2 The Call

Tasha observed the excited look on her friend's face and felt very happy. She had met Amanda during the first year of their university studies and the two girls had grown very close. She had advised Amanda several times since they had been acquainted.

"There is no such thing as 'friendship' between a male and a female", Tasha had always said,

"Just be frank with yourself because I see the way you look at Eddy,"

"That is definitely not the way one looks at their friend, no matter how 'best' of a friend they are!" Tasha had had this conversation numerous times with Amanda. Therefore, she was happy with the 'progress', that they seem to be having now.

Tasha shook these thoughts out of her head and continued with the inquiry.

"So now, I want details", Tasha added,

"How was the kiss?",

"Was it a French kiss?"

Amanda, "…."

"Have you no shame?!" Amanda exclaimed,

"How can you ask that?"

"That's supposed to be private!", she said while peeking through her fingers on her face shyly.

"Yes, I have no shame Amanda so please answer my question", Tasha had a serious expression on her face as if she was deliberating a challenging question during an exam.

"This is juicy gossip that I cannot let go of", she now smirked and added.

"He - he, kissed me right here", Amanda stammered and pointed to her cheeks.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!" Tasha screamed,

"He gave you a peck and you refer to that as a kiss?"

"I should have found you a boyfriend a long time ago so we would not be in this predicament now" she bellowed,

"As if you have any boyfriend yourself," Amanda muttered under her breath,

"What did you say?" Tasha asked,

"Nothing!", Amanda replied with a downcast look.

"Enough about the fake kiss, tell me about the plans you have made for tomorrow," Tasha asked again.

"Well, I planned it simple enough, we will go to a restaurant to eat and then go to the movies later, sounds good right?", Amanda explained.

Tasha rolled her eyes for the nth time during the conversation but strangely said nothing about the naivety of her friend. She responded to her in a very sincere tone, "I do hope that everything works out for you because I see how you are crazy and obsessed about him",

"I hope he sees it too", Tasha added this last part under her breath so that her roommate would not hear it.

Amanda nodded and then put on her facial mask. This was the last thing she wanted to do before bed.

In the middle of the night, the buzzing of her phone woke Amanda up. Without checking the caller, she answered the phone,

"Hello," she groggily answered.

"HIIIIIIII, I can't wait to see you tomorrow in your super sexy dress!" the voice said.

"Huh?", Amanda checked the caller ID and she turned all mushy as the remnants of the sleep disappeared from her eyes.

"Eddy, it's late and we'll meet tomorrow,"

"hahaha… I know we will meet tomorrow but I can't sleep, and I just want to hear your voice,"

"Oh really?", Amanda beamed.

"Yep, but can you help me? I can't find my phone, Ella,"

"Ella?" Amanda asked,

"Who is Ella?"

"I can't find my phone… help me!" Eddy said with desperation in his voice.

It was then that Amanda noticed that he seemed to be talking with a drawl in his voice and his words were a little incoherent. She smiled sadly as she knew that Eddy had only spoken those words to her because he was drunk but who was Ella? She pondered on this for some time as an uneasiness settled on her very soul.

She brought her attention back to the call when she heard Eddy singing one of his favourite songs on the phone.

"Yep, he is definitely drunk!" Amanda muttered to herself.

"Eddy where are you?"

"Hmm… me, I – I- I am on my bed. It is so soft and warm. I wish you were here."

Amanda sighed in relief as she realised that he was at home, "I am glad that you are" she responded, "… and I wish that I was there with you too but try to catch some sleep, okay?"

"I can't find my phone!"

"You are talking to me on your phone Eddy. Take it away from your ears and check".

A rustling noise was heard and then Eddy replied, "You're a genius! How did you know that?"

Amanda chuckled and then said to him,

"I know that I am a genius, so please go to bed and I will see you tomorrow, okay?".

It took Amanda a while to talk Eddy back to bed. She stayed on the call long enough to hear his light snoring before she hung up the call. She realised that about an hour had passed and it was already three in the morning. She went to use the bathroom and then came back to lie down. Amanda replayed parts of the conversation in her mind for a while. Eddy was not known to drink for any reason.

"What is up with him?"

"Why was he drunk? And what made him drink?",

But the million-dollar question was, "Who was Ella?"

"Was it all just drunken talk?"

"I need my beauty sleep too", Amanda reprimanded herself slightly and tried to shut off her thoughts, but it did not work. She had been known to have an overactive thought process but at least she was an optimistic person even though she started feeling a little apprehensive after the call with Eddy.

Amanda gave up on sleep after about an hour of what she referred to as overactive imagination and useless thoughts. She had gone through all the 'what-if scenarios about their call so to give her mind a rest and it was keeping her up. She finally gave up and picked up her laptop to switch on her favourite drama.

"At least 'noona and oppa' will take my mind off reality for a while". She smiled to herself and got so engrossed in her drama series that she did not notice the time until Tasha barged into her room.

"Has your date been cancelled?", Tasha inquired her,

"Huh? Why do you ask that?" Amanda replied with an unreadable look.

"Have you checked the time?" Tasha questioned once again,

Amanda glanced at her time and noticed that it was already mid-day.

"OMG! I'm going to be late," she screamed.

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