For the starters, we contacted a mutual friend of Luke and Dustin and asked him about the guy named Thomas. 

Much to the avail, he couldn't recall any guy closer to Dustin with that name. Thankfully, he agreed to look into the guy for a free meal.

"Now, we wait", Luke said putting his phone down.

"So what happened yesterday?. Why weren't you with us?", Luke asked.

"We played games and when I was about to get out and the door knob came with my hand. When I got out it was raining heavily and then I slept in their couch and woke up and ran out"

"That was eventful", Abby commented wiggling her eyebrows. I threw a pillow at her.

"When is the next date?", Matt intercepted.

"I don't know. He calls me at random times. Why?"

"We have to get Ryder's phone", he said. We all were concentrating on his words but he stopped there and left us hanging. Prick.

Okay, atleast now we had a plan. To sneak out Ryder's phone. I truly regretted not telling Matt about because yesterday I had a perfect opportunity to get hold of his phone.

Why didn't it occur to me?

But would I've gone through his phone after he had an attack. Probably not, I wasn't that cruel. But if I had that thought maybe I would've stolen his phone. Maybe not.

I was about to rip my hair in frustration. Not to mention about the upcoming girl's night.

We both took bath in my bathroom, got comfy with the pajamas, did our hair and face routines and now we were on our bed gushing over cute guys on Instagram.

"What did you wanna talk?", I asked remembering her mentioning something.

The smile wiped off her face. She sat next to me fiddling with her fingers.

"I want to break up with Dustin. Like naturally and quickly"

I nodded. "We can do that", I said assuring her with a smile.

Her smile was different. A small glint of secrecy.

"I don't know why but Nick asked me out", she blurted out quickly closing her face with her hands.

I was overjoyed by the news. Nick was a good guy. I knew he would be there for Abby through anything. I was proud when he adored Abby.

"What why. You're smart, hot and kind hearted. Any guy will want these three combination", I made fun of her.

Her neck and face was beet red. She was blushing without a break.

"What did you tell him?"

"I said no", she replied with disappointment.

"Why? You said you liked him.", I enquired her to clear the confusion.

"I like him but I am not sure whether I want to date him and I want to break up with Dustin officially. Who know what happens when he finds that I am going out with other guys", her words sounded reasonable and yet, she was worried about Nick.

It was my turn. She was pestering me about what I did yesterday. She figured there was more than me locked with Ryder like his attack and the kiss.

I was weighing my options, deciding to tell her the one for weak reactions.

"Connor opened the door. He rescued me from Ryder, made me coffee and sat with me until I slept"

Her eyes widened and she screamed like she saw a twist in the opera.

"Oh my god. Connor saved you. I don't know how to feel about him. I liked him with you but now I don't know"

"And?", she trailed.

"And?", I repeated after knitting my eyebrows.

"Something happened after that and I want you tell me that", she came closer circling her fingers in my face.

Why was she good in unnecessary things? She shut before I was even going to retort.

"Ryder asked me to sleep with him in his room"

"What the!", She shrilled. I closed her mouth and told her to be quiet.

"Did you sleep in his room?"

"The couch in the living room was flooded with water leaking from the roof. So, yeah, slept in his couch"

"I really feel like living a movie. Girl staying in his enemy's room, room feels hot, boy eyes girl up and down, girl is aware of the boy, they lock and the lips move closer and closer until there is no gap. The kiss makes them naked and then a naked baby", she explained in a breathe.

I was quite taken a back by her mention of kiss though.

Abby quickly noticed my posture. Her eyes widened, she covered her mouth with her hands and moved closer to me.

"Holy shit. Did you guys have sex?"

I contorted my mouth in disgust.

"Eww. No we didn't sleep together"

"Then did you guys kiss?", she asked without skipping a beat.

The room became silent. My heart was pounding like crazy.

"You guys kissed", she confirmed with mouth agape.

"He kissed me. I didn't know what to do"

"Em, do you like Ryder?", She asked switching her tone into a serious one.

"Why would you ask that?. I don't like him. In fact I want to stay all way away from him. Yesterday was a lapse in judgement"

"Be careful", she warned. The words meant lot. Be careful to not to fall for wrong guy again, be careful to not to get hurt again.

***
"No it is not. I am not agreeing with you young lady", Ralph shook his head.

We were eating sandwiches and suddenly popped a famous question 'Is burger a sandwich?'.

Ralph was against saying, "Why would they name it burger if its already named sandwich"

"Then what's the difference. Same cheese, bread and veggies. They are same", I protested.

"There is. You just don't get it", he said hyped arranging the table that was already arranged.

At that point it was fun looking Ralph riled up over the debate. He was having an internal war about his stance.

The more I became stubborn with my side, the more worked up he was. He was anxious moving around saying those were different when I asked the difference he skipped the question as if he didn't hear them.

"Any thing between a slice or rolled bread is a sandwich. Hence burgers are indeed a sandwich", I read aloud the article I read on my phone.

Ralph was hearing it with a bored expression jabbing now and then at the author.

"Read what ever you want Burger and Sandwiches are different. I'll sue the guy who wrote the article"

"It's a woman", I said trying to hold my laughter.

"Doesn't matter", he scoffed. I burst out laughing seeing him offended like a small kid. Like Papi.

As of Papi, he was in and out of hospital. Dad told he would be okay with the medications and the old man filled me with a truck of complaints against my dad.

One time he called me to whine about the size of tablets he had to swallow, in middle of my class. He said they were like eyeballs and didn't fit in his mouth. I sprayed water from my mouth diverting the class concentration towards me.

I cried my way out and my stomach was hurting very badly from all laughing.

The hair on my neck stood still. Someone was watching. I sniffed the air and the familiar scent was slapping me.

My eyes scanned the area before landing on Devil.

He was enjoying our banter, leaning against the wall with bag hanging on one side.

We stepped closer. Without moving our eyes from each other. My heart spiked with each step.

The speed it went and next moment it dropped to my stomach, when the pink haired girl turned Ryder's face and devoured his lips.

It felt like I was out of a trance. The slow moments around me started moving fast except the two kissing infront of me.

What had I done?. This wasn't how I was supposed to feel. It shouldn't feel uneasy seeing him kiss another girl while I was still hung up on our kiss.

It was just another kiss, another girl. He wanted me to feel it.

I was doing a great job being careful around him. I was in total control of me.

Now, after I saw him vulnerable, I let my guards down a little without realizing. I thought something shifted between us. I was so wrong. He played me and would continue do it in a blink.

I put on a bored expression and walked past them before my face gave him any fleeting thought I had in my mind.

I closed my eyes and leaned against a rail. The deep breathe was sorting my mind. The useless thoughts being discarded.

The mediation worked like a magic. I felt powerful. I could rock the world. It was my day.