April Fools(7)

I gasped, playing along with her, "Oh my god! Did it hurt?"

"Yep, I've never seen so much blood."

"How do you feel?"

"Different, more mature..."

"Well I'm waiting until I meet the right guy, I won't give in to peer pressure."

She laughed, "Were we really like that once upon a time?"

"Probably. So Ian's finally remembered how to use it?"

"Oh yes, the drought is over...literally."

"Too much information."

"What's wrong? Aren't you happy for me?"

"Of course I am, I'll send you a card in the post. So how did you crack him in the end?"

"The kinky bastard likes to be tied up. Who knew?"

"Wow, it's always the quiet ones."

"He's wasn't so quiet when I spanked him using a..."

"Changeeee of subject!" I shouted.

She laughed, "Okay, there's something that I've been meaning to ask you for a while now."

"Sounds serious?"

"It is. Were the fire fighters hot?"

"You did not just ask me that."

"I actually did. Lukas is getting better so I'm allowed to focus on other important things. So? Were they hot?"

"I wasn't really thinking about that at the time, believe it or not."

"Yeah, I guess you didn't need to when Isaac was standing next to you. Who needs fire fighters when you've got your own little hottie?" She began to sing 'Sex on fire' by Kings Of Leon.

"Oh yeah, it had nothing to do with the fact that my house was on fire and my friend was trapped inside."

"Okay, okay. What about the policemen? Were they hot? Did they have handcuffs?" She giggled which was so infectious that I had to bite my lip to stop myself from laughing. She didn't need to be encouraged any further. "I'll take your silence as a yes."

"And on that note, it's time to go. I'll talk to you later."

"Wait...did you see their batons?"

"Bye Katie." I grinned as I ended the call, I knew that I could rely on my best friend to cheer me up. To keep my good mood going, I rang Isaac. I missed hearing his voice already.

He answered immediately which made me smile. "April, now's not a good time." He sounded stressed. It wasn't exactly the greeting that I had been hoping for.

"Oh, okay."

"Can I call you back later?"

"Yeah, is everything okay?"

"I'm just busy."

"Are you still at work?"

He hesitated before answering, "No."

"Oh, so where are you?"

"Why does it matter?"

I narrowed my eyes, "I was just wondering..."

"Look, please can you interrogate me later?"

"Please can you stop being a dick later?"

He sighed, "I haven't got time for this, I'll call you when I'm home."

"Whatever" I replied, which was universal girl code for 'fuck you'. I hung up before shoving my phone back in my pocket. So much for my good mood.

I replayed the conversation over and over again in my head. If he wasn't at work, where was he?

***

"How was your day?" Lucy asked as I walked through the door. I only had one class with her on a Monday so I hadn't seen her all afternoon.

I groaned, "Crap."

She patted the sofa, "Sit down. Vent."

I put my bag down and made my way over to her. "Fifty billion people asked me about the fire."

She raised her eyebrow, "Wow, that's a lot of people. You're really popular."

"I don't want to be popular, I just want to move on."

"The first day back is always the worst, it'll die down."

"I hope so."

"Anything else that you want to vent about?"

Yes. Isaac.

"Nah, how was your day?"

"Uneventful. I do have some news though."

"Spill."

"Lukas is home."

I sat up straighter, "He is?"

She nodded, "He got back this afternoon."

"That's great, how is he?"

"He sounded okay on the phone. I'm actually going to visit him, I was waiting for you to get back first to see if you wanted to come?"

My heart started beating faster, "Um, I'm not sure..."

"April, I think you two should talk. I'm sure there's a lot that needs to be said."

Lucy didn't know the half of it. As far as she was concerned, I hadn't spoken to Lukas since we broke up and he went to Paris.

"I think I should wait a little longer, give him some time to settle in."

"Don't you want to see how he is? He risked his life for you."

"I'm quite aware of that" I snapped.

"Sorry, I just realised how that sounded. I wasn't having a go at you but he must still have strong feelings for you to run into a burning building."