My Best Friend's Best Friend

Chapter Three- The Mall

Karl's face turns a bright pink when Niki asks this question. He hesitates for a moment before finally confessing. "Yes. I do. But you cant tell her about this!" Niki makes a motion as if she's zipping her lips and locking them. "My lips are sealed." I come back in the room as she finishes her sentence. "I'm back!" I say as I walk in the door. I flop down on the bed and position myself to where my head is on Karl's lap and Niki's legs are on top of mine. Halfway into the movie, I fall asleep on Karl's lap. He notices and asks Niki to get a blanket for me. Niki gets the blanket and throws it over me and Karl. Karl soon falls asleep, too, as well as Niki.

Niki was the first person awake in the morning. She had gone downstairs and made us breakfast while Karl and I were still asleep. Karl had woken up next but stayed where he was so he wouldn't wake me. I woke up last, and the first thing I notice is that I had fallen asleep the night before on Karl's lap. I got myself into a sitting position and realized that Karl was already awake. "You could have moved if you wanted." I say as I rub my eyes. "No, its fine. I didn't want to wake you." He says, looking at his phone. "What are you looking at?" I say as I scoot over beside him to see what's on his phone. "Just some pictures I took the other day. You want to see them?" He turns the phone so I can see it, but I lay my head on his shoulder so that we can both see it. "Sure." I say as I hug his arm. Karl didnt move for almost a minute.

"Karl?" I look up at him to make sure he's okay. "Are you okay? Your face is awfully red." I say as I put my hand on his face to check his temperature. "Oh," He snaps out of his daze. "Yeah, I'm fine." He looks at me and smiles, assuring me he's okay. "If you say so." I say as we both start looking at the pictures. Niki comes in the room about 10 minutes later, right as we finish looking at the pictures. "Breakfast is ready if you want to come downstairs and get some." Niki says as she stands at the doorway of her room. I hop out of the bed really fast. "YAY! I'm starving!" I say as I run downstairs. Karl giggles at this, and Niki just smiles. Karl gets up and starts to walk out of the room, but Niki stops him. "Woah. Why did you stop me?" Karl says as Niki shushes him. "When are you going to tell her?" She whispers low enough so I cant hear. "I was thinking of asking her if she wants to go to a Café tomorrow and asking her then." He says in a hushed tone. "That sounds so sweet. Youre making me feel single even though you're still single." Niki says as they walked downstairs.

They walk in to see me scrolling through Twitter with a plate of muffins in front of me. "This is why I call her Muffin." Niki says through a little laugh. I just smile at them and continue eating. "Are you going to eat anything else, Y/n/n?" Karl asks me while smiling. "I already had a piece of bacon. What more do you want from me?" I say in a sarcastic tone. "I dont want anything from you, I just want you." Karl mumbles in a tone I cant really hear. "Pardon?" I ask looking at him, wondering what he said. "Its nothing important." He says as he turns away, hiding his blush. "Oh, well, thats okay. I wont force it out of you." I say as I smile brightly at him and continued eating my last muffin.

I finish eating my muffin and ask Niki what we are doing today. "I was planning on taking a trip to the mall." Niki says as she finishes her breakfast. "Okay. Whose car are we going in?" I ask as I wash the dishes. "We could take mine." Karl says as he gets his shoes on, ready to go. "Yeah, mines a mess. Id have to clean it before we could go anywhere, and it would take me about an hour to do so." Niki says as she gets her shoes on as well. "Okay, well I have to go get dressed. Ill be back down in a bit." I go upstairs and get dressed in a shirt long enough to get to my mid-thigh with biker shorts underneath and black and white striped socks along with 3-inch Demonias. I put my hair up in a messy bun and go downstairs. I walk down to see Karls face red again. "Why is your face so red today? Are you sure youre not sick?" I ask him, worried. "I'm fine Y/n/n. You shouldnt have to worry about me so much." He says as we all walk to his car. "But I care and worry about you because I want to."

His face got even more red, if that even was possible. We got into the car and drove to the mall. As soon as we got there, I quickly put on my mask and ran across the parking lot into the mall. When Niki and Karl got inside, they couldnt find me. "I have feeling I might know where she is." Karl says as he runs towards a store. I had run into Hot Topic as soon as I had gotten inside. "Boo!" Karl says as he sneaks up on me. "OH MY MUFFINS! WHAT THE HONK, KARL!?" I yell after screaming. Karl and Niki are just laughing their heads off. "Can you three be a little quieter, please?" Says a store clerk. "Sorry, miss." Karl says as his laughs die down. "Look!" I say as I show them a skirt and a Nirvana shirt. "I found this cute outfit! Well, its not really an outfit, well, I mean it is, but they were separate. Im sorry, am I talking too much? Ill stop now." I say, feeling a bit guilty from annoying them with my talking. "No, youre fine" Karl says as he stares at me. Why are you staring at me? I ask with a smile. "It's nothing." He says as he shakes his head to get out of his daze. "Okay!" I say as I continue shopping. It wasnt nothing. Secretly, Karl thought my excessive talking was cute. Secretly, he was in love.

We finish shopping and head back to Nikis house. When we get inside, we go straight upstairs and put our bags on her bed. Everything was quiet until Niki said something that I was kind of expecting her to say. "Fashion show. Fashion show. Fashion show." She kept repeating it and soon, Karl joined in. "Fine. We can do a fashion show." Niki and Karl were both excited to do it but not so much me. I was very insecure of my body and I didnt think I looked good in anything. "You first, Niki. Then Karl, and I'll go last." I say as I sit on Niki"s bed facing her closet door. "Okay!" She said as she excitedly walked to her closet to try on the outfit she bought. She comes out of the closet(Do you get it? She's bi and she's- I'll see myself out-) wearing a black short-sleeved crop top with light brown high-waisted flared jeans. "Oh wow! You look amazing Niki!" I say while Karl claps. "Thank you, Muffin! Your turn, Karl!" She sits on the bed next to me as Karl goes into the closet to try on his outfit.

He comes out of the closet with a long-sleeved black and white striped shirt with a black short-sleeved shirt over it, tucked into a pair of black jeans with a belt that had a chain on it. "How do I look?" He says as he opens the closet door. Niki dramatically gasps and puts her hand over her mouth. "You look so good!" Niki says with a happy tone. "Are you okay, Y/n/n?" Karl asks me. The reason he asked me this is because I was fake crying. "Yeah, its just," I look up at him and wipe a fake tear. "I have two of the best looking friends in the world." I say as I continue to fake cry. "Aww, thank you! By the way, its your turn now." Karl says with a smile. "Okay." I take my outfit and go into the closet. I come out with a pleated black plaid skirt and a Nirvana shirt tucked into it. Niki claps with a smile and Karl just stares at me with a soft expression and a smile.

"Karl?" I say, worried that there may be something wrong. "Hm? What?" Karl asks as he snaps out of his daze. "This is the third time youve been in a daze since weve been here. Are you sure you're okay?" I ask with a worried tone and expression. "Yes, Y/n/n. Im fine." Karl says in a reassuring manner. "Okay, well, Im going to head back home now." I say as I go over to hug Niki. "Bye Muffin. Ill see you next weekend?" Niki says as we hugged. "Of course! Why wouldnt I show up?" I say with a smile as we separate. I go over to Karl and give him the biggest hug imaginable. "I'm glad I got to see you again Karl." I say as I continue to hug him. "I'm glad I got to see you, too, Y/n." Karl says as we separate. "Bye guys!" I get downstairs and to the door when Karl stops me. "Wait!" Karl says before I step out of the door. "Can I get your number so we dont drift apart again? He asks with a pleading tone. Of course you can!" I give him my number, tell him goodbye once more, and then head home.

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