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He had a point. I sighed. “You are right. Let’s go to the girls.”
I ran to my grandma’s old study and picked up a few books that could have some clues about the prophecy Aria’s grandma mentioned.
I came back and grabbed my car keys. Nick was waiting for me by the front door.
We got in my car, and I felt excited to see her again.
“Hey, we should get their phone numbers,” Nick said. “We totally forgot about it yesterday.”
“Yeah, definitely,” I nodded.
I was so excited and confused last night that I totally forgot to ask for her number.
A couple of minutes later I parked my car in front of Annie’s house. We walked to the door and rang the doorbell.
Aria’s POV
Annie and I had quite an exciting morning. We went to the mall, and I bought myself more clothes. Annie did too, even though she didn’t need anything. She just loved shopping.
We had coffee and a brownie at her favorite coffee shop, and we laughed and talked about the guys and everything that happened yesterday. It helped me feel less anxious about the whole situation and I was so grateful to Annie. She really was an awesome friend. Actually, I thought of her as a sister. After all, she was all I had.
We ran into her friends, Mike and Jack. They were really friendly, and they invited us to come to Mike’s house tonight. They were having a small party. Just a couple of people because we needed to be careful and not draw too much attention to ourselves. They were vampires and vampires were also a target.
Mike lived near Annie’s. Just down the street. I was really excited to go. It had been a while since I went to a party.
I was in the living room, sorting the clothes that we bought when the doorbell rang.
“I’ll get it,” I yelled to Annie who was in the kitchen making us lunch.
I opened the door and saw Gabriel and Nick smiling at me.
“Hi,” I said, suddenly a bit nervous.
I let them in and closed the door behind them.
“We are not interrupting anything, right?” Nick asked. “We didn’t get your number yesterday and we couldn’t call to ask if it’s okay to come now.”
“No, it’s okay. We just got back from the mall. Annie is making us lunch,” I smiled. “Are you hungry?”
Just as I was asking them, Annie came from the kitchen, a big smile on her face.
“You boys eating with us? We can’t look through those books on an empty stomach,” she gestured towards the books Gabriel was holding.
“Yeah, sure, I could eat,” Gabriel said and Nick nodded.
“Put those books in the living room and come to the kitchen. I’m almost done,” Annie said and went back.
Nick and I went straight to the kitchen and Gabriel went to the living room to put the books down before joining us.
I set the table as Annie was finishing lunch and we all sat down to eat. She had made lasagna and it was delicious. She was a great cook.
Annie did most of the talking. I was too nervous to say anything. The guys were more relaxed, talking and joking with Annie. Gabriel kept looking at me and I saw Nick glancing in my direction anytime he could.
“Are you okay, Aria?” Nick asked when we finished eating. “You barely said anything.”
“I am fine,” I smiled. “Just anxious about those books. I hope we find something.”
“We will,” Gabriel said, taking my hand in his.
