Chapter 23

Liliana's pov :
Shopping is something which I almost hated before but Fee is a really good company for shopping.
She helped me buy some cute girly clothes like crop tops, cute hoodies, and many more. I don't even remember the name of the clothes, and I didn't feel embarrassed because she didn't know, either.
I felt that I had a best friend with whom I can do any silly thing. We shopped like it was the last day of our lives, we ate like we were starving for decades, and we laughed like it was the last happy moment of our lives.
We forgot whatever shit happened in the day, all we did was focus on the feeling of freedom. I never knew life could be that happening and there would be fun in my life.
I was a boring and studious girl, I never gave any other thing a chance because I felt that I didn't belong to any other thing but books.
Fee made me realize that life is not just about one thing, life is about happiness, the thing which doesn't make you feel happy isn't worth it to do.
I felt that my dream made me fall in love with books only but I wasn't enjoying it. I was studying under the pressure of the desire of fulfilling my dream to become a doctor.
Now, I want to be happy and enjoy life because, after ten years, there will be memories only. After ten years, I won't be able to do what I'm capable of doing today. So, why not make good memories while taking good care of dreams, too?
Fee and I watched a romantic movie, and this time, I didn't drift to sleep. I enjoyed the romantic movie, maybe I was changing myself but I was glad to do it because I was changing for myself, not for anybody else.
I was doing what I should have done so long before, this is what every other girl was doing from a young age. It's just that I started doing all the girly things after I met Fee.
Somewhere I wanted to try all the stuff that other girls were already doing but I had no one with whom I could begin but Fiona and I started trying so many things together.
We had a good influence on each other, after a late-night movie, we had late-night snacks, and finally at 3 am, we went home and slept after gossiping about the kiss and date. It was awkward to talk about those things with others but with Fee, nothing was awkward.
After some time, my phone started buzzing. I yawned and searched for my phone, my eyes were still closed and my hands were trying to find my cell phone.
When I couldn't find it, my search started with opened eyes, and I got the phone.
I didn't bother to check whose call it was, I just answered the call, "Hello! What do you want?" I almost muttered.
"You," the person said without thinking twice, and I was wide awake.
"What? Are you kidding me, Jason?" I just acted as if I was mad but I wasn't. I wanted him to want me though my feelings are still a puzzle to me.
"Hold on! Are you still sleeping? You know, I've been waiting here for you for the past half an hour," his voice didn't have anger or frustration, he was restraining his giggle.
I chuckled, "I'm so sorry but last night, I slept at almost 4 am, so I just couldn't get up at the time," I told him the fact.
"What? Why? Are you alright?" His voice was startled, "wait, wait! Is Fiona okay? She is sensitive, she gets hurt easily."
I never knew that he cares this much about us, "we are alright, we just went for a late-night movie," I grinned.
"Late night movie? Are you guys mad or what? You should have told me, we would have accompanied you, it's not safe for girls to roam late at night," now, he sounded mad.
"Why will I tell you? So that, your bastard friend can again hurt my friend? And we weren't roaming, we just watched a movie, why are you being so judgemental?" I was also pissed off.
He didn't say anything for a moment, after some seconds, he broke the silence, "look, I'm sorry for whatever George did but you don't even know him, you are being judgemental, he has a bad past, can you just forgive him for once?"
Somewhere he was right, I didn't know much about George, and we were gonna talk about Fee and George today. So, I just calmed down, "fine!"
"Thanks! Can you bring Fiona with you? And please, don't tell her that George will also be there, otherwise, she won't come. George didn't realize when Fiona fell...um, so I told him what he unintentionally did and he wants to apologise to Fiona."
"Are you sure that your dear friend won't hurt Fee again?" I emphasised the word 'dear friend'.
"I'm damn sure!"
"Okay, then! But if…"
He interrupted me, "trust me, everything will be fine."
"Okay! We'll see you in half an hour," Of course, we need to do our morning chores, half an hour is the least time for that but I don't want him to keep waiting for more.
"See you soon," and he hung up.
Now, I need to wake up the girl who was snorting just next to me and also have to lie to her.
I'm not sure if I should tell her the truth or not but my heart wanted to listen to Jason. So, I killed my other thoughts and followed what he said.
"Fee, wake up!"
"Let me sleep for just five minutes more…" she grumbled with closed eyes.
"Okay!" I got up from my bed and went to the washroom.
After brushing my teeth, and washing my face I came out to wake her up.
"Fee, get up, now! It's already nine!" As soon as I shouted, she woke up with wide eyes and sat on the bed.
She looked at the clock, "what the fuck! I'm late to work. I need to serve breakfast to everyone, I'm getting late," she quickly climbed down from the bed.
I snickered for a while, "serve to whom? I'm sure Richard wouldn't have woken up yet, it's the weekend, and nobody else is in the house except me and him," I shrugged and grinned.
"Oh, yes! It just slipped from my mind," and she slapped her head.
"But you still need to wake up, you have to come with me to the park. His friends are also coming with him, so I don't wanna go alone there. I have got a best friend who'll come with me, right?" I couldn't lie to her but I also didn't want to tell her the truth. So, I made up the best excuse.
She rolled her eyes, "okay! I'll give you company, Jason is such a pain in the ass, why did he want to spoil his date by inviting his friends?"
"If you want I can ditch him and let's do the assignment together," I winked at her.
"No! I'm excellent at ignoring people," she flipped her hair like a drama queen. "And girl, you are gonna wear that red dress which we bought yesterday."
Oh, gosh! I was not ready to wear girly clothes in front of everyone yet. I thought I would try those dresses for a few days at home first, and if I would be comfortable in those outfits, I'll start wearing them outside of the house, too.
I made puppy eyes, "Fee, I'm not used to girly clothes. I need some time to adjust with the dresses you selected for me."
"No! You have to wear this red dress," she brought out the dress from the shopping bag, "you can wear white flat sandals with this dress, and...um, yes, red lipstick and a little touch of makeup would go better with this dress."
My jaw dropped, "what? Makeup? No! Please," I pleaded.
"Either you'll do as I say or I'm not coming," she gave me the threat and I had to do as she said.
I wore the off-shoulder red dress, Fee painted my lips with red lipstick, and further, I didn't know whatever she did with my face because my eyes were closed but when I opened my eyes, the mirror was reflecting somebody else.
I can't look that much pretty, "who is this? And what's wrong with my eyes? You have painted the colours on my face, eyes and lips," when I went a little nearer to the mirror, I felt that I was looking like a joker.
"You are looking so hot and gorgeous, let's go! Don't say anything! Otherwise, I will go to sleep, not to the park with you."
I didn't have any other choice, so I just remained silent.
We arrived at Jason's home and saw everyone waiting for us. Fee didn't even look at George, she smiled at Jason and everyone else.
Jason stared at me for a minute with a smile on his lips. He was looking so handsome in a white t-shirt and blue denim jacket.
"Let's go!" I suggested and Jason gave me a helmet.
The three other boys settled in a car, and I was supposed to sit on Jason's bike. I didn't want to sound like an old fogy, so I didn't protest and sat on the back seat of the bike.
But what about Fee?
I didn't want her to sit in the same car as George, "Jason, what about Fee? I don't want them sitting together," I asked Jason.
"You still don't know the name of my friends, right? I'll introduce them to you once we reach the park, and Fiona won't mind George. As far as I know, she will ignore him."
"Okay!" I retorted and he started his bike.
I was sitting in the back seat of someone's bike and that too a boy…, there are so many first things happening to me nowadays just like girly clothes and romantic movies.