rivalry
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( Steven calls Elena )
Steven " Hi Elena "
Elena " Hey Steven , What reminded you of me at this hour ? "
Steven " Actually I wanted to know if you have any plans for today . "
Elena " What is special today ? "
Steven " I mean today is Saturday so . . . . . . . . . "
Elena " Oh ! so you want to ask if I have any weekend plans . "
Steven " Yes , you got it , so what are you doing today ? "
Elena " Nothing much I have to go to the library and then I have to clean my dorm and yes that's all . Today I have decided to take out some me time ."
Steven " Listen , I know today is Saturday and you have your own plan but I was still hoping if you could come to my place . "
Elena " Why ? "
Steven " Tomorrow is Cole's birthday . "
Elena " Who is Cole ? "
Steven " You don't know Cole . He has history and spanish with us . He is my best friend . Tomorrow is his birthday so I want to do something special for him .
So I have decided to bake a cake myself and for that I need a hand . So I was hoping if you could come over . "
Elena " What makes you think that I know how to bake ? "
Steven " I have this cook book , it has like thousand of recipies in it . We could try one from it . "
Elena " I was kidding earlier . I know how to bake . In fact baking is my favourite pass time . "
Steven " Great , so you are coming . "
Elena " Ok "
Steven " I will text you the address . "
Elena " I know your address . "
Steven " You do ? "
Elena " Yes ones I stopped by your house to give the book which you left in school . "
Steven " Ok , so come as fast as you could . We are short of time . "
Elena " I will be there in twenty minutes . "
Steven " See you then . "
( Half an hour later )
( Someone knocks the door )
Steven " By the way you are half an hour late . "
Ava " I didn't knew you were expecting me . "
Steven " Ava , it's good to see you . What are you doing here ? "
Ava " Tomorrow is Cole's birthday . And I think we should plan a surprise for him . Last few days he has been a good friend to me . "
Steven " I am sorry Ava , I am so sorry for yesterday . I didn't wanted to hurt you . I will never do anything to hurt you . "
Ava " I know , may be I over reacted a bit . "
Steven " No you didn't . "
Ava " Yes I did . I know life has been cruel to you lately and you are going through a rough phase . I wanted to be there for you but instead I bursted out . "
Steven " It was my fault . I yelled at you . I shouldn't have . "
Ava " Let's forget everything that happened . We can start all over again . I want to be with you Steven . I want our relationship to work . "
Steven " Me too ! ! ! ! "
Ava " You don't sound so convincing . You don't want us to work . "
Steven " No it's not like that . . . . . . "
( Ava touches Steven's face gently , moves close to him and glides her lips over his . )
Elena " Oh God , I am so sorry I didn't wanted to interrupt . "
Ava " But you did . Anyways what brings you here ? "
Steven " Actually I called her . "
Ava " Really , why ? "
Steven " I thought that she could help me in planning Cole's birthday . "
Ava " You could have called me , honey . "
Elena " I think I should go . "
Ava " If you want then you can . "
Steven " No Elena don't go anywhere . Ava please be kind to her . "
Ava " I am sorry if I sounded unkind . I just meant that if she has some other urgent work . . . . . . "
Elena " No I am free . "
Steven " The more the merrier . "
Elena " So are we going to start with the cake ? "
Steven " Yes , yes , see this is the book I was talking about . But I am not able to understand anything . "
Elena " Don't worry Steven . I know how to bake a cake , trust me . I will do the cake , you and Ava could make other plans . "
Ava " I think that's good . "
Steven " No , I want to help you so that next time I can be able to bake the cake myself . "
Elena " Ok , so first we will do the batter . Pass me the cake mix . "
Steven " Ava can you please move , you are blocking the way . "
Ava " Of course , tell me what am I supposed to do ? "
Elena " Take this batter and beat it . "
( Elena drops the bowl over Ava by mistake . )
Ava " What did you do ? You ruined my favorite dress . "
Elena " I am so sorry , I slipped . "
Ava " But my dress , it's spoiled . "
Steven " Ava , calm down . It's just a dress . Don't be rude to her . "
Ava " Seriously , you are taking her side . "
Steven " I am not taking any side Ava . You are just over reacting again . Like you always do . "
Ava " Oh great , you know what I was wrong to come here . "
Steven " No , I didn't meant that . Ava listen to me . "
Ava " I know what you will say . You will tell me again how sorry you are . That's what you always do . You first insult me in front of your friend and then say sorry .
I am going . "
Elena " Ava , I am sorry I created a rift between you two . "
Ava " It's not you Elena , it's us . "
( Ava leaves )
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