I sat at the lounge looking at the ceiling. In front of me sat Ay08. We both kept quiet. A moment of awkward silence. Ever since she got back from Malaysia, things have gotten weird between us. We were fine during the snowball fight , but now I am just confused. Are we still friends? I don't know, only time will tell.

Suddenly, my phone rang. Thank God, a momentarily burst of noise that breaks the silence. I picked it up and a loud high pitch voice can be heard.
"Jaccckk, do you like....ummm...wanna have dinner?"
I looked at Ay08. I don't know, it just felt weird being asked to dinner by Hh in front of Ay08.
"Sure Hh, where do you wanna eat? Wait a minute...not Khan's, right?"
"What's that, Khan's? Sure, ok bye. See you in 15 minutes"
"Wait...I meant..."
Damn it, she hung up on me. Hh is always so impulsive.

I looked at Ay08 and she looked away, trying to break eye contact. She did not even said a word and I was too confused to open my mouth. Things with us, are so convoluted . This is the end I presumed. The fun times we had, it all boils down to this: an awkward silence.

After enduring almost an hour of silence, finally came Hh. Late and not punctual as usual.
"You are late Hh, very very late."
"Really? Really? I didn't notice," giving off her chipmunk-ish smile.
Yeah right, like that's gonna save her from the fact that she's....awww, so cute. What did she do again?

"Fine, fine. Let's go now, I am starving. Hold on, aren't you wearing a little too thin? It's like 3 degrees out there."
"Really? "
"Okay, right. Whatever. Let's get going."
I looked at Ay08 as I was contemplating whether to invite her or not. Come to think about it, since Hh invited me out and Hh knows Ay08, then Hh should invite her. Following by this analogy, I then make my way out and waited for Hh at the porch.

Out came Hh 15 minutes later with a huge smile on her face. She was looking directly at me with her chipmunk-ish smile. I ignored it and just walked towards Khan's.
"Come on Hh, you're late enough. And I am freaking hungry."
She followed behind me, and still with a huge smile carved on her face.

"Hh, you are freaking me out. Are you in audition for the next Joker or something?", I said jokingly, because everyone knows that I am the next Joker.
"So, I've talked to Ay08, seems like you guys are having problems."
"Really? That's news to me."
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"Umm..no. I just want to eat now."
Then Hh pulled a long face, a manifestation of her dissatisfaction I presumed.

Hh began sneezing.
"Told you that you are wearing a bit thin."
"Shut up. Let's just go to Khan's. Walk faster."
I then unbuttoned my jacket and put it on her.
She then looked at me and said,
"Now I know why she likes you. You are such a nice guy."

That line, it gave a direct hit to my emotional chord. It's true, I am a nice guy, and treating Ay08 like this, it's out of my character. This pains me. I can't find either logic or reasoning behind this. I then took out my phone and began calling someone.
"What are you doing Jack?"
"Being nice."