The Sass Vibe

Chapter 6: Fifty Shades Of Trouble

A/N YEAH, I updated early, because I'm getting excited as the story goes on. Heheh. By the way, I'm so grateful to those of you who bothered to comment and vote for this story- it warms my heart like fire>:3

HERES XENIA's SKATEBOARD DESIGN~

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-HF101. x

"Xenia, the guys are here!" I heard Mum's loud voice drifting up the stairs and into my room, which was looking too empty for my liking.

I grumbled a bunch of incoherent words while tackling my overflowing suitcase; perhaps my laptop took more space than I expected.

Sprawled out on the damn thing, I waited as Nora zipped up the zip in silence; she was acting very distant recently, and unusually quiet, with short, stiff answers and no conversation starters. I even missed her that's what she said jokes, no matter how much I found them annoying.

"I guess this it it," I said with a huff, and turned to my best friend.

"Hey, Nora, what's wrong?"

Why was I even asking? I knew very well that the girl hated goodbyes, no matter how promising I was that it was only for a year. She hated leaving people close to her; and I wasn't surprised, as to what happened with her family.

They died in a ship wreckage two years ago, while going home from Italy. It scarred Nora, I knew that, and she hasn't been quite the same ever since, with a phobia of leaving someone close to her to top it all off.

I sighed when she shot me a you need to ask? look.

"Come here, penny." She smiled briefly at the old nickname, and collapsed into my hug, sniffing every five seconds.

"I can't believe you're leaving me here, you stupid bitch."

"I know."

"Who's gonna be there to help me copy the physics assignments?"

"I know."

"What about our karate training? When you come back I bet you'll be fat and so unfit I won't ever train with you."

I rubbed her back soothingly.

"And who's gonna be there for you if you oversleep again? And I won't be able to witness your sass vibe activating! And you won't be there to see Mrs Finn's face when I use our pranks, and what happened to joining basketball together? Who's gonna skateboard with me? And what about-"

"Nora, the school is just a few cities over, I'm sure I can visit every weekend, vice versa," Staring into Nora's eyes that barely held back tears, I felt my own stinging.

"Can you stop? I don't want to look like a drunk racoon that just got stung by a bee in the face when I get there!" I sobbed, squeezing my best friend tightly.

"Shut up! You're not the one who has to go get some Starbucks with bloody eyes! Nate will be there, thinking I'm a druggie from hell!"

"Speaking of lover boy, I don't want to have a goddamn Godchild when I come back!"

"Fuck off, I'll do whatever I want just to rub it in your face, you little virgin!"

"And proud!" I added with a sly grin through tears, only to realise that we had an audience.

There, standing in the doorway, was four guys that looked to be in their mid twenties, staring at me and my mad best friend like we were a new species of human beings.

"Uh..." One of the guys caught my gaze with a sheepish, awkward smile.

"Sorry to interrupt, but uh, we came to collect your belongings to, uh.."