I guess this is quite a detailed request ^^ : Amber felt uncomfortable as Henry kept begging her to teach him how to court a girl because she had been in love with him for quite a while. She helped him eventually since it was what best friends were supposed to be. His disappearing some days later made her think that he was busy with that girl. But then he came to her, did all the things she taught and confessed ^^
A/N: Hello New Admin Stitch here! I will introduce myself on a different post, but I hope this was close to what you wanted anon.
“Amberplease you need to help me! You are my best friend and you are a girl. Who elseam I supposed to ask? Come on what would it cost you?”
Rolling hereyes, Amber watched Henry unamused. This was supposed to be a fun day with herbest friend getting some boba and just goofing off. Of course she was justasking for too much. She should have known he was going to do this again, notthat the first twenty times she said no made a difference, “Seriously Henry?Have we not gone through this already? I don’t have any advice for you. Just dowhatever you want. You are the one that likes this girl, so shouldn’t youfigure it out?”
The puppydog eyes are put for display as Henry leans in closer to her with his bottomlip putted out, “Please, I don’t want to mess this up with her. She deservesthe best and if I just do it you know I am just going to mess it up. How aboutit, hu? Will you help your poor ol’ friend catch the woman of his dreams?”
Looking atthe boba swirling at the bottom of her milk tea, Amber takes a sip hoping thatshe could simply choke on one of the gummy black balls. She wasn’t so lucky.Running a hand through her hair she refuses to look at him anymore for she knewif she looked into his eyes one more time she would give in, she was weak whenit concerned Henry.
“Come onlittle dove, please”
Wide eyedshe looks up at Henry surprised by the nickname and the warm honey eyes staringback at her. The only person that called her that was Luna and that began justabout a month ago when she found out about the little crush she had for Henry.Something about being innocent and adorable when it pertained to Henry.
Shakingslightly in her seat she chuckles nervously and stands up taking her boba withher, “Yeah I’ll text you later. I have to go.” Making a dash for the door shemakes her escape not being able to believe that she was going to be the sourcefor Henry to get some girl. She really was doomed.
After a weekof Henry’s constant begging for the list she had promised, she finally caved andgave him the last piece of her heart. Handing it over with a few ideas andsure-fire ways to win any girls’ heart. Then, nothing. Not another word from him, justradio silence.
“Should haveseen that coming, huh?” Amber shook her head pulling her hat off and messing withher hair. Sighing she threw herself down on the couch. Closing her eyes shestill muttered words of encouragement to both herself and to the lucky girlthat Henry had been courting. Despite her broken heart, she was still hisfriend. It must have been going reallywell if he didn’t even have the time to respond to her text messages.
Henry’spersonal ringtone rings across the room making her heart beat in double time.Taking a deep breath she closes her eyes for a second trying to control herracing heart. Relax Amber. It is just himthanking you and to tell you how well your suggestions worked on his newgirlfriend. Groaning slightly at her own thought process she finally opensthe text message, but all it reads is an address and the words {see you therein twenty}.
Notcompletely understanding what was going on she looks up the address, mostly outof curiosity, just to find out it’s a local park. Fighting an internal battlewith herself, she runs a hand through her hair, wondering if she should in factgo and meet him. Staring at her phone she sits there hoping that an answer willcome to her. Growling she stands up and goes into her room changing intosomething that was not sweatpants.
Deemingherself ready she grabs her wallet, keys, and cellphone locking the door to herhome and heading to the park. Dragging her feet the entire way she keeps seeingthat beautiful girl with long hair and the perfect Coca-Cola bottle bodywaiting on Henrys’ arm. Her face shifting to every girl Henry had ever said washot or sexy in front of her.
Searchingfor the source of the person calling her name, she sees Henry waving his armsover his head with a bright smile. Chuckling at his antics she shakes her headmaking her way over to him. “Hey,” Amber smiles softly at the other keeping herhands in her pockets.
“Hey I’mglad you came. So you ready?” Raising her eyebrows at his questions, “Ready? Forwhat?” Hoping that her nightmare was not about to come true and that he wasgoing to introduce his girlfriend to her she finds herself under Henry’s armwith her hair being ruffled after pulling her cap off, “Aigoo! Always thejokester now aren’t we? Come on I want to get some cotton candy!”
Pushing himaway, Amber growls under her breath taking her hat back from his grasp, “Whatare you talking about? Are you crazy?” Slipping her hat back on, she raises aneyebrow at him waiting for a response.
Henry simplyslips an arm around her shoulder and pulls her along with him “The carnival isthis way. Did you already forget about our date?” Her eyes widen at his words, date? Trying to think back as to whenshe had agreed to go on a date with him, not that she was complaining, shecomes up blank. Maybe he was confused, right?
As the nightprogressed she began to relax more, for no one had come to join them. Thepretty girl with the long hair and Coca-Cola bottle body never appeared. Andthis date she was on was not so bad.
Smiling toherself she hadn’t even realized Henry had left her side. Walking around lostin her thoughts she is stopped when her friend Luna comes out of nowhere handingher a bouquet of flowers, “Hu, Luna? What are you doing her? What is this for?”
Without aword Luna just laughs before waving and taking off into the crowd. Scrunchingher nose up in confusion she laughs, “Isn’t she acting weird Henry?” Lookingover she finally realizes that he is not beside her. Calling for him she looksaround only she can’t seem to find him. Growling under her breath she begins tolook for a way out pissed to just have been left alone without a word withflowers in hand. As she is passing by the cotton candy stand her phone goes off.Seeing Luna’s name she answers it immediately, “Hey Luna. Where are you? Henryfrickin ditched me, so I’m by myself at this stupid carnival. Also what is upwith the flowers?”
A chuckle isher response, “Read the note Amber” and the resounding click.
“Wah? Note?What note? Yah Luna!” Frustrated she looks around trying to find a note,digging through her pockets wondering if she put something inside them, thereis still nothing to be found. Growing more and more frustrated with thesituation she finally gets a proper look at the flowers that Luna had handedher. Seeing a folded paper nestled between the flowers she takes it opening itup to find a list with things to do.
2. Play the water shooting game
Must be done in this exact order.
Confusedeven more she shakes her head and stuffs the paper in her back pocket. What wasexactly going on? With a sigh she swallows her pride and walks over to thecotton candy vendor. Moving to pay for the cotton candy shaped heart the man behindthe cart shakes his head telling her it has already been taken care of.
Must be the person from the note. With a shrug she begins to munch onthe cotton candy as she moves on to the water shooting game, thankfully therewas only one. Walking over she sits down placing the flowers and cotton candytogether. Smiling awkwardly at the girl behind the counter.
“Oh! Is ittime? Are you Amber?” Confused as to how the girl knows her she nods inaffirmation, “Yeah I am, um how do you know me?” The young girl just shakes herhead and gestures to the water gun, “No reason please go ahead and play. Thegame has already been paid for”
All the moreconfused by the situation she sighs and shoots at the target hoping to get outof there. This was getting ridiculous. Why was she even following the stupidnote anyways? And where had Henry run off to? Angry at the possibility that hehad left her to see his new girlfriend she glares at the target and issurprised when the bell dings announcing her win.
“Here youare! You are one lucky girl Amber” With a wink the young girl hands her a giantstuffed bear with a note attached to its chest. Taking the bear she looks atthe girl, “What do you mean? Shouldn’t the prize be a lot smaller? I don’t knowlike a beany baby or something.”
The younggirl shrugs with a giggle as she moves on to help the next round of people.Amber looks at the bear once more and reads the small note: I’ll see you by the Ferris Wheel.
Looks likeher secret admirer struck once more. Struggling to carry everything with hershe puts the cotton candy in between the flowers and the flowers in one hand asshe wraps both arms around the giant bear. Happy when she finally arrives atthe Ferris Wheel she hears someone chuckle before lifting the bear away from her,“Sorry I guess I didn’t calculate how much I was giving you”
As the bearis being set down she sees Henry behind it, “Henry? What the hell?” Hitting himwith a glare she crosses her arms with difficulty since the flowers are stillin her hand, “Idiot, where did you run off to?”
Henry doesnothing more, but smile and rub the sore spot on his arm where Amber had hithim. Shaking his head he gestures to the Ferris Wheel, “Come on, this is thebest part.” Taking her arm he pulls her onto the bench for the Ferris Wheel,“Yah! You didn’t answer my question!”
Once moreHenry does nothing more, but chuckle while putting an arm around her shoulders,“All will be answered in due time. Just trust me”
Looking awayfrom him as he pulls her closer to him she looks out into the distance holdingonto the flowers for some form of support. After getting off the ride shequickly moves away from his arms breathing in some fresh air. Anything to justcall her raising heart. Stop it Amber!
Beratingherself she finally turns around to face Henry and tell him goodbye knowingthat she can’t be around him much longer without her feelings being put ondisplay for the whole world to see, but instead she finds Henry much closerthan anticipated. Taking a step back, Henry wraps an arm around her waist andsmiles softly, “Did you finally figure it out? I did what you told me to do”
There it wasthe moment she was dreading. Pulling away from his arms she tries to keep astraight face and hide the fact that she is shaking, “Oh did you? She said yesI’m guessing cause why wouldn’t she right? Well I’m happy for you Henry, but Ireally need to go. I-I have things to do, so I’ll see you later.”
Taking offacross the carnival and towards the exit she can hear Henry calling after her.Shaking her head she runs even faster just trying to get away from thisnightmare. Although she knew this was coming she just did not want to face thereality of the situation.
“Amberstop!” Henry finally catches up to her and he pulls her to a stop and turningher to face him, “I did what you told me to do to you! I like you Amber!”
Wide eyedshe looks at Henry and shakes her head trying once more to get out of his armswith little success, “Stop it Henry, don’t play with me. I don’t know who toldyou or if you found out about my crush on you, but this is sick. Just let me goand get back to your new girlfriend that you were too busy to text me thisentire week for.”
“Amber!”still struggling to get away from him Amber is surprised when Henry’s lips arepressed against her own. Slowly relaxing under his lips, she kisses him backfor what felt like an eternity. As they pull back from each other Henry smilessoftly at Amber kissing her forehead, “Now who is the idiot? Don’t you rememberwhat you told me? Be their friend. Get them their favorite flowers and candy ifyou can. Surprise her with something she would never expect. End the night withsomething sweet and calm”
Slowly itall starts to make sense to her. Everything that had happened today. Theflowers, the cotton candy, the giant teddy, and even the Ferris Wheel. Lookingat Henry as he continues to hold her face in his hands, “Oh”.
“Yeah, oh”With a chuckle Henry moves in and presses his lips once more against his bestfriend turned girlfriend.