Angelica's POV
"ANGIE! WHERE WERE YOU? Hi John. ALEX ASKED ME OUT!" Eliza screeched, jumping around. "I've never felt so helpless until he asked me out!"
Surprisingly, it didn't hurt as much as Angelica feared it would. John, on the other hand, looked crushed.
"Congratulations," John said, rather flatly.
"You okay, John?" Eliza asked concernedly.
"Cold," John quickly answered.
"Come in!" Eliza dragged him in as John stumbled and sat down on the ground.
"Err thanks?" John asked, while Eliza draped a blanket around him.
"So, it was so cute - " Eliza started to say.
"I bet it was," Angelica said warmly.
"Course. Alex is a sweet guy," John put on a plastic smile.
Angelica turned to him. "I'll drop John off to his dorm. Now."
John stood up.
"I told you, we have to get over him!" Angelica whispered.
"I've crushed on him for practically five years now! I get how you can go and get over him, you only knew him for a day!" John snapped, then immediately regretted it as he saw hurt flash in Angie's eyes.
"Don't say that!" Angie looked heartbroken, again."You know what? I don't care. Goodbye John."
"Angie, wait, come on, you know I didn't - " John tried to tell her.
Angelica slammed the door behind herself.
John's POV
John dropped on to his bed and moaned. Girl problems, boy problems!
"You 'kay bro?" Alex asked, from his side of the room.
"Alex?! You're here?!" John panicked "How much did you hear?" John tried to stay calm.
"Enough to know... YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME!" Alex screamed.
"What!?" John felt like he was going to die, right then,
"Just kidding! Jeez take a joke," Alexander laughed
"Pshh, duh!" John's legs trembled.
"I did hear a lot of screaming. Everything okay with you and Angelica?"
"Uh... Yeah, just peachy,"
"Well, cool, because guess what? Eliza and I are an item! I asked her on a date, she said yes!" Alex squealed.
"I know, we heard," John sounded rather bored
"Actually, I said, "Do you want to go out on a date that's totally girlfriend boyfriend date type with me? And she said "Oo - ooh I do, I do, I do, I do - o! Really! With her syllables divided like that and all!" Alex told him.
"Real smooth, Alex. You always had a way with words. Why do you write like you're running out of time?," John almost chuckled, like he did with Angie earlier in the day. He had to fix things between them.
"I'm going to see, uh, people! Could you take care of Angel for me?" John deposited the tank on Alex's bed.
"Angel? That's what you named her?" Alexander smirked
John blushed and ran out of the door. "Don't kill her!"
Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock.
"STOP KNOCKING FOR GOODNESS SAKE!" John heard Eliza scream, her voice surprisingly high.
"I NEED TO SEE ANGELICA!"
"ANGELICA DOESN'T NEED TO SEE YOU!" Angelica shot back.
"WELL I NEED HER, I MEAN, I NEED TO SEE HER!"
"Dang, he's smooth," John heard Eliza whisper to Angie.
"SHUT UP, ELIZA,"
"Let the poor guy in already!" Peggy must've taken charge.
"KEEP TALKING PEGGY,"
Peggy opened the door.
"Oh, hi!" John greeted. "Angie, please just talk to me."
"What's going on between you two?" Eliza asked suspiciously.
"Basically, Angelica insulted my turtle so I kinda went all defensive, so I insulted Angie," John rambled, fabricating lied.
"For a turtle? You're a piece of work, John." Peggy shook her head.
"Uh so I need to talk to her right now,"
"Let's go to the ice cream shop," Angelica brushed past him.
"This late at night?" Eliza frowned.
"But it's downtown!" Peggy said with wide eyes the same time as Eliza.
"How about you meet me in the courtyard, ten minutes?"
"JOHN! I WANT ICE CREAM! TAKE ME TO THE ICE CREAM PLACE, OKAY!" Angelica blew up, looking murderous.
"Sweet Jesus, fine," John looked confused, but complied. "Get in the car."
"You have a car?" Peggy exclaimed.
"Duh, I just use it for special occasions,"
"Aww, and this is one," Eliza winked at both of them. "Jogelica... nah. Angehn. Uh no. What about one with your last name? Ang - Laurgelica? Yes!"
John blushed bright red. Angelica shot a warning glance at Eliza.
They both went down together silently.
Eliza grinned.
They were going to get together, or she was going to make them.
oOo
Eliza's POV
"Eliza, are you sure we should do this?" Alex nervously followed John and Angelica from a safe distance.
"Duh! They're so cute together!" Eliza smiled. Angie had been single for too long.
"If they find out, John will never forgive me!"
"He will," Eliza said confidently.
"D'ya maybe think you could be harming more than helping?" Alex asked nervously.
"Nooooo, they need us!"
"Maybe... Well, they're in the shop," Alex reported.
"Put your disguise on!" Eliza pulled her hair into a bun, then donned a beanie and fake glasses. Alex gingerly put on a fake mustache and a hat.
"I do so much for you," Alex muttered.
"Think of it as a date," Eliza giggled.
They strolled into the ice cream shop.
Angelica's POV
"What flavor do you want?" John asked half-heartedly.
"Vanilla," Angie said.
"What? Chocolate's obviously the best!"
"No way, classic is the best!"
"Please, at least chocolate has a flavor!"
"Vanilla has a flavor for more, aquired, tastes,"
"Are you saying I'm not fancy enough for you?"
"I guess I am," Angie looked away. "This was a bad idea, got to go."
Eliza's POV
The two were arguing about flavors. Ice cream flavors.
"I guess that's sweet," Eliza muttered, then realized her horrible pun.
She doubled over laughing. Angie and John looked back, but thankfully Alex had his hat tipped low.
"Wait, she's leaving!" Eliza exclaimed quietly.
Angelica's POV
"I'm leaving!" Angelica turned and left.
"No wait! Don't go!" Who knew having a girlfriend could be so hard? Not that they were together or anything, John stop thinking ahead.
John caught Angelica's hand and looked at her pleadingly.
"Angie..." He said.
"Fine." Angelica grabbed their cones and sat down.
"Listen, I shouldn't have yelled at you," John put his hands on the table.
Eliza's POV
"They're sitting. Get us ice cream and I'll listen!" Eliza instructed, sitting at a table conveniently behind Angelica and John.
How she felt? About the turtle?
Alex?
Eliza leaned closer.
Why would a turtle be so important?
Eliza felt all the blood rush from her face.
I like Alex.
You like Alex.
We all love Alex.
Maybe the turtle was Alex? Eliza whipped out her phone and sent a text to Angie.
The turtle's Angel - Big Sis
They were talking about Alex. Her boyfriend.
Eliza was wrong. She had come to help John and Angelica get together, but instead, she found out that they were all chasing the same person.
Alex handed her ice cream. "What's up?"
"Nothing." Eliza said. "Nothing at all"
The two walked back to the college, neither one of them looking back at Angelica or John.
Angelica's POV
"Who's texting you?" John looked up from his cone.
"Just Eliza," Angie shut off her phone.
"So, we should get back to the college soon," John said.
"I haven't finished my ice cream." Angelica whined.
"No one cares about the vanilla, Angie," John said in a duh tone.
"Wow, thanks for supporting me like a boyf- I mean-"
"Oh my god, Angie, I don't mean to offend you or anything, I just, wait what were you about to say?" John smirked at Angelica.
"Nothing!" Angelica said quickly
"Of course... friend," John grinned, grabbing her hand.
"Indeed, fren," Angie smiled back.
They made their way back to the college walking closely together.
@Infinity_Moon_36 as she collaborated on the story with me!
Hope you enjoyed!
- Angelica and Eliza 😈