I pull Tamara up onto my lap and wrap my arms around her, grinning like an idiot. I never would have thought that anything like this could happen, it almost seems completely unreal, but I suppose life doesn’t ever work out as planned. At least this is better, this is a happy change. It would be awful if something negative happened but I just can’t see it. Right now, it feels like everything is just getting better and better.
18
Tamara
Ring, ring… ring, ring… ring, ring…
I dance around my apartment nervously while I wait for Katherine to answer the phone. I’ve been busting at the seams about this all afternoon and I just have to get the information out. I can’t wait to tell my best friend. She should be out of work now which means I can finally speak to her about my big life changes.
“Hello?” She sounds a little harassed, but that’s normal when she just finishes work.
“Hey, Katherine.” Happiness bounces in my tone. “Do you have a minute? Can you talk?”
“Erm, sure. What’s going on with you? You sound all weird.”
“Well…” I bite down on my bottom lip to keep the smile at a minimum. I’ll end up giggling hysterically any moment. “I have some major changes going on. All of them involving Logan.”
“Logan? The guy you’ve been dating?” Now she sound interested. “Ooh, okay, what’s going on?”
“He asked me to be his girlfriend today and we’re also going to go travelling together.”
There’s a thick silence, I can almost hear the palpable tension flowing from the other end of the line. I don’t think Katherine is happy for me which is disappointing, but I suppose I half expected it. She’s much more cautious than me, she might be okay to date but she wouldn’t ever jump into anything head first. She’s cautious, which is why she doesn’t get her heart shattered, but at the same time I don’t mind following my instincts. Espe
cially right now when I just know that I’m right. I can’t tell her that though, she’ll have to just see it.
“I know it’s fast, before you warn me. I’m well aware of that but it’s okay. You need to trust me.”
“Trust you?” Her tone is hollow. “You said that to me before and it didn’t exactly work out.”
“Okay, so Pete was stupid and I did admittedly fall too fast for him but I was younger then. I didn’t really think before I acted.” I blanche as I realize that not much has changed, but I continue on trying to convince my friend that everything is just fine. “I’m going into this with my eyes wide open. Honestly.”
“It’s not that I don’t want you to be happy or anything, and it certainly isn’t like I don’t want you to have a boyfriend, but this all just seems a bit intense. I’m worried that it will implode.”
“Will you trust me more if you can see it for yourself? Because I was thinking that it might be a good idea for us to have a dinner so you can get to know him a bit better. Stop you from worrying.”
“But I don’t want to be a goose berry. It’ll be weird, won’t it? Just the three of us.”
I silently pump my fist with excitement, this is exactly what I wanted her to say. To Katherine, she might think that this conversation isn’t going well, but to me it’s absolutely perfect. I’m so freaking excited!
“Oh, well actually it won’t be like that at all.” I do a little victory dance while I keep my voice innocent. “Logan’s roommate wants to come along too, so he can get to know us both a bit better.”
“Oh, right okay, so this would be like a double date type thing?”
“Oh, well not exactly… it doesn’t have to be that way, but he is really cute. I might have a picture of him actually.” I pull my cell phone from my ear and shoot off the image I sent. “Take a look I sent it to you.”
I wait for the pause, my heart hammering with excitement. She’s going to like him, I’m sure of it. she has to, he’s just her type and now that me and Logan are official, I don’t see why this can’t happen.
“Oh right.” I can tell by Katherine’s tart tone that she’s trying to hide her attraction. It’s almost as if she doesn’t know that I can see right through her, honestly, how long have we been friends? “He seems okay. But I’m not going along for that, I’m just coming to check on Logan. See if this is all okay, you know? I’m taking care of you. I want to make sure that everything is alright. You know? I’m just being a good friend.”
“Wonderful, thank you. So, tomorrow night suit you okay? I thought we could go for pizza.”
“Tomorrow night is just fine. I will be there. I’ll come to yours’ before, shall I?”
“Yes, that sounds perfect. I look forward to it already. It’ll be awesome, honestly, just trust me.”
Once Katherine hangs up the phone I cheer loudly and dance around the room like an idiot. Not so long ago, everything felt bad, I thought my life was sinking hard and fast down the toilet, but now it’s perfect. I have everything I could have ever wanted and more. It can only get better.
“Oh, God, I’m far too nervous.” As we take our seats in the restaurant, Katherine finally gives up the pretense that she’s only here for me and she slides right into double date mode. She tugs at her little black dress, tugging it up over her breasts and she pats her cheeks anxiously. “Do I look alright? This is nuts, I shouldn’t be here.”