Just Perfectly Messy

Michael to the rescue

-one month later

"Well, well, well. If it isn't my best friend who I haven't seen or talked to in the past three weeks! You're alive, you're breathing, and better yet, you look like shit which means you're not going anywhere anytime soon!"

I groan as loud and inhuman as I can and pull my blankets up and over my body and head.

"No, no, no." I feel Mina tug on my blanket and finally pull it off of me. So much for a fight for my life. No wonder I can never open coca cola can lids.

Everything makes sense now.

"Damn it, Alessandra. Quit being so lazy! It's a damn Friday, you're on spring break, and I haven't had best friend time in so long. Look at this face. Look at all the tears shed!"

"Mina, you have makeup on. I couldn't tell if you had a black eye even if I wanted to."

"Well, you know what?? The tears were real before I did my makeup okay?" I laugh and sit up in my bed.

"Listen, I love you but you need to take a shower. I can smell you from here, and your hair looks oily enough to fry french fries off of. Totally gross."

I smell my pits and shutter.

"Look, it's spring break, okay? Which means I had nowhere to be, and my bed happily excepted my grossness thank you very much!"

Mina covers her nose and fake gags.

"Fine, fine. I'll shower!" I roll my eyes and hop out of bed.

"I'm cleaning your sheets, B T W. That's literally the grossest thing I've heard all day, and Michael just explained to me the color of his shit, okay? It's that bad."

"Be my guest, Cinderella." I head into my bathroom and groan loudly. I hated when Mina was always right. Damn it.

....

"Here, I made food. Eat it." Mina hands me a plate with pizza on it and I praise the heavens I have such a good friend.

"You're like my guardian angel. You know that, right??" Michael moans in between bites of his pizza and I kick him under the table.

"Let a man enjoy his pizza, damnit!" He gives me a glare and then gazes lovingly at his pizza.

"I'd usually yell at him for being a dick weed, but you moan when you eat too, Alessandra. It's kind of fair ground."

I roll my eyes, ignore Mina's comment and enjoy my pizza.

"So, when's Ashton coming over? I miss him." Michael gives me a frown and Mina laughs.

"If you want to be with Ashton you just have to tell me. I ship you two harder than I ship you and me, to be honest." Mina says as Michael gasps and holds his chest where his heart is.

"Mina... do you really mean that?"

I look at Michael with judgement in my eyes. "No, she doesn't. Ashton... He's.. well, he's off the market!"

Mina immediately squeals and then looks at me spilling her water in the process.

"You and Ashton?? You two are together?!" I groan for what feels like the hundredth time today.

"Noo, we're not."

"Well I'm confused now."

"And what happened to that Harry guy?"

"And Connor? I always cheered you two on!"

"Eh, I'm leaning more towards Ashton to be honest."

"But Connor?? He's the perfect guy for Alessandra."