Belinda and Allison
Belinda Dyson threw down her hairbrush, muttering angrily at her reflection in the mirror. For the thousandth time, she looked at her phone, begging it to ring.
"Look, you ring, and be some gorgeous guy who wants to go out today, I will say prayers. Actual prayers. Come on, Lord, just this once."
Bella paused before speaking again. "Ok, maybe not a guy. ANYONE my age who wants to go out, maybe see a movie, hang out, shop, whatever, just anything!"
She looked in the mirror again and smiled at herself. "Hi, I'm Bella, and I'm flipping out. I'm talking to myself."
Bella opened her bedroom door and stormed down the hallway, annoying her roommate.
"Hey Belle, shut up!" Allison stuck her head around the corner out of her door.
"What's up, Alli?"
"You're making so much noise. People are trying to sleep."
"It's 11am. You should be up anyway. Hey, you feel like shopping?"
Alli paused and looked at her feet. "Yeah, give me half an hour."
"Wanna call Noah?"
"I think he said he was going out today. Left his watch somewhere or something."
"Where abouts?"
"Who knows. Give him a call later. He'll have his cell."
Bella went and waited in the den, flicking on the TV and surfing the channels. Alli appeared behind her hlaf an hour later.
"Let's go."
2 hours later found Bella and Alli at the mall. Bella put down the pants she was looking at and sighed.
"What was wrong with them?"
"They had this weird rhine-stoney thing going on the back."
Alli rolled her eyes and resumed looking at the hotpants she was holding. "Call Noah, you obviously want to."
"I can't. See if I do, he'll know that I'm thinking about him."
"Well, isn't that a good thing?"
"It... it's different. I mean, we aren't going out anymore, and we agreed to be friends, but if I call him, he might get the wrong impression."
"So, you're just going to torture yourself by thinking about him? What if he calls you?"
"Then it would be ok, because I have it worked out. I'd act carefully aloof, not too aloof but just enough for him to be intrigued."
"You have issues, real issues." Alli shook her head and tossed the hotpants to Bella. "You try them."
Bella shook her head.
"JUST CALL HIM!"
Bella shook her head again.
"Fine, I will."
Alli flipped out her phone and dialled Noah's number. She waited patiently for him to pick up, glaring in mock anger at Bella.