A Step Closer to Love

Arabella wondered why he had acted like that to her. Her phone rang in her pocket and she automatically knew it was going to be her sister. She probably wanted to know how the date went. She answered the call and put the phone to her ears.

“Tell me all about this guy,” Seraphina said as soon as she noticed the call got connected.

“I am fine, thank you for asking, I had a good day, thank you for asking. How are you and mom too? How was your day? Did you have a good day?” Arabella rambled on.

“Oh come on you are so boring that I know the answer to all those questions without you even saying a word” Seraphina whined.

“What? Are you calling me boring?” Arabella shrieked.

“I am not calling you names, I am just telling you the truth” Seraphina responded.Property © NôvelDrama.Org.

“I always remembered you as a mean person and you never seem to change” Arabella said and Seraphina made a sound to make her know she agreed.

“I have never been nice so I wonder when people say that she is such a nice person and say things that are so cringe” Seraphina said. Arabella shook her head at her sister. She was sure not a normal one.

“Thank you for calling though” Arabella’s voice was so sarcastic it was hard to miss.

“I don’t care how sarcastic you are, I just want to know about this guy who managed to take our boring dear Arabella out on a date”

“About the guy” Arabella said falling to her bed and laying with her back on the bed.

“Tell me everything and make sure not to miss a detail”

“So he insisted on coming over to the house to pick me up”

“Ohh so he is like a gentleman? Did he come with flowers or a gift?”

“No”

“Ha, that’s minus one point for him. He should have at least something for Aunt Everly”

“How many pints did he have before?” Arabella asked curious as to how her sister was doing the grading.

“One”

“So now he has zero points?”

“Yeah, and I am hoping he gets a chance to redeem himself” Seraphina was sounding serious that Arabella was not sure if the grading was for real. “You are not telling me about this gentleman with zero points”

“That is because you keep cutting me off,” Arabella said in a harsh voice.

“Okay no more cutting you off” she said making a sound of a zipper closing.

“So he took me to the restaurant but before we went Kieran was acting so different and weird. He kept talking about a curfew or something like that”

“Kieran did?”

“Yeah”

“When you were going for the date? And he did this in front of your date as well?”

“Yeah, it was so weird. I have been here for a long time and I have never heard anything about a curfew so it makes no sense for him to say so now” Arabella grumbled.

“Was he waiting outside for you when you got back?” Seraphina asked.

“Not for me, he was out for air”

“Oh my gosh my sister, when did your life get so interesting?”

“What do you mean?” Arabella wondered what nonsense her sister was suddenly talking about now.

“You have two men interested in you”

“What nonsense are you on about now?” Arabella asked with an eye roll.

“Not nonsense. You had one take you on a date and one who tried to ruin your chances with the other one” Seraphina said.

“Kieran has many other important things to do than to try and ruin my chance and why would he ruin my chance? it’s none of his business” Arabella asked.

“This is what you get when you have never dated your entire life, you will always never be able to tell people’s emotions” Seraphina said.

“What do you think this is? A movie set?” Arabella asked with a snort.

“I wish this was a script, I would gladly direct this,” Seraphina said in a dreamy voice.

“You are daydreaming for nothing” Arabella said telling her sister off.

“So between Mark and Kieran who do you see as a potential boyfriend?”

“Sera?” Arabella whined.

“What? I just want to know” Seraphina teased.

“This is nothing to tease me about and Kieran is not like that, I think he was just being his normal cranky self from before,” Arabella said sitting up and kicking her legs back and forth from the bed.

“Mark even commented that he acted like a brother was not ready to give away his sister so I think he might have been worried about me seeing that I was new to the city”

“I see”

“Sera, please stop making plots that are never going to happen in your head and get it over with”

“You can not stop me from making plots in my own head” Seraphina’s voice was smooth.

“How is mom?” Arabella asked changing the topic.

“She is doing fine, you are yet to complete your date experience” Seraphina answered casually like she had not asked her such an important question.

“Can I speak to her?” Arabella was going to ignore her sister because she knew that no matter how she tried to clear herself she would continue to create fake universes in her head.

“No” Seraphina’s reply was sharp and short.

“Why not?”

“Because we aren’t done with our own conversation yet”

“What else haven’t I said?” Arabella said transferring the phone to the loudspeaker and dropping it onto the bed so her hands could be free.

“What did you eat? Oh how I wish I was right there with you when you began to go out on dates, I have a lot to teach you about dating”

“I thank my stars that you aren’t here or I might have a few years added to my age and maybe die of worry”

“Oh come on, I know you miss me so much”

“I don’t”

“Yeah you do, so what did you eat? Did he order something fancy?”

“Well considering the fact that it was recommended by the waiter we just had it and then afterwards we went for a walk around the area and I came back home”

“So was the meal expensive?”

“What does it matter?”

“It does not I wanted to know if you were having expensive and nice things without me”

“Of course, I have to have nice things without you”

“Ara, I am thrilled for you”

“Once again you are only writing your movie script in thin air”