Pain behind those grey eyes

2.Call from Home

The alarm rang in my ears in the morning. ugh! I fucking hate this alarm thing in the world. Today is weekend and intially I had decided to complete this day with sleeping then eating and again sleeping then eating.

But Clara very rudely ruined my plan and said that sleeping is a wastage of my precious weekend and I did this previous weekend too, like seriously I can't believe her sometimes.

So, we decided or I should say she decided to do something productive. Therefore, today we'r going for shopping, spa and then finally a sleepover at my apartment after decades.

This is her first sleepover with me after her marriage because Logan had went out of town for his business.

I groaned and cursed Clara a lot for disturbing my beauty sleep and woke up finally. It's 9 right now and she is coming to pick me up at 11, it means I've got more than enough time to get ready. I made my bed and did my morning routine. I made pankcakes for breakfast.

Today I was wearing a white summer dress and paired it with white sneakers. I left me hair open to air-dry. I was applying my brown lipstick when Clara texted me.

Clara: I'm here!

Me: Coming...just a sec.

Clara: That's what she said.

Me: Bitch

I replied to Clara, took my purse and did a last twirl to check on myself infront of the mirror. As usual, I was not satisfied.

I sighed and made my way to the front door. Clara was in her Ford Aspire car, currently applying lip gloss on her lips. She's wearing a white crop top and paired it with a red short skirt, her red hair was in a messy bun. I opened the door and sat on the passanger seat.

"Woah girly! You are looking so fucking cute."said Clara.

I know Clara is only saying this because she's my bestfriend and I still don't know how to take compliments.

Are you suppose to say thank you or compliment them back or smile back at them or fucking ignore them because you know the compliment is not true.

My level of introvertness is really above the limit now and is reaching heights.

Introvertness. Is that even a word? I don't fucking know.

I was still looking at Clara deciding what to say to her when she interrupted my thoughts."You have to do all those things, you are thinking right now."she said.

So, I thanked her, complimented her back, smiled at her and then ignored her. She chuckled and slightly shook her head at my response and started driving.

"Why are you so cute?"she murmured.

We were driving towards the mall,
'count on me' by Bruno Mars was playing on the radio and we both were singing each line alternately.

After 20 minutes of drive we reached our destination. Clara parked her car and literally ran towards the mall excited for doing her most favourite thing in the world.

Yeah you guessed it right,she absolutely loves shopping.

It's not like I hate shopping but I definitely avoid doing shopping with Clara because she has a habit of trying hundreds of clothes.

I was looking for Clara once I entered the mall when I noticed a man talking to a brown haired girl, mind you a very preety girl. The person has it back on my side, he's looking very familiar.

He turned and then I noticed him, he's none other than Justin, he took the girl's hand in his hand and kissed her knuckles. They both are looking quite close, maybe they're dating.

Well it's a good sign if they are dating because even if Justin is a decent and good guy, I don't like him in that way, I always considered him just as a friend. I was worried that if he asked me out, how would I say no to him.

But I can't help it and felt a little sad that all this time he's giving me mixed signals. They both then went inside the shop hand in hand. I was still looking in their direction when I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"What are you looking at babe? Let's go." said Clara.

"I saw Justin with a girl,they were looking quite close.."I shrugged .At this, she gave me a look of pity and sighed.

"Fuck him, he doesn't deserve you."she said and dragged me towards the shop.

For the next few hours we did shopping. Now it's 3 in the noon when we felt hungry and ended our shopping. We were eating our lunch when I noticed Clara was looking at me.

"My cousin Ryder is coming from France next week and he's single right now. He is a good guy and wants to settle down. I want to set you guys on a blind date. What do you say?" Clara asked suddenly.

I don't really know Ryder and only heard about him from Clara. From what I heard, he works in France as managing director in a tech company.

But I trust Clara.

"I'll think about it"I murmured. She nodded at me started rambling about her honeymoon again. After lunch,we decided to call it a day because we were extremely drained and came back to my house for the sleepover.

I was ordering pizza for dinner when I noticed 2 missed calls from my mom and 1 from my brother. I immediately called her back.

"Hello mom?"I said

"Hey Sia? How are you sweetheart?"mom said

"I'm good mom, how are you?

"I'm fit and fine as usual...but I'm angry with you. When was the last time you visited me? Do you even remember?"
She asked me in a stern tone.

"Well...sorry for that mom, I was kinda busy with work...you know." I said in a soft tone.

She inhaled and said "It's okay dear but now I want you to come and visit me tomorrow for lunch. No excuses this time. Aiden and Giana are coming as well." Aiden is my brother and Giana is his girlfriend.

"Okay fine mom, I will. Goodnight mom"

"Goodnight dear."she said and hung up.

Clara was looking at me with anticipation, waiting to tell her what is happening. I chuckled at her expressions.

"It was mom, she wants me to visit her tomorrow for lunch." I told her.

"Shit, I've to cancel my plan for our day out tomorrow. But it's fine, you really should go, she must be missing you... Honestly, I don't even remember when was the last time you went home." Clara said.

I frowned at her "Mom was also saying the same thing to me right now. Fuck, even I don't remember."

I ordered pizza for both of us, we watched The notebook movie as usual. After eating, we settled on the couch and I don't even remember when we slept there.

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