Blue Honey

1. Date Night

Vaishnavi's POV:

The daylight burns my eyes open and I pull the sheet over my face and groan. "ugh what in the world?..." "get your ass up it's 1 in the afternoon." My best friend Ari scolds me. Ari and me have been best friends since high school and she's always been the bossier mom type friend. She'll give you a hug when you need it but, she'll give you a piece of her mind if you deserve it. Ari ready is a sweet girl. Sometimes I wish I was her. She's so pretty and perfect even if she says she isn't. I blink my eyes open and quint at her. "What's so important, eh?" She smiles and grabs my wrist. "Oh nothing, just come on let's get you something to eat so we can get ready for our day." I stand up and she starts basically dragging me to the kitchen. Me and Ari share a house her dad let her have. Since I didn't have a place to stay for school she lets me stay at her place. We've been living together for a couple months now and recently I haven't had to pay any rent since she not an asshole. My thoughts are interrupted by the ding of Ari's phone. "ugh-" she groans and rolls her eyes shoving her phone back into her back pocket. "Who was it?" She looks at me with a 'who do you think?' face. I tilt my head to the side slightly trying not to piss her off. "Your Dad?" She scoffs and pulls out two oranges slamming them on the chopping board. "No, it was Harry." I sigh and she slides her phone on the table letting me see for myself. She begins violently slicing an orange. I flinched when the knife hits the board. "Jesus take it easy. Don't wanna lose a finger." She slows her chopping and takes a deep breath. I open her phone and check the message frowning when I see it.

From 'H<3'
'hey can you just think about this I love you so so much baby please just think about it okay?'

1:43pm, Today

'good morning I know you don't want to talk to me but I hope you have a good day.'

"What happened?" She puts the knife down and clinches her jaw tight. "Well he fucked some other celebrity on his tour or some shit." My eyes widen and she chuckles lowly. "It doesn't matter though because it wasn't gonna work out anyway." I frown and sigh. "Oh Ari...you loved him hon, are you sure?" She grabs a bowl and scrapes the fruit inside of it. "V, i don't want to discuss this right now." I nod and she slides me my bowl. "and besides that's old, we broke up 2 weeks ago." I gasp and place my fork down. "WHAT?! HOW COME YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THIS?!" I shout but not too loud. "I don't know I just needed my space and plus I just got back yesterday so I probably was too tired to talk." "Oh yeah sorry. But next time I would like to know." She smiles and heads to the couch. "What do you wanna do today?" I ask and she shrugs. "OH! uh well we could go to the cafe today I really want a cupcake." I agree quickly. That cafe is where we spent all of our time in high school. It brings back so many memories. I start to get dressed putting on something comfy. Brushing my hair back into a pony tail. I throw on a sweater some jeans, converses and start walking out to Ari's car. She smiles and switches on the radio, tucking a chocolate curl behind her ear. She pulls off onto the street and starts to drive towards the Cafe. I open my phone to check for any messages. There's one from my sister, Johanna.

From 'jojo :)'
"hey good morning I was wondering if you could hang out this weekend?"

"oh and also tell Ari she left her jacket over here."

I look over at Ari and she is bobbing her head to the music. She quickly changes the station when she hears a song. That song being one of One Direction's. Not that she doesn't like them, I guess the thought of Harry right now isn't the best for her. I frown and look at her. "hey I liked that song!" She scoffs and turns the music back on. I started dancing to tease her, making her giggle in response. "Your an idiot. You know that?" She laughs and pulls into a parking spot. We both get out and she locks the doors with a beep of her car keys. We walk inside and take our usual seats by the window. "Oh yeah Johanna said you left your jacket over at her place." She looks at the menu as if she doesn't order the same thing every time. "Really? I'll go by and get it later but right now I desperately need a red velvet cupcake." We both giggle and the waitress comes over to take our orders. "Vaish, Ari. Your usuals?" I nod and Ari interrupts. "Actually can I have a iced coffee with extra whipped cream? Oh, and a red velvet cupcake. Please and thank you." The waitress smiles and scribbles on her pad, then tucking it in her apron pocket. "Alright I'll get right on that." Right as she walks away Ari catches my eye. She looks love struck. "Whatcha staring at babes?" She blushes and blinks rapidly. I take a look behind me and smirk as I see an attractive man sitting at the bar. "You should go talk to him..." I whisper and Ari's eyes widen. "Are you crazy I can't just walk up to him he's totally not in my league!" She whisper/yells. I shake my head at her. "No way! You're gorgeous, perfect and you two would look so cute together!" She sighs and puts her face in her hands. "ugh fine...but what would I say to him?..." She bites her lip and runs her hand through her curly brown hair. "I dunno just say hi or something it'll strike up a conversation for sure." She nods and stands up to walk towards the attractive man. She sits next to him and surprisingly he acts first. I try my best to eavesdrop. "Oh hi! You're Ari?" What how does he- oh my god... It's Zayn...as in Zayn Malik. What's he doing here? In Beachwood? She turns slowly towards me and mouths 'what the fuck?!' she then turns back around and flashes a smile at Zayn. He smiles back and they immediately strike up a conversation. Then right as you think could this get any better. It does. After 2 and a half hours of being the secret third wheel, she scurries over to me squealing like a little girl who just got ice cream. "oh my god, oh my god, OH MY GOD!" She squeaks sitting beside me. "What happened?!" She smiles and sips her coffee. "He asked me out!!!" I choke on my cupcake frosting. She pats my back and I take a sip of my tea to compose myself. "YOU SERIOUS!! Thats so great! I'm happy for you babes." She squeals and grabs my hand. "We have to go home right now so we can get ready." "We?? Where are 'we' going?" She smiles and says surprisingly calmly. "You're going with us it'll be a double date." I raise an eye brow at her as I open the passenger door and get inside. "Well I don't have a date...maybe I could invite my-" She interrupts me. "Uh uh yes you do..." She smirks and looks at me then strikes her eyes right back on the road. "Well I'd love to know..." She giggles and pulls onto our street. "Well you'll just have to see." I'm nervous as fuck, what if she pairs me with Luke. BLECH! I can't imagine. I'm just praying it's not someone terrible.