“Okay, I’ll be ready by five.” He tells Luda, and then walks away.

He’s only taken about twenty steps when Anya catches up with him.

“Vasil, I can’t believe you’re going with her!”

“Anya, we’ve talked about this, you can’t judge her based on a ‘gut feeling’. She’s nice and I want to go with her, plus, she needs help getting there.” Vasil says.

Anya shakes her head sadly, and then looks at Vasil’s dark brown eyes. He’s so naïve, she thinks. Anya has more than just a ‘gut feeling’ about Luda, but she can’t bring herself to tell Vasil. It would break his heart.

“You’re making a mistake,” she whispers sadly, and then walks away.

Vasil feels a surge of burning hatred in his heart. Anya is so entitled, and she acts like she knows everything about everyone. Luda is kind and loving and she wants me to come, and Anya is just jealous, He thinks. And then he is consumed by thoughts of this trip to the city with Luda, and about what a good time they will have.

As Anya watches them board the bus at five, she can feel her heart crying from the inside out. Vasil, her best friend, off on a road to get his heart broken by the girl who Anya had once called her sister away from home.