We Met Online - Chapter 5 Girls Talk

Anya had ony 2 hours of sleep before waking up to get ready. She had to meet with Lilly that morning, and finding 4 missed calls and 10 texts of her friend, asking her where she was, almost gave her a heart attack; Lilly was never the patient type.

After responding to her friend that she over slept, she managed to wash up, get dressed with an oversized gray sweater and blue mom jeans and tied her, now messy hair, into a bun that was far from being tiddy itself.

She didn’t bother to wear any makeup that day, not when Lilly was waiting.

Anya fetched the notebooks she’ll need for the day, wore her loyal white Stan Smiths and left the house without breakfast.

~

“What took you so long- … dear god you look awful, panda eyes. ” said Lilly as a greeting when seeing her friend join her table.

“I’m sorry, I’m late. I know we were meant to meet at 10:30, but i overslept” said Anya as she took a seat in the chair facing her friend.

“You were never the type to oversleep, especially when we have a date together. Did you stay late watching anime again ?” replied her friend with a scolding tone.

“Well…” said Anya, as her cheeks blushed with a light shade of pink and her gaze met the ground. “I kiiiiiiind of stayed up late talking to a guy on the app you suggested”, she added, wishing Lilly wouldn’t start screaming.

Her wish wasn’t granted as her friend screamed “YOU WHAT ?” in the middle of the cafeteria where they planed to meet. “YOU ? TEXTING LATE AT NIGHT ? AND A GUUUY NONETHELESS ?”, she added with an excited tone.

Lilly kept screaming from surspise. At that point, it was too late to stop her, Anya thought.

The excited friend proceeded to ask every question she had in mind, in such a speed, that all Anya could do was look at her and wait for her to calm down.

“…WAIT IS HE HOT ?” Lilly ask at last, With wide curious eyes. Which was the only question Anya could understand, really.

” I don’t know”, she replied. “I didn’t see it necessary to ask”, she added.

“I’m not even surprised”, Lilly said, letting out a long sigh as she crossed her arm and leaned back on her chair.

She shook her head and smiled” well that’s still progress. For how long did your conversation last ? I’d assume 3 hours. Although, i don’t think that guy can make such miracle happen”, Lilly said, reaching for her cup of coffee.

” we talked for about 9 hours none-stop ” Anya said trying to count the hours in her mind.

Lilly almost spit her drink and choked, ” 9 HOURS ? “, she said in Middle of coughing.

Anya chuckled while handing her friend some water. “Nothing major happened, but trust me, I’m as surprised as you are. I wasn’t even going to talk to him. And before I know it, It was already 9 am.” Anya paused, then added “Now that I think about it, I didn’t feel uncomfortable, I was just being myself. He didn’t ask me for pictures or if I want to call or anything like that”.

” Do you at least have his number ? ” Lilly asked with a slightly concerned expression.

” I don’t. Neither of us ask asked for it, actually.” Anya replied.

Lilly just put her hand on her face, shaking her head while fixing her friend with a stare. An expression to which Anya replied with “what ? Don’t look at me like that. Although I did enjoy the conversation, that might have just been a one time thing. I don’t know the guy, we might never talk again”.

Lilly dropped her hand and said “I know, it’s none of my business. I just hope you know what you’re doing. Keep in mind that, in that app, if you accidentally delete the conversation, it’ll be gone forever, along with the person you talked too. There’s no research feature there. You won’t find them again, even If you wat to.”

“Why would I want to look for him if that ever happened ? ” Anya said, while trying to hide the fear that grew in eyes. A fear she didn’t know she’d feel at the thought of not being able to talk to Daniel, again.

Lilly just rose her eyebrows in response, she wasn’t buying it.

“It’s true, he just a stranger, after all. He means nothing to me”, Anya added. Again, why this pinch in the heart ? She asked herself. I’m just lacking sleep and imagining stuff, She thought, shoving it into the back of her head.

” I guess I’ll just take your word for it. So tell me, what did you talk about and what is he like ? ” Lilly said, in an attempt to change the atmosphere that surrounded them. Knowing damn well that Anya didn’t mean anything she said.

…

Anya told her friend about Daniel.

She also told her vaguely about what their conversation was.

The two girl ended up chatting for some time before going to attend their afternoon lecture.

The lecture was long and boring. And by the time it was over, half of people attending were yawning, Anya and Lilly included.

As they headed out, Lilly suggested to get something to eat before going home. Anya couldn’t say no, she was starving after all.

~

It was already late when the girls parted. After spending a couple hours eating, talking and laughing, it was time to go home.

On her way home, Anya went Into the bakery of the neighbourhood.

“Oh, hi Anya” a voice greeted her as she went inside.

“Hi, aunt Claire.” Anya said as she smiled to the woman behind the counter.

“I didn’t expect you, dear. Came for me or to shop ? ” the woman said. It was her way to tease the girl.

Anya laughed and responded ” for both, aunty”.

The door of the bakery opened again.

“Hi, Anya”, a male voice said behind her.

-to be continued.