CHAPTER 4: FRIENDS. FIRST.

Kyrstin's POV

As I went home tonight, I cheerfully greeted my younger sister Izzy and handed her something wrapped in a brown paper. “What’s this?” she asked grinning. “Just open it Elizabeth.” I teased her calling her full name and she pouted. “Wow. No way. Really you finally found a copy? Yey, now it’s complete!” she cheerfully run to our room to place the book in our very crowded book case. We are both big fan of Anne of Green Gables series. It’s a classic so it’s very hard to look all eight books of the series just to complete our collection. That client of mine keeps changing our meeting plans so I got a spare time to go roam around a bit. Luckily our meeting place was near the mall so I went to BooksHub. The only place I used to go in malls. I love books alright, now you’re getting the idea. Nerd.

“How’s your day little Elizabeth?” I asked my little sister as she placed her new book to our crowding bookshelf. I think I should get another one my precious books were already getting over crowded now. Poor them. “Fine K, how about you. You seemed cheerful than usual.” She got me there. Cheerful? Really? “Am I? Maybe because I just got you something you love that it makes me happy.” I explained. “Was it?” she laughed. “Mom called earlier.” She said, thanking she dropped the subject me being cheerful. “Yeah, how were she and dad? I’ll call her later.” “They’re fine she said she come to visit Aunt Marie in Montreal and funny who they bumped too? “Yeah?” I asked her not having any idea.

“Maya.”

Hearing her name pinched my chest. It never changes, still the same every single time.

“Really? Yeah funny. What’s for dinner Lizzy? I’m starving. I get to meet with a client but I wasn’t able to eat properly.” I changed the topic instantly and made my way to the kitchen. Lizzy joined me afterwards as we had our dinner together. I tried to be as cheerful as much as I can but hearing Maya’s name has set me off a bit.

Maya was not brought up again during dinner with Lizzy. She might noticed me being off after she mentioned her name and chose not to bring her on the concervasation.

I went to my room after dinner and I can’t help but to think about my day. How it started and how it ended. It started by meeting this certain girl and ended up being with this girl.

Lilith.

I don’t know why she had this effect on me. I had this fear inside me that makes me wanna scream. I just met her today but she had my mind occupied for little while. The screaming inside my head was familiar, and that familiarity gives ache to my heart.

I don’t want to refuse her with her dinner invitation earlier. It’s just that I feel it’s not yet time. I remember how she looked at me when she was about to get off my car. It took a lot of my strength to stop my hand to grab her back to me and kiss her. Not a good impression. We just met today and I don’t wanna turn her off. All I want now is for her to be my friend and get to know her more. That's it I want to be her friend. First. I don’t wanna suffer from the same pain I had before but seeing this girl made me feel something. Something uncontainable but seeing the course of time it seems so fast for that. That’s the reason I was hurt before, I let myself fall for someone who doesn’t even know me yet as whom I really was. Tonight I can feel like she will evade my dreams as much as she invaded my day earlier. We'll see how will it bloom to something more. Tomorrow I will see to it that I can hang out with her more. That's what I have on my mind as I call it a day.