We were driving back to my place, and the entire way home, Sam was quiet. "Sam? What's wrong?" I asked. "Nothing. I just have a question for you. I heard you and Karen-" "Its Karina." I corrected him. "I really don't care, Mona. Who's Vic?" I was starting to get annoyed that he was being jealous, and I answered him with my teeth clenched. "You don't care what my best friend is named? And Vic was a friend. Or was I not allowed to have friends before i met you?" He looked at me, equally annoyed. "I don't want you going out tomorrow with her. I want you here, not out." I was pissed by that point, and snapped at him. "So now you're going to tell me what I can and can't do? Okay." I sat in the passengers seat, seething. We got to my place, and I turned to Sam. "Go home. Please. I really don't feel like talking to you today." He turned to me, his eyes filled with sadness. "I'm sorry Mona, I really didn't mean any of that... Don't be upset, love." I reached out and ran my fingers through his hair. I pulled him close and kissed him. "I'm sorry... But please, go home." He sighed, and I got out of the car, and watched him drive off. I walked into my house, and sat down. I thought about what happened this afternoon. I smiled, because I missed Karina so much. I grabbed my phone and called her. "Hello?" I stayed quiet, then said, "Hey Karina. Can you come over? I think I just messed up my relationship, and I could really use my best friend." ****************
"So yea, that's my boyfriend." We were sprawled out on the living room floor, eating ice cream, while I told her about my entire relationship with Sam, the whole year and a half of it. "Permission to speak my true opinion?" I nodded and she said, "He sounds like a dick. I mean, he cheated on you, he's controlling what you do, and he sounds just... Terrible. Why are you still with him?" I looked up at the ceiling, and thought. No one had ever asked me that question, and I had never asked myself that. "I don't know... Maybe because I feel comfortable with him? I love him, I really do, but I just don't know.. I just don't love him the way I used to." She patted my shoulder and said, "You should think about it. And you should also come spend the night at my hotel room! We can watch movies, and pig out on junk food! We need to make up for lost time." I smiled. "Really? You're amazing Karina! Let me go pack up a few things and we can go." I went to my room, and threw some clothes into a bag. We got to her room, and was amazed. It was so nice, and there was a massive TV mounted on the wall, as well as a gigantic bed in the middle. We changed into pajamas, and flopped onto the bed. We talked about our lives, our relationships, our families, and everything in between. We went through our 5th movie and 2nd carton of ice cream, when the door was thrown open. Two guys ran through the door, laughing hysterically. They both had tattoos, but one of the had piercing, and was taller than the other one. They were laughing and threw a shoe onto the bed. "Quick! Hide it!" Karina threw the shoe under the bed, just as a third person ran into the room. "I'm serious you guys! Give it back!" They all looked at each other and said, "Tony, we have no idea what you're talking about!" He shoved his foot in the face of the guy with piercings. "My shoe, Mike! I'm gonna go meet up with Rosa!" The two guys started chanting, "Tony's got a girlfriend! Tony's got a girlfriend!" He blushed, and Karina fished under the bed and pulled out his shoe. She tossed it at him and said, "Before you guys scare her off, I want you guys to meet my best friend, Mona!" They all looked at each other, and asked, "THE Mona? Like Hold On Till May Mona? I'm Low On Gas and You Need a Jacket Mona? The main reason Vic made this album?" When they said his name, I heart felt like it did a flip. They all looked at me, and the pierced guy flopped next to me on the bed. "My brother wouldn't shut up about you! I'm Mike, Vic's brother." The other tattooed guy smiled and said, "I'm Jaime!" And the last one who walked into the room said shyly, "I'm Tony." I smiled and said, "Its nice to meet you, I'm Mo-" "MONA!!" They all said together. "Vic was always taking about you!" Just as they said that, there was a voice at the door. "Will you guys shut up? I can hear you from my room! Give Tony back his sho-" that's when Vic looked on the bed, and saw me. We stared at each other, and we barely even noticed the guys and Karina walking out of the room. "Mona... Is it really you? No, it can't be..." I sat up and whispered, "Hey Vic."
