Chapter 26 - Girl talk (1/2)
Sarah arrived few minutes before lesson started.
When Vivian saw Sarah come to class, she was relieved, ”I thought you got kidnapped again.”
”Almost”, Sarah responded with an shy smile.
Vivian observed Sarah curiously, ”Looks like things are progressing well.”
Sarah nodded. She was not able to stop smiling. ”How are things on your side?”
At that time Professor entered the classroom.
Vivian lowered her eyes. ”Let's talk after class”, she said with a whisper.
…
After class, Vivian and Sarah were having lunch at a restaurant downtown.
”So... how are things going with you and Aiden?”, Vivian was curious.
”Fine... but I will not tell you any details until you tell me how are things on your side. I see you are not limping anymore. It seems your sprained ankle is healed?”, Sarah teased.
”Yes. There is no more need for that”, Vivian grinned for a second before her face dropped.
”Please, do tell”, Sarah was curious.
”I think you could say we are a couple”, Vivian didn't sound very convincing.
”You think? Hmm... how far did you go?”
”We kissed. Once”, Vivian said bashfully.
”Kissed? If that's the case, why is that you seem to be unsure?”, Sarah was puzzled.
”Since then I haven't seen him or heard from him”, Vivian said, with a small voice.
”When was that?”, Sarah asked.
”Three days ago.”
”You didn't see him in class?”
”He didn't show up to classes we are taking together. I don't know about other ones”, Vivian said.
Sarah thought about it before speaking, ”Yesterday afternoon... I believe that Gabriel is taking the same class as me. He was not there. Did you contact him?”
Vivian shook her head.
Sarah thought about it, ”What if something happened to him?”
”Oh, I didn't think of that”, Vivian was in a mix of surprise and worry.
”Text him now!”, Sarah commanded.
Vivian pulled out her phone out of her bag. ”Huh, what should I say?”
”Just ask him if he is OK and see what he says back.”
”OK”, Vivian thought for a moment before typing on her phone and reluctantly sending a text. She kept her phone on the table, next to her and stared at it.
”Now you just need to wait for his response. But don't keep looking at the phone if you can help it. What if he is not able to respond for some reason?”, Sarah was trying to comfort her obviously nervous friend.
”I just hope he is OK.” Vivian looked at Sarah, took a deep breath to get her nerves calmed. ”OK. Your turn. How far did you go?”
”We slept together”, Sarah said with a straight face.
”What!!? Isn't that too fast?”, Vivian was shocked.
”Well, yes, but it was out of my control. I slept off and it just happened.”
”So, he took advantage of you? Bastard! Why do you sound like you are defending him? And how can you be so calm?”, Vivian was fuming.
Sarah was looking at Vivian with a confused face. 'Why is she so upset?' Then she understood. ”Wait, wait... it's not what you are thinking. We slept together, but nothing happened.”
Vivian was looking at Sarah suspiciously.
”We watched a movie at his place last night, and I slept off. So, he didn't wake me up and we ended up sleeping together... I mean next to each other. But nothing more than that.”, Sarah quickly explained.