" Cassie I- I don't really know how to say this.." Oh my God! Was he finally going to propose? Gosh! I'm not ready for that, am I? Not allowing him to continue, I cut him off

"Mike wait! Don't you think it's too early? I mean we have only been dating for six months now"

Avril has been bothering me for the last two weeks now, asking me if Mike had told me, what? you might ask, I don't know either. She refused to tell me saying it must come from him. Suddenly it occurred to me that he might want to propose, I mean first he tells my best friend about his plans and she refuses to tell me then he calls me up today saying we should meet. He takes me to a fancy restaurant and now he's stuttering, Mike never stutters.

My palms start sweating, do I love Michael? My heart beat is out of control.
"What are you talking about?" He looked confused but continued. "Anyway what I was trying to say.. Wait I need to get on my knees for this" the moment he stood up to kneel down, I also stood up, I need a moment.

Quickly, I stopped him
"Um.. I-I need to use the bathroom, please hold that thought." Quickly I retreated to the bathroom. I could hear him calling my name but I didn't turn back. Due to the hurry I was in, I bumped into a lady coming out from the bathroom. Her purse fell and the contents scattered across the floor. I immediately started apologizing as we both bent down to pick up her things.

"I'm so sorry" I said once more as we both rose up to our feet.

"It's okay. I also wasn't looking" she said smiling. She looked a little older than me, unlike me she was a brunette with light brown eyes. I don't know why but I felt drawn to her which by the way was very weird. Not wanting to waste much of her time I quickly scurried past her into the bathroom.

Once I got safely into the bathroom, I took a quick look around then just stared at myself in the mirror. Why am I acting this way? I have been waiting for him to propose, now here he is ready to propose and I am the one hesitating. why am I hesitating?

"Well maybe you don't love him"
The sudden voice shocked me and I immediately spun around, only to come face to face with the same lady I bumped into when I was coming in earlier.

"What do you mean?" I asked

"Nothing! I just came in and noticed you staring into the mirror. I was about to ask what you were doing when you suddenly started speaking, then you asked yourself why you were hesitating? I couldn't help but answer, sorry about that" She finished with a smile. I looked at her squarely, she looked like a good person but nevertheless weird.

"It's okay, but what did you mean by saying that?"

"I'm just saying that if you loved him you wouldn't be hiding in the bathroom when your man wants to propose, although whether he's here to propose is questionable" Questionable? Why else would he need to get on his knees? I need to go back before I doubt myself any further

"You are right. Thank you, by the way I'm Cassie" with that said I ran out of there but not before I heard her shout her name back 'Amy'.

When I got back to the table that we were seated, Mike wasn't there? Where did he go? Oh no! Did he leave because he got scared that I wasn't going to accept his proposal? I'm sure he hasn't gone far. I ran out of the restaurant to find out that it was raining.

"Mike!" I shouted but no reply came. I looked around and the rain was getting heavier by the minute. Since we didn't come here with a car and his house wasn't very far from here I decided to go to his house. I'm sure he would be there.

Within a few minutes I had arrived at his house. Although I was wet from the rain but I don't mind I've got something more important to do. I quickly made my way up his stairs, I knocked but he didn't answer. I quickly checked his flower pot for his spare key he hides there, I told him it was a stupid place to hide it but he wouldn't listen to me.

The moment I got into the house, I heard the voices of people shouting coming from upstairs. One I knew was mike and the other was a female, who could it be? Quietly I made my way up the stairs until I could make out their voices clearly.

"Calm down A, I didn't tell her. I couldn't break her heart like that" I heard mike say.

"Well you will be breaking her heart more if she hears it from another person, or do you want me to tell her?. We can't keep hiding, soon enough she will eventually find out so stop being a coward and tell her." The girl whose voice I was starting to recognize, could it be? A? Avril? No, It couldn't.

"You don't understand, I was going to beg her for forgiveness but she suddenly excused herself. I think she might have thought I was going to propose." At this revelation i wasn't sure whether to be happy or sad but either way my heart still fell then broke.

"You fool! You are worsening the situation."the girl screamed. How could he?

"I will tell her but you have to understand Cassie is not someone you just walk up to and say something like that to. How do I tell her I don't love her or that its her best friend I love." That did it, I couldn't take it anymore. Quietly, I walked up the remaining stairs and into the room. First of all to confirm with my own eyes and secondly to make sure that my assumption about who the girl was, was right.

Immediately I opened the door, Mike's eyes widened but it wasn't him I was looking at, It was Avril, my best friend whom I have trusted up until now that is. I turned to Mike and he was about to speak but I stopped him with a raised hand.

"It's okay Mike you don't have to go through the stress of telling me, I know already, I've heard" I could see in his eyes that he was sorry but it didn't lessen the pain of their betrayal.

"So Avril are you happy now that you have made a fool of me? I thought we were friends?" She showed no remorse in fact she wasn't even looking at me

"Is this the reason you kept on asking me if Mike had told me anything? I mean Avril, you live with me in my house, how could you?." This time she looked at me and her eyes told me what she couldn't. I was the only one that was in the friendship.

"I want you out of my house by.." She didn't let me finish

"Don't bother, while you were out with Mike I already Packed," she said motioning to a few boxes at the side of the room.
"I thought he was finally going to be able to tell you today but he couldn't" she continued casting him an irritated glance.

"Anyway you now know"she finished. Tears threatened to fall but I refused to let them see my tears they weren't worth it

Bitch! That was the first thing that came to my mind as I continued to stare at her, baffled at the words she just spoke. I looked back at Michael but he couldn't hold my gaze, he dropped his head. Taking in a deep breath I spun on my heels and quickly exited the house. I walked right back into the rain which was pouring down faster and harder now. It was raging just like the different emotions I was feeling.

I can't believe Avril did that? And mike, what did I do wrong?.I was angry with myself but mostly at Avril and Mike.

"I'm sure it had something to do with the fact that you refused to sleep with him, your friend on the other hand was more than willing to I'm sure" Shocked, I turned to see Amy, the girl from the bathroom earlier, she was also standing In the rain, her brown hair wet and sticking to her face.

"Why are you here and how do you know that?" Who is this girl?

"I have been watching you for a while now so I actually know quite a lot about you. That's how I know that your friend and boyfriend have been sneaking around behind your back." The more I looked at her, the angrier I became and the harder the rain fell.

"So you are telling me that you have been stalking me? Wait, our meeting at the toilet, was that planned?" Today must not be my day. What's up with everybody?

"No of course not. Although I did follow you to the restaurant you bumping into me by the bathroom was pure accident." she looked like she was telling the truth but why should believe her?

I don't know what or who to believe anymore. I knew I was crying but the rain was doing a good job of hiding it.

"I can take you away from here, if you let me." I blinked up at her. Am I going crazy? Maybe

"How? Can you do that?, If it's possible then I would very much like to leave this place "I was hurt and i needed to get away. Anywhere but here  I thought. Instead of replying, she grabbed my hand.

"Let's leave under the rain first" then we ran. I didn't ask where because I just assumed she going to show me something fun or a place I can cry in peace

Why do I trust her? I mean I just met her, the only thing I know about her is her name but yet I can't explain the connection.
We ran until we reached the front of a closed shop that had an umbrella in front. When we were safely under it and out of the rain she opened her bag. I watched her as she brought out a small bottle, it looked like a perfume bottle at first glance but it wasn't.

"Drink this Cassie. I know you have no reason to trust me but have a little faith. You were meant for great things" This made me laugh. I followed a crazy woman oh my god

"What makes you think that I would drink out of something you gave me like that without knowing the content or the person giving it to me" By now the tears has stopped.

"What have you got to lose?" She asked, well a lot of things. I love my life even though it hasn't been easy lately

" I'm not giving you poison.  I'm offering you a chance to leave this place, a chance of a lifetime. Drink this and be who you were meant to be." Then she proceeded to hand me the bottle. I held the little bottle in my hand looking at it, since it was transparent I could see the liquid inside but the it was colorless, you could mistake it for water. By the time I looked back up to return it to Amy, she was gone. The spot she was standing in a moment ago, empty. I looked around but no one could be seen, the road was empty and it was also getting dark.

The question now is what am I going to do? Should I drink it? Am I really going crazy?
A chance of a lifetime, I have always wanted to go on an adventure. Worst case scenario I turn into a frog or die. Without giving it a second thought, I open the bottle quickly and swallow the content. If I die I'll blame it on heartbreak not my stupid curiosity