Chapter 24- Two Plus Half Date

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The car approached me, revealing the driver who looked similar to Max O'Conner. Him, Zachery, Krystle and I used to be best of friends since childhood.

He got out of the car, revealing his shaped body. Never thought he could be this fit, after all he was the chubby one.

"Cheeky?" I asked, not recognising him fully in the dark of night.

"Tutu," he stated, smiling at me as he walked over to me with his arms open and I realised that it was him and I jumped into his arms.

"Oh my god, cheeky! It's so nice to see you again," I whispered near his ear, hugging him.

He was my best friend since I knew what that meant. He has been supporting me since day one and never left my side. He even told me that Richard was a bad choice but I didn't listen and ended up hurt.

"It is amazing to finally see you after so long," he whispered back, putting my on my feel and we pulled out of the hug.

"It's more amazing to see you. I have missed you so much since last 7 years," I replied.

"You look like a complete grown up now tutu. So hot," he stated, scratching his collar and I smiled at his statement.

"Thank you, by the way, you don't look bad yourself," I winked and there was a kind of shine in his eyes.

"Shall we go now?" He asked and just as I nodded, my phone rang.

I looked at the screen and saw Chase's name as the caller ID. Thank god he called or else I would've just went to the office instead.

"Excuse me," I said and Max nodded. I picked it up on the second ring.

"Hello?" I asked and I heard some whispers from the other end.

"Hey, Olive," chase chirped and I smiled to myself.

My name always sounds good when he says it.

"Hey Chase," I replied and I heard more shuffling and whispers as if there were other people around.

"It's time to go for the date, should I pick you up?" He asked and the whispers died down.

"Actually Cherry sent Cheeky to pick me up so I'll be at the office in couple of minutes," I replied.

"Cheeky? What type of names do you guys give each other? Okay, come to the office with her," he stated and I chuckled.

"It's a he, not her," I corrected.

"A he? Who he? Is it a good he? Or a bad he?" He asked, emphasizing he every time. His voice, a bit possessive than usual.

"If he was a bad he then, Cherry wouldn't let him even near me. He's a good he, don't worry about it, you will meet him soon," I replied.

"Alrighty," he said, playfully.

"Alright bye," I replied.

"Bye," he replied back but didn't cut the call.

"Bye," I replied back but he didn't cut the call.

"Bye," he replied once again.

"Bye, chase," I stated.

"Bye, olive," he replied.

"So, are you gonna cut the call or are we gonna keep saying bye to each other?" I chuckled and so did he.

"Alright, final bye," he stated.

"Bye," I replied and he cut the call.

I pulled my phone back from the ear, smiling unknowingly, I placed it in my side bag.

I looked up to find, Cheeky staring at me with his normal possessive look. Why do I have so many possessive boys in my life?

"Who was that?" He asked and I smiled.

"Chase," I replied, blushing.

"Chase who?" He inquired.

"The one you'll meet soon. We have to pick him up too so let's go to the office I work in," I replied and went to sit in the car.

Before I could open the door, cheeky rushed towards me and opened the door before I got a chance to do so.

"Thank you," I said, sitting down and he sat down in drivers seat and we drove off to the office.

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When we reached the office, I saw chase standing right outside it and looking around. When his eyes fell on Cheeky's car, his eyes didn't move and examined the car.

He scanned it slowly, and when his eyes met mine, he smiled and walked towards me. I was about to get out of the car but Chase opened it for me.

"Thank you," I replied and he simply smiled, revealing his cute dimple which formed on his cheeks.

"Anytime for you," he said, taking my hand in his, he closed the door.

"You look... beautiful," he breathed out as he stood close to me and his eyes moved up and down.

"You look good too," I replied, remembering the last time I called him beautiful too. I smiled to myself, unknowingly.

He pulled me towards him and my hand quickly grabbed his collar and the other one was being held by him. His other hand rested on my waist and his eyes darted down to find mine staring into his green eyes.

"So, why are you avoiding me?" He asked, breaking the silence and my eyes lowered down to the ground.

"W-what? I'm- I'm not avoiding you," I replied back, not looking at him.

"Really? Well you didn't come to the office today, you didn't call me and you even told dad that we kissed," he chuckled and my eyes found his.

"Firstly, I didn't tell Mr. Chivalry that we kissed, it just... it just came out. Secondly, I'm not avoiding you," I replied and he stared down at me, holding me more closer to him.

"Well, if you're not avoiding me then why don't you give me a kiss right now?" He whispered into my ear, sending electric chills down my back.

"Chase, I-" I stuttered.

"It's okay, I'll wait. I like when you get me unexpectedly like yesterday night," he said and smiled.

Thank god he is so chill about the kiss. I thought he was gonna go all crazy on me about kissing him. Actually I half expected him to behave like this. Like him. Like Chase.

A loud noise broke my train of thought and I turned around to find cheeky knocking on the window. Dang it. I forgot about him. Since when do I forget things?

"Oh right," I mumbled and opened the passengers door.

"Uh- Chase, Cheeky. Cheeky, Chase," I introduced them but they didn't seem to shake hands or even give each other a simple nod.

"Chase, Max. Max, Chase," I corrected myself but still nothing.

"Hello?" I ask but they both just stared each other down.

Cherry 2.0

"Um, hello?" I called again, snapping my fingers in front of them but they didn't seem to budge.

I thought about it for a moment and came up with a brilliant idea. Well, not brilliant but a good one to get them to listen to me.

I shouted which broke their staring contest and they looked around.

"What happened?" They asked in unison as their arms rose towards me.

"Nothing. You both were quiet busy with your staring contest and I wanted to go," I replied and smiled at both of them.

"Let's go," Cheeky said and he opened the door for me.

I sat down and Chase sat in the backseat, which was small for Chase but he managed without saying a word.

"Wanna trade?" I offered but he denied.

I was in a car with two of the hottest dudes ever. How lucky am I? More like how unlucky am I? The ride to the restaurant was a complete torture. Intensity was in the air and none of them uttered a word.

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When we arrived at the restaurant, I saw Cherry and Krystle already sitting down and waiting for us. I started catching up with Krystle while Cheeky talked to Cherry. I didn't realise that Chase was alone and when I tried to accompany him, either Cheeky or Cherry came in my way.

I was sitting in between Cheeky and Cherry while Chase was sitting in front of me and Krystle next to him.

Chase was sweet when he was asked about himself. He gave amazing answers to Krystle. When either Cherry or Cheeky tried to ask him twisted questions, Chase kept his cool and answered back very calmly.

Krystle seemed very happy with him and I noticed that Chase was warming up to Cherry because Cherry didn't give him hard time unlike Cheeky.

Chase and I being the only vegetarians at the small table, the waiter told us to move to a table for twos. Chase was quiet happy with the idea and hurried me to sit alone with him, far from others.

When we sat down to eat by ourselves, he seemed relieved that no one was there to taunt him about something or give him a hard time.

"I'm sorry Chase," I mumbled, sipping off the wine.

"For what?" He asked. "For your overly protective friends? Don't be, I mean I'm protective of you and I won't even let a insect near you, let alone a freaking human," he stated.

"You're weird," I replied and both of us chuckled.

Suddenly Chase started telling me his childhood stories where once he pulled a silly prank on his teacher. He bothered Mr. Chivalry so much.

We got to know each other better tonight, all thanks to Cherry for this two plus half date. I couldn't control my laughter because Chase was super funny. He didn't stop for a moment to catch breath but he kept making me laugh by his silly words, faces, and stories.

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Cheeky dropped me to my house and Chase got off too. As I was about to go inside, Cheeky called me.

"I'll come behind you," I said, handing Chase the keys to the house and he went inside and started talking to Rhea and Sameer.

"Why is he staying here tutu?" Cheeky asked, pointing towards Chase from the glass window, who was laughing and talking.

"He has company here so," I chuckled.

"So what? He can't just stay here like that," I heard a more possessive Cheeky talking.

"Hey, it's fine. He is a good guy, Cheeky," I replied.

"I don't give a damn, Tutu. He can do anything and you'll never know," Cheeky stated.

"Give him a chance," I requested but his possessiveness blinded him to see chase' qualities.

"You're coming with me tonight," he insisted and my eyes widened in response.

"No," I said.

"No?" He questioned me.

"Cheeky, why are you like this? Even Cherry is giving him a chance so why can't you?" I asked and he looked away.

"He seems like Richard. Same attitude, same personality and same style," he said, angering me.

"I didn't give you the right to handle me. How could you even compare Chase to Richard. They are nothing alike. It has been nine years and finally I found my happiness. Why do you always make it hard for me to be happy with someone?" I asked him and he was shocked.

"I thought you cared about what I thought," he replied in disbelief.

"Yeah but you don't have the right to tell me what to do or who to be with. You know what I'm tired right now so leave me alone," I said as I walked in the house and closed the door shut behind me.

I walked over to them and talked about the date.

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