Milly's POV
I leave my car in the parking lot of Eric's school. I follow him to his car which is on the other side of the school parking lot for some odd reason.
As we near his car, I find out that he took the Jeep again. Ever since I told him to take the Jeep, he has been taking it where he needs to go.
"You took the Jeep?"
"Well yeah, as it turns out, the Jeep is easier to drive and control." I can tell that he is lying, there is another reason why he is taking the Jeep.
"Mmhhm, I believe that."
"Okay fine. I do like the Jeep better than the other cars but don't tell anyone that." Eric warns me.
We both get in his car, and this time Eric puts on his seat belt. Eric adjust everything. The mirrors, the air vents, his seat, and the radio before asking me if I am comfortable.
"I have been comfortable even before you adjusted everything," I look at him before he pulls out of the parking spot and speeds away leaving his friends in the dirt.
"So we are here." Eric says as he unbuckles himself. I look out the window at the sign that says 'Nail Salon'. Now I question Eric's judgement.
"A nail salon?" I ask him because I am confused.
"Don't question it, just go with it." he says as he opens the salon doors for me.
When we walk in, the store does not smell like nail polish and all of the other intoxicating fumes. It smells like green tea and ginger. There is calm music playing, which instantly eases my timidity.
At one corner of the salon, there is a living room set up with a couch and an arm chair. There is a table in front of the couch with magazines of all types.
"Hi! Welcome to Organic Nails. How may I help you?" the kind, petite lady asks us.
Eric answers and says "One manicure and two pedicures.", which immediately surprises me.
"You're getting a pedicure?" I am honestly flabbergasted.
"Yes I am. A guy needs to keep his toes groomed, doesn't he?" he answers with a question.
The same petite lady shows us to our pedicure chairs after I pick my color, which is baby pink. The lady gets the water going and adds soap. I stick my feet in while Eric, sits there staring at the water.
"Are you scared of soap and water?"
"NO! I just don't want it to be cold." he whispers so no one else can hear.
"Eric the water is very warm, so you can put your feet in." I reassure him.
Slowly he puts one foot in at a time just to make sure that I was not lying to him.
The petite lady comes back with a cute looking guy. I get the guy and Eric gets the petite lady.
"My name is Mason and I will be doing your toes and nails today, If there is a problem please tell me so I can fix it." he smiles at me before getting started. I forget about Eric and focus on Mason.
Eric's POV
"Excuse me what is your name? I didn't catch it before." I explain to the lady.
"My name is Callie."
With that she stops talking to me. She scrubs my feet with this scrubby thing, I guess to get of the dead skin.
I look over at Amillyana, and she is talking and laughing with that guy, which is perfectly fine. I just wish that my lady was like that.
My feet go back into the water, which is now cold. and Callie drains the water.
"Eric." I hear someone say to me. That same person continues to call my name until they give up.
I feel Callie touch my feet and I am taken out of my trance. She puts lotion on both of my feet before she adds the clear nail polish to my toes. Callie puts on the flip flops and I walk to drying station. I look around to see where Amillyana went but I can't find her.
I sit under the dryer for twenty minutes, while Amillyana is nowhere in sight. Did she leave me here at the nail salon and go off with that guy? Maybe this was a dumb mistake.
I get up and walk to the register to pay when I see Amillyana sitting on the couch on her phone.
"Amillyana where were you? I thought you just left me here!" I don't know if I am mad or just curious.
"I tried to tell you that Mason was going to do my nails but you were zoning out and you weren't answering me so I just went and got them done. Now I am here because I am have been done for the past twenty minutes."
Now it all makes complete sense. Amillyana was the one who was calling my name while I was getting my pedicure. If I would have answered her I would have known where she was going and then I wouldn't have had a mini panic attack.
I nod at her as Mason comes to the cash register.
"That will be $45, plus tips." Mason smiles at Amillyana. I hand him $60 and tell him to keep the change. I walk to the car thinking that Amillyana is right behind me, but she isn't.
I move the car to the front of the store so Amillyana does't have to walk through the parking lot. Sitting in the car I think about what she could be possibly be doing in there, especially with Mason. I know that Amillyana and are "friends" but I thought that her and I were supposed to be hanging out, not 'Ooh, let me hang all over Mason because he is super hot' or 'Ooh let me giggle and laugh and everything that Mason says because he is definitely funny and this will definitely make him like me more'.
Amillyana gets in the car smiling and I already know why. As soon as the passenger side door closes I speed away.
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