Old Friends

Arabella's POV

I was still trying to clean up the large sauce stains on his white shirt. Even though it was only white mayonnaise, the smell would become unbearable if it wasn't cleaned immediately.

I was just about to grab another tissue when he held my hand casually, but his voice didn't sound familiar when he said to me. "I'm fine. "Thank you for trying to clean my shirt."

"William?" I immediately called out the name of the man I thought was a stranger after lifting my gaze to his face.

The man smiled, happy I could recognize him instantly when we hadn't seen each other for a long time. "Hi, Bella. I didn't expect to see you here."

William was my schoolmate in the next town over. I only remembered that he transferred in during his second year, so my memories of him weren't too many, but this guy was one of my close friends who had the same level of closeness as Wanda, even though they didn't know each other.

"Me too." I smiled back, looking at his face, which was much more mature t