Short Story

"It's Friday!" I and my best friend, Natasha, yelled in unison. We had plans to go to a live play tonight but Natasha's parents presented a labyrinth of rules and regulations that we could not follow, so she just ended up sleeping over at my house. We borrowed a movie from blockbuster on our way home called "For Heaven's Sake!" which is a humorous comedy. As we were getting ready to start the movie, smoke …

…an animal in the zoo and gave her a counterfeited smile. We talked for a while and went to bed but it was one night that I could not sleep. She likes Raj, she likes Raj, kept repeating in my head like a memory I couldn't forget. She likes RAJ! Raj, my secret boyfriend... "I have to cower the truth from her as long as I live." I thought. She can't know; she just CAN'T!