Veritable Amigos

Chapter Eight

Chapter
Eight

   Stellie had achieved her first goal - to get to talk with Vin. Her next was to make them realize they were enamored with themselves . If Rennie could trap Gayles in a room with Ray then she can trap her with Vin also. They were misunderstanding each other, if she could put them together alone then they would settle their differences. Stellie relaxed on the bed near Gayles, she planned to stay for two days. She didn't feel like sleeping so she was gassing when an idea peeped into her mind - Why did Gayles take the laptop from her right after she was done speaking with Vin? She must have had something confidential on it, she didn't want her to know about. She took the laptop from where Gayles had left it. She had managed to steal the password when Gayles was typing it in the first time so she wasted no time in entering it. Her stars were shinning so bright that day, everything was going in her favour. Stellie beavered through every single file on the laptop. She read every piece that was in word, she did not find anything but stories Gayles had written. "There's no clue here! The manner in which she took this from me should be based on something. What is it? Gayles behaves like a baby when she is upset, so... Yeah! I think I know where to find it", she thought.
   The recycle bin! Gayles usually caused a mess when she was furious, she might have binned the file. Stellie visited the bin, there were lots of files been deleted. Which of them was she to fossick for. "Is Gayles mad or something? Why must she have these much of scripts deleted? She's abusing the bin", said Stellie to herself, "She got upset with Vin, two days ago. So let me check the files with that date", she went through it but those files were rather half the files in the container. She needed to get that file before Gayles woke up. Maybe the time will help. "I'm hoping she didn't delete so many files in the same periods else I will just smash this". Stellie checked the time she called her, she saw that there was a document deleted few minutes before the call. "Thank God, it's only a document. I can't wait to see what is in there", she exclaimed. Stellie restored the file but it's origin was on a removable device. Another problem which she did not look out for, the removable device hadn't be installed at that moment. Be it a Compact disk, a USB memory Stick, external hard disk drive, or any other storage device, she had no idea. Time was running fast and Gayles did not sleep for a long time in the afternoon, she was going to wake up to any scratch on a surface. Stellie put an end to her search and went back to her sleep. Few minutes after she lied down, Gayles woke up. Stellie pretended to be fast asleep when she got up from the bed. "Has it been long since you came?", Gayles asked.
   "Not so long", answered Ana, "I hope you enjoyed your sleep? See her! She's still sleeping". They together laughed uproariously at Stellie. "I don't think she will leave today", said Ana.
   "She better not out stay her welcome. We do not need her here", Gayles said.
   "Does this not belong to you?", asked Ana, showing her a flash drive.
   "Oh, it is mine. Where did you find it?", said Gayles, taking a dart look at it.
   Ana replied, "I think I saw it on the ground near your bed".
   "Thank you so much", she appreciated. Stellie pretended to be stretching herself on the bed. "Madam, you better wake up", Gayles called.
   "Why are you disturbing my sleep? And what's that you are holding in your hand", asked Stellie.
   "It is a gum, will you like to have it? Ana just bought it for me", sniffed Gayles.
   Stellie cadged, "sure. Let me have it then". Gayles handed it over to her, she began to giggle afterwards. "Hmm, so it was a prank? Then this drive will be in my custody hence forth", she asserted.
   "Okay, you can keep it if you wish, I don't need it after all", said Gayles.
   Gayles herself, had cleared the path for her. She now would save the time of searching for the drive to plan something more greater. "I want to use your PC", requested Stellie.
   Gayles responded, "it's a want, it's not necessarily fulfilling it".
   "I am not astounded why Vin fights you. Silly head!", infuriated Stellie.
   Gayles blarted, "oh really? You cannot use mine, go and use Vin's. He is now your friend right?"
   "Please!", she pleaded. Gayles shook her head, took the device and entered the password for her. Stellie collected it and began her mission. She restored the deleted document. The document was a chatty worded missus Gayles had written to Vin;
                                                
                                                    From a sound mind,
                                                        Into a happy heart,
                                                            Through a spirit filled body,
To a wonderful friend.
Dearest!
               Today, I express my heartfelt appreciation to you. It was all like a dream when I met you. Since then, you have always solved all the problem I bring forth to you. You are like an angel to me. As I am speaking, my life is now on a new turn, you have made my dream come true. You are such a darling!
                It was just amazing when I entered the class. I wish you were there to see how everybody was looking at me, as if I had just arrived from the third Heavens. You know, first I woke up very late, certainly I was late for class too, all thanks to you. But all the same it came out productive. And after I was seated, the lecturess asked the class to give a round of applause. You won't believe this! It was like I scored the last goal to beat the opponent in an Olympics. Surprisingly, I had no idea of what was going on at that moment so later the class, the lecturess asked to see me and do you know what she said? She is giving me a helping hand in publishing my books - how nice!
                I am now scared. I think it is too early for me, I want to wait a while, but what if the opportunity does not come again? That is the hassle now, what do you suggest I do? I need your succor on that too, kindly include the response in your reply.
Your Bestie,
Gayles Haylie.
   "Wow! I'm in love with the address. This girl is too much", shouted Stellie, "I am enjoying my time as a spy".
   "A spy?", Ana and Gayles chorused.
   "Who are you spying on with my PC? Do you know I will be in trouble if you are tracked?", questioned Gayles.
   "Uhm, that is not the case. It is a movie I am watching", Stellie said, behaving like a good girl.
   Ana and Gayles looked at each other in horror. "Are we safe?", they asked softly. Stellie had to be smart to cover up the mess she had caused. She had mentioned a movie, her friends also loved movies. It was a fact she would be caught because they would like to watch the movie too. She has been caught in her own trap, Ana quitted what she was doing to see the movie that was making Stellie happy. To eschew being caught, Stellie quickly shut down the computer system.
   "What happened?", Ana asked when she saw that the screen was dark.

   Stellie turned to look at the face of Gayles, "A delightful misfortune".
   "What do you mean by that?", Gayles asked.
   "It went off", she said. Gayles examined Stellie and suspected she was doing something naughty. She had known her for ages and could tell she was up to something, Stellie was unpredictable but for something she was assured of was that Stellie would do nothing to hurt anybody not even her foe.
   "I presume you will stay the night. In that case, what do you suggest we eat?", Gayles asked.
   Stellie said, "not only tonight but I will be here with you until your birthday".
   "Two days? Why did you not inform me before?", Gayles asked.
   "I was thinking you would be happy to know but no, you don't need me with you", she protested.
   "Ana, did you see that? She acts as if she has no weakness, she was excited pulling my legs but now she is weeping", Gayles taunted.
   "You these two friends, Heaven knows were you are from", Ana advocated.
   "We are the bestest of friends!", they exclaimed.
   Gayles felt the urge to share her happiness with her friend. She revealed the proposal her lecturess had given and told her how everything happened. She told her about her fears as well and received encouragement from Stellie. Some truths are meaningless without prove, Gayles showed the presentation to her as a prove to what she was saying.
   She told her how hurt she was when she realized Vin did not trust her, Stellie then understood the reason for the deleted document. "Why don't you speak with Vin?", Stellie tried persuading.
   "He will not understand, he thinks my words are just cups of pop corn to flirt him", Gayles gasped.
   "If he doubts your words then let your actions speak. Writing is your métier, definitely you will be good at writing sweet words and this does not make it exceptional. I suggest you do something different, go beyond boundaries", she advocated.
   "Forget it!", instructed Gayles, "the discussion is over".