Page 41 of Falling With You

This was a date with my best friend. Or, at least one of my best friends. The guy who used to date my best friend who was now gone. And the guy I’d already slept with once, though we hadn’t actually talked about it.

To say this was complicated would be a freaking understatement.

I looked down at Danger and Moxie, who were currently cuddling to the point it was almost indecent.

But I would let the relationship go because they loved each other, and just the fact that they ignored me while they were cuddling didn’t mean they didn’t loveme.

I looked on my other side as Baby played with her tail, then looked at me quickly before looking back at her tail as she tried to nibble on it.

This was my life. I worked in the morning, I worked in the afternoon. I worked out afterwards, I ate dinner, and then I hung out with my cats. Occasionally, I would hang out with my sister and Harmony and even Meadow. But I didn’t go on dates.

I used to, but then I just got busy and tired.

And if I were honest with myself, no one was Aiden.

And that was on me. Nobody else.

“Do I need to call the girls?” I asked Runway, who finally just shook her head and shrugged off me. That sent the other cats into a tizzy, and soon, all four were running around the house before eventually finding different places to lay down.

That left me alone in my living room withMy Little Ponyon the screen.

I shook my head, sighed, and turned off the TV.

I needed to shower and get ready for my date. And figure out exactly what I was going to wear.

And decide if I was going to tell the girls.

Did I tell Violet and Harmony and Meadow that I was going on a date with Aiden? What would they think? What would they say?

I didn’t think any of them knew that I’d ever had a crush on him, not even when we were younger, and it had been more of a thing.

I wasn’t great at hiding my feelings, but I thought I was decently good at this.

Mostly because I’d had to be. Because it was just sad to long for your friend’s boyfriend. So, I hadn’t.

I pushed those feelings from my mind and had found other boys to date and other people to be in relationships with. And I had never told Violet or Harmony or Allison what I felt for Aiden. I was afraid that I would have to tell Aiden at some point. But I couldn’t. Because if I did, then it would be a thing. And I couldn’t let it be a thing. We were just going on a date. Like friends.

Friends who’d had sex.

Really good sex.

So, I couldn’t call the girls.

I let out a laugh, telling myself I was making the right decision when the doorbell rang.

“It’s not that late,” I said quickly, looking down at my phone. No, I still had a couple of hours until my date with Aiden. So, who would be at my door right then? I didn’t really know anybody that just showed up. People usually texted ahead of time.

Maybe it was the UPS man. I did order enough packages from Amazon that I should probably own some stock or something.

I went to the door and opened it, and then froze.

“You really didn’t think you’d go on your first date with Aiden without us, did you?” Violet said as she pushed past me. Harmony leaned forward and kissed my cheek as she did the same, and then Meadow just gave a little wave and skipped past me.

“What? What?”

Every time I said the wordwhat, it got louder, a little sharper, a little more shrill.

“Well, we got here exactly at the right time,” Violet said, tapping her chin as she studied me. “Because there’s no way you can go on a date with Aiden looking like that,” she said as she gestured towards me.