Joan’s POV
Hayley and I continued typing until we finished the next chapter and after that we stood up and decided to go to the mall. “You ready?” I asked Hayley before walking towards the door “right behind you” she replied and when I look back, I see she is indeed behind me. We walk out of the house and I lock the door behind us. Luckily the mall is just a block away from my house, so it is a short walk. We walk into the little restaurant that makes the most delicious milkshakes ever. We sit down at the table in the corner that we always sit on if we come here. “One chocolate and one strawberry milkshake, please” Hayley says, already knowing my order. Hayley always drinks a strawberry milkshake and I always drink a chocolate milkshake. “So what are you planning for the rest of the afternoon?” she asked once the waiter walked away. “Not much and you?” I reply with a sigh. “Same” she said as she picked her phone up. “What are you up to?” I ask because telling from the look on her face, she’s planning something. “Just texting Dylan” she said with a smile. “Why?” I ask “to ask him if he wants to hang out” she said as she looked up from her phone. Dylan is Hayley’s brother, he is a year senior to us, but he always likes to hang out with us. “You know he has like a crush on you for, forever” Hayley said and that’s something she always says “no he hasn’t and why would he have a crush on me?” I say and it’s the one thing I always say when she tell me that he likes me. “Joan, why would he otherwise want to hang out with us?” she said with a hilarious facial expression “I know my brother” she added. “Here he comes” I say, when I see him walking through the door. “Great” I mumble under my breath.
“Hey sis” he says as he gives her a hug. “Hey Joan” he says as he pulls me in for a hug and then takes a seat next to me. I’m cool with hanging out with him, but I hate it if Hayley keeps on saying that he likes me. To me Dylan is the older brother that I never had and he is also a really good guy, if you get to know him. “So how was your day?” he says not to anyone specific. “Ugh, ok and yours” Hayley replied “What about you, Joan?” he asked when I didn’t reply. “The normal and yours” is all that I said “not too bad” he said, replying on both Hayley and I’s questions. “Oooh, the milkshakes are here” Hayley said when she saw the waiter with the two milkshakes. “Please will you bring us another chocolate milkshake” I asked the waiter, knowing Dylan also wants a milkshake. His favourite milkshake is also chocolate, just like mine. “Sure” she said before she walked away. “Thanks” he said with a warm smile “pleasure” I replied returning the smile. “You have a beautiful smile” he whispered into my ear when I took a sip of my milkshake causing me to choke on the sip of milkshake that I took. “Are you ok?” he said with a look of concern on his face. “I’ll be ok once you take back the words that you said” I reply. “Nope, I won’t take them back” he replied, standing his ground. “Really?” I ask “Yeah” he replied “I guess all that’s left for me to say is thank you” I reply, not really wanting to accept his compliment “pleasure” he replied with a smile. We sat there for a while in silence until Dylan’s milkshake arrived. “There you go, sir” the waiter said as she placed his milkshake on the table in front of him. He opened the straw and pressed it into the milkshake. He started drinking his milkshake and from the speed he was drinking, I could tell he was really thirsty. “So what are you girls doing after this?” he asked and Hayley was the one to reply. “We don’t know” she said. “Well I have an idea” he said “share” Hayley said. “Well there’s a football match at my school, if you guys wanna come?” he suggested and Hayley immediately looks at me. “I’ll go if you’re going” I said and she nodded. “So you’re coming?” Dylan asked “Yeah” Hayley replied. I looked up and saw Hayley pushing her empty glass forward and when I look next to me, I saw Dylan’s glass already empty and in front of him. “How is it that I always finish last?” I smile “you’re a slow drinker” Hayley said as she returned the smile. After a while I finally finished my milkshake and we then stood up and payed for our drinks. We walked out of the restaurant and then out of the mall and back to my house. When we reached my house I unlocked the door and the three of us walked in. “Do you have a jacket with you?” I asked her and she shook her head. I motioned her to follow me up to my room. I opened my closet and removed my jacket that Hayley loves, she’s crazy for that jacket ever since I wore it for the first time. “Yay” she exclaimed before throwing her arms around me and thanking me. “Pleasure” I say when she finally let goes of me. I quickly grab a jacket for myself and then we head out to where Dylan is waiting. “Ready?” he asked “yeah” Hayley and I both reply before we head out. Hayley and I both are wearing our rainbow shorts, she’s wearing a pink tank top with a black loose crop top and I’m wearing my blue tank top with my neon purple loose crop top.
We started walking to the school and when we reach the school we walk out to the field before we find a space to sit. “You girls ok?” Dylan asked after a while. We nodded and then heard the whistle blowing, telling us the match is about to start. The different teams started playing and the players started dribbling the ball and passing it to their team mates. After a while the first goal is scored and the crowd went wild, especially Dylan. When the whistle blew for half time Hayley and I stood up and walked around. We took our seats again just in time for the second half. The whistle blew and once again the players started dribbling the ball and passing it to the other team mates. When the game turned and the other team got the ball, Dylan went crazy and he literally sat on the tip on his seat. The other team scored a goal and Dylan then sat with his hands in his hair, but in the last few seconds Dylan’s team score the winning goal. Dylan started jumping around out of happiness. All of a sudden I feel my feet leaving the ground and when I open my eyes, I see Dylan in front of me, holding me in his arms. I give him weird confused look and he then places me back on the ground. “Sorry” he said with red cheeks “it’s ok” I smiled. “I didn’t even know my brother can still blush?” Hayley teased and Dylan gave her a ‘you’re not helping’ look causing me to burst out in laughter. “Let’s go” Hayley said but Dylan quickly stopped us. “Wait, not yet” Dylan said as he walked towards the players that came off of the field. He congratulated them and talked with them for quite a while before he came running back to us. I’ve gotta admit that he looks quite cute when he runs. He then told us that we can now go home. We started walking home and Dylan then stopped to buy us all water. He handed each a bottle of water and we walked on. When we reached my house, Hayley came in to pick up her bag before heading back home. “Bye” I said as I gave Hayley a goodbye hug and then gave Dylan a hug before walking back into my house and closing the door behind me.

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