Chapter 17
"Damnit Kev, I don't know what in the hell is going on with me lately. Brian was over here yesterday, and he could tell I was acting differently. He thought it was Vanessa."
"It's not?"
"No."
Kevin stared at him. "Well?"
"Well what?"
Kevin sighed, rolling his eyes. "Who is it!?"
"Oh! I, it's..."
"Who?"
"It's Illana."
"What about her?"
"I don't know what it is, there's just something about her that makes me feel good."
"What's so bad about that?"
"Nothing it's just, I mean it's so soon after everything with Vanessa."
"Well damn Nick, its not like you're dating her."
"You know, last night at the movie, I told her that that was the first time I'd actually watched a movie with a girl in a long time, actually watched. You know what she said? She said it was cause she wasn't my girlfriend."
"What did you think of that?"
"I don't know. I looked at her, and she looked at me and I just..."
"You know, it's not bad for you to imangine what it'd be like if she was."
"I know, but still. I don't feel bad though, for going on and all. I just feel that maybe I should."
"Feel bad for going on with your life and hanging out with a friend?"
"But it's Illana, Vanessa's friend."
"So, she's your friend too. She's not a part of your relationship with Vanessa."
Nick nodded.
"Hey, I'm sure she's going on like it's nothing. Don't worry bout it."
"Yeah, I guess you're right. Wanna go out? There's not much to do on Sundays, and I'm bored."
"Sure man."
After grabbing his keys, they headed out. ************************************************************************
She didn't know what to do. She'd enjoyed last night too much. Walking into the kitchen to start dinner, the phone rang. Reaching over to pick it up as she grabbed a pan out from the cupboard. "Hello?"
"Hey girl!"
"Hi Kris, hold on a minute. Ok, what's going on?"
"What are you doing over there?"
"Why?"
"I wanna know."
"I'm getting ready to cook."
"Oh."
"Oh god, get your mind out the gutter Kris." Illana rolled her eyes.
"What!?" Kris laughed.
"Yeah, play all innocent."
They talked for a little longer as she cooked her dinner before hanging up. She ate and headed up to her room to get ready for work the next day.
