a second,so I will put my swimwear on."

"No problem." Rocky nodded and smiled.

"They took their surfboards in Milan by plane?" I whispered in Rydel's ear.

"Guys." She rolled her eyes playfully and laughed.

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