Settle down

Chapter 17

I love fridays. Who doesn't really? Just knowing that you have two free days ahead of you is very satisfying. Also, when I drove home today I saw a poster by the mall that said that help is wanted by the local pool. I'm not sure what you do at a pool if you're not a guest, but it can't hurt going there and advertise myself. I'm pretty sure that the pool is open at saturdays so I'm planning to head over there quite early tomorrow. I don't want to be there too late so someone else gets the job before me. I am rather desperate for a job at the moment, not that I'm in some sort of financial crisis, but I feel like I need it.

I heard that it's going to be a big party tonight at Paul's. He said that "everyone" is going to be there and that I have to come. I said that I may make an appearance, but if I know myself right, I'm probably just gonna cuddle up with a movie and some ice cream in my bed. I'm not really a party animal so staying in is actually exactly what I want.

....

When I've finished dinner with my family it is rather late and everyone but me are seated in the couches to watch some idol or something. I head into my room and plug in my guitar. At the moment I'm writing a new song, but I feel like all inspiration I had before has gone down the toilet. Instead of playing the first vers over and over again, I decide to play something else. I sing very loudly and the guitar is also quite loud, I'm interrupted by a knock on my door. I immediately stop and look at the door and my dad walks in. I can feel my face turning bright red.

"Hey dad. Um... What's up?" I say looking at the ground. I love singing and playing, but I absolutely hate the thought of someone hearing me.

"Hey. You forgot your phone downstairs and Sally called. Here.... She's on the phone." He holds the phone out for me.

"Oh. Thanks dad" I quickly grab the phone.

"Hey Sal! How are you?" I ask into the phone. Dad waves and walks away.

"OH MY GODMOTHER! Was that you singing?" That was so pretty! I didn't know you could sing! You're amazing Lola!" She sounds too excited and I am too embarrassed. I just chuckle as a respond.

"Anyway. I was wondering what you are doing right now and what your plans for tonight are." She asks randomly.

"Well, I'm just chilling at home right now and I don't have any plans for tonight. Why?" It's kind of late. what can she be wondering now. As long as she doesn't bring up that stupid party I'm good.

"Awesome! Do you wanna hang out? Like, can I come over to you? We could sleep over?"

"Yeah sure, that sounds like fun, but I will not go to the party!" I make that clear now so she won't be begging later.

"Ugh, no of course not! Didn't I tell you that I don't party that much?" She asks.

A few minutes later she in knocking on the door and I run through the house to get it. I'm greeted with a huge hug and her face is buried in my neck.

"Hey. What's up with you Sally? We saw each other just a few hours ago." I say with a laugh. That's when I notice that she's been crying. Her eyes are red and puffy and her mascara is no longer on her lashes.

"Oh my god Sally. What's wrong?" I ask with obvious worry in my voice. She was so happy on the phone. What could have changed since then?

"I....I..." She sobs. I grab her arm and pull her after me to my room. I close the door and sit down next to her on my bed.

"Tell me what happened." I say in a calm voice.

"Y-You know m-my boyfriend?" she begins. I do know that she has a boyfriend, but I don't know who it is.

"Uhm yeah. What's his name again?" I ask.

"D-David Susko." She says. That name doesn't tell me anything.

"Aaah, that's it. What'd he do?" I ask. I already hate him a little bit for making Sally cry like this.

"He broke up with me. We've been together for two years. He asked if I was coming to the party and I said no because I'm working. Then he asked if I could come for a while after work and then I said maybe. I thought he would forget that, but when I got off the phone with you he asked if I was coming again and then I said no because I'm going to a friends house. He then thought I was lying because apparently 'everyone'is at that party and so he supposed that I am cheating on him. I tried to tell him that it wasn't true and that I was just sleeping at your house but he didn't believe me." He is full on crying now. Oh no. What do I do?

"What? So he just broke up with you like that after two years, because you didn't come to the party?" I ask with anger building up inside me.

"Yeah, but that wasn't the worst part..." She looks down her bad and brings up her phone.

"Then he sent me this...." Her eyes fills with tears again as she shows me a picture on her phone. It was a photo of him making out with another girl. A text was attached to it that said We're done.

"Oh, Sally. Come here" I hug her again. Poor girl. How can he be such a douche? She cries into my shoulder and I hate everyone of the man kind at the moment.

"I know this must suck Sally, but this says so much more about him than about you. This sounds so cliché, but I seriously believe that you're going to be better off without him." I'm terrible at this. I just somehow want to make her feel better.

I go and get ice cream and then we watch a bunch of movies. We laugh while watching Borat and cry when watching The Vow. I think about telling her about me and Harry, but I decide against it. She's had enough for today and I don't think I want to spend time thinking about that wuss.

Before falling asleep I tell her about tomorrow, that I have to get up early to go to the local pool and she's fine with it. She has to work tomorrow as well so that's not a problem.

"Lola?" Sally whispers when I'm half asleep.

"Yeah."

"Thank you."