Hope sends a message to Ali. Meet me at the cafe at 6:00.

     Ok, see you there. She responds almost immediately and Hope takes a double take. She was expecting a fight or bargain. Hope then sends the same message to Amanda.

     Ok, see you then. She replies just as quickly. Hope thinks she must have picked a four leaf clover because that was way too easy.

     When Hope gets to the cafe Simon asks what she wants. He was the waiter they normally have and replies, "I'll just have the normal."
     "French cappuccino, right?" Simon questions, knowing the answer, but always checks.
     "Yup. Oh, and by the way, there might be yelling and arguing over here, just an fyi." Hope says hoping he gets the hint to put the other customers away from them.

     "Why?" He asks curiously.

     "Because Amanda and Ali are in a fight and I'm going to try to get them together...and they don't know each other are going to be here."
     "Oh, have fun with that. Those two are feisty." Simon winks while going to get her cappuccino.

     "Yeah, I know," Hope mumbles with a smile at his double meaning remark. She hopes everything turns out well though. Positive thoughts, right?

     Ali was right on time, but Amanda was late, as always. Hope doesn't understand how she's late for everything, but she swears things always just pop up. Hope sees Ali walk in and she looked annoyed already. Great, Hope thinks, a perfect way to start this off.
     "Whats up Ali?" Hope asked very gingerly.

     "Nothing except for the fact that Ash said he was going on a two-day trip," Ali says while shoving her bag in the booth.

     "Why are you mad at that?" Hope asks confused.

     "Because he's not going on a trip, he is going to be with Amanda," Ali said like it was the most obvious thing.

     "You don't know tha-"

     "Yes, I do," She interrupts Hope with a disgusted look.

     "Here's your french cappuccino Hope," Simon says and then goes to leave not wanting to get dragged into some drama. He is just a waiter after all.

     "Hey, Simon," Ali says leading that she was going to ask a question with the way she said his name.

     "Yes?" Simon questions a little scared.

     "Do you think I'm pretty?" Ali asked leaning towards him.

     "Y-yes." Simon says and then high tails it away from them.
     "You know he doesn't like talking about those things," Hope laughs.
      "I know, but that was the fun of it," Ail says laughing too.

     "So, this stupid class, the amount of crap-" Ali stops right in a middle of her sentence and says, "Really Hope! Why? Why did you have to do it?" Hope turns around to see Amanda coming, also looking flustered.

     "Wait. Wait. Just wait and hear me out both of you." Hope pleads keeping Ali in her set. Amanda sits down by Hope and they both just glared at her. "Ok, so I did a background check on Ash and he has a perfect record."

     "So what," Amanda asks annoyed. "You do too."

     "Ya, but I have a birth certificate," Hope says waiting for them to fill in the rest.

      "What's that supposed to mean?" Ali asks trying to figure out the point. She clearly wants to be out of the booth now.

      "It means this guy doesn't exist, like anywhere. I couldn't find anything on him." Hope says very quickly while lower her voice not wanting others around them to be disturbed or attract any attention.

     "That's weird," Ali says, looking not mad anymore, more of a questioning gaze is on her face.

     "Ya, I know, but I have a plan."
     "Whats that?" Amanda asks sounding excited. She likes Hope's plans because they normally get to do something illegal with her and they won't get caught.

     "Well, when do you see him again?" Hope asks looking at Amanda because Ali said he was going on a trip.
     "Tomorrow why?" Amanda asks confused.

     "See I told you he wasn't going on a trip," Ali says with a bored tone.

     "Ya, Ya, ok. What I want you to do is act like everything is normal and-"

     "I can't do that, not when I know he's cheating on me and could be some creep!" Amanda says angrily.

     "Please, we need more info on him and you can always call me," Hope asks puffing out her lip as if she's a little kid.

     "Fine, but you owe me big time," Amanda says giving in.

    "Ok, so when you see him, try to go to his apartment and find anything on him."

     "That's going to be hard," Ali says leaning on the table. Hope looks towards her confused.

     "His house is ginormous," Amanda says remembering how big it was. She was only there once but stayed close to him scared she might get lost.

     "Just try to do your best on finding anything, ok?" Hope asks taking a drink of her cappuccino.

     "Ok, as for you two, I don't like my friends being mad at each other so, either you makeup or I will put you in a jail cell until you make up," Hope sits back waiting to hear their responses.

     "Ok, I'm sorry I jumped to conclusions about you stealing my, well, our ex-boyfriend. Please forgive me." Amanda pleads giving Ali a puppy dog look. Ali didn't budge. She is the most stubborn out of the three friends.

     "Come on, Ali your not going to get a better apology than that," Hope says trying to convince Ali to accept the apology.

      "Oh, you know I accept girl." Amanda goes around the table and they hug. Simon looks over and gives Hope a thumbs up. She smiles and gives him a nod. Ali smiles looking at her then at Simon back to her.
     She says "He likes you, he likes you." And Amanda joined in as if they are back in middle school.

      "He doesn't, he's just a guy friend like Ryan, plus he's probably still in high school. No thanks." Hope says defensively and shakes her head.
      "Oh we all know Ryan likes you," Amanda says smiling.

     "No, he doesn't, I don't know why you two always say that?" Hope says slightly aggravated.

     "Do you see the way he looks at you and that he always wants to talk to you. Hmm?" Amanda asks while giggling.

     "Oh, whatever, you two are delirious," Hope says blushing a little. She swears her friends are never going to grow up.

     "Oh, could you get Simon for us so we can eat?" Ali says with a grin.

     "You're such a.. whatever," Hope rolls her eyes and waves her hand for him to come over.

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