More than friends

chapter 13

"I'll be out in a sec," mia said,rushing towards her bedroom. Chris settled comfortably on her plush sofa,looking around her 2 bedroom apartment. She'd told him to drop her off first and he did cause she wanted to change clothes.

Mia tossed out almost all the clothes she owned out of her closet, searching for the perfect outfit to wear. She sighed in frustration when she realised she'd been wasting his time.

It wasn't always like this,her being so determined to impress someone besides herself. She was rather a more preservative person.

"Grow up mia,its just a casual hang out not a date" she hissed at her reflection in the mirror.

She then decided to ask for his help. She put on her fluffy robe and went out to her living room where Chris was. She spotted him staring at her college graduation picture by the wall near the kitchen.

It was about 4 pictures framed in one. In the first,she was by herself in her graduation gown, in the second,it included her mom,the third ,her grandma and her,but the last was of her and Nate. Looking so comfortable and happy with each other.

Chris' expression changed when he saw Nate holding her in the picture. A part of him was angry at himself for missing such an important day in her life and thankful that she still had other people to cheer her up like Nate,but the other part felt betrayed,envious even.

"Chris?" Mia called out to him.

"Yea,are you ready to go?" He answered sounding a bit startled. He turned to face her and found her in a blue robe.

"Could you help me out with my outfit,I can't decide what to wear." She said awkwardly.

"Yea sure" he followed her into her bedroom. He looked around,her bedroom said a lot about her,it was so beautiful like her. Though a little small compared to his with a way smaller bed compared to his king sized one,but he loved it just like he did her.

"So here's what I thought would work out," she showed him like 5 outfits sprawled out on the bed. "But I can't decide,if they're too boring or ......you know,so...I'm gonna try each outfit,and you just pick one " she didn't even let him talk as she was already inside the closet changing to the first.

Chris sat down on her bed and he couldn't help but imagine how many times Nate had been on this same bed with her,cuddling or worse,making love. He clenched his fist just thinking about it.

The door to the Closet opened and mia hurried out smoothing the fabric as she walked. "One" She said as she faced him and then walked back in to change to the next in a flash. She did so till she had tried all the outfits she picked out.

It was so fast that Chris hadn't had any time to comment on each as she stepped out to show him. This was how nervous she was.

"So..?" She asked standing in front of him for the last time. He looked at her and she returned his stare but barely. "What outfit did you choose" she asked wanting to get rid of the awkward atmosphere.

He still continued to stare at her and she grew more self conscious, and nervous. Her fingers soon started twitching like they always do when she was nervous.

"This was a bad idea,..." She turned to leave since he didn't answer. He didn't know why his words were stuck in his throat but he found her so beautiful in all the outfits,he himself couldn't make a choice.

He stood up and grabbed her arm. "Its okay,you look gorgeous in all of them,I couldn't decide" he said rather lowly close to her ear.

"Really,?"

"Really" he confirmed. Her face turned scarlet and she looked away to hide it from him.

"Thanks,then I'll just go with this" she said as she moved away to grab her purse to match the soft orange summer dress she had on.