1. A Night to REMEMBER

Chapter 15

He What! Jessica jumps up from the bed outraged.

Jess, why are you more upset then Taytay? Sisipho asks.

What do you mean, she sends a confused look in her direction, he didnt have to do that and why lie?

She does have a point though, Raven intervenes, I am pretty sure we all saw how you two where interacting earlier and now this. None of it make sense.

I guess you right, Emihle says also getting up from the bed, pacing up and down the room.

But none of this what ever happened makes any sense at all.

They start arguing again and l just block them out. Before, l somehow tried to make sense of the entire situation but now l just feel like crap.

The Micael I thought l knew would have talked to me about it, not totally ignore the situation. He has never ignored me.

But what if?

A sudden thought briefly crosses my mind. Not wasting any time l get up from the bed looking for my phone.

What? Whats wrong Taylor? Emihle asks concerned about my frantic movement.

My phone, l need my phone, I turn around addressing them, Have any of you seen my purse?

The wardrobe, Sisipho replies, you throw it in the wardrobe before we started cleaning.

Making my way across the room to the wardrobe, I open it finding my purse like she said. Taking of my phone, l throw it back with no care.

Making my way to the side desk, l locate the charger, plugging the cable into my phone.

Im confused? Taylor what are you doing? Carmen asks.

Charging my phone. I want to make sure if the message was actually sent or if we were all just drunk. He would never just ignore me like that, I say mumbling the last part to myself.

Crowding around me, l wait until it is at one percent before switching it on.

Franticly I press in the password, quickly finding the WhatsApp icon pressing it, holding my breath and on to hope as loads.

Finally as it opens, so does my heart break.

Two blue ticks, perfectly clear and this time we are not drunk and everyone can see.

Ohh Shit! Someone says but l cant tell who. I dont know why I thought differently, l guess l just didnt want to be wrong.

Taylor l am so-, Megan begins saying but l cut her off.

Its fine, I tell her but if feels more like l am trying to convince myself.

Going into our chat l press delete and the message disappears just like that as if it never existed.

You see, l tell them getting up and showing the screen to them, everything is fine. It is as if last night and this morning never happened and so we will never speak of it again.

I plaster on my face the biggest, fakes smile l have ever come up with. Raven opens her mouth to say something but Emihle tugs her shirt shaking her head and she shuts up.

Well then l guess we better pack up before your parents arrive. Sisipho suggests, agreeing that it is a good idea everyone starts heading to their rooms when Jessica exclaims loudly, Ow Mother Fucker!

We all turn in her direction wondering what it is this time even though nothing with her really surprises us these days.

You guys like me were probably wondering how the fucking hell we ended up were we did in the morning, she says holding up her phone and we all make our way towards her.

Well guess that my phone never really stopped recording, we can thank the storage space l just bought. There are also pictures.

Not wasting a second more we all surround her, and she presses play.

And the video starts. Staring with us singing along at the club; dancing; drinking; Emihle getting into a fight; running to the beach; Sisipho vomiting; Carmen calling her brother and him sending us money; running around in circle on the beach trying to get away from the police and find an ATM; carelessly crossing an intersection to get to a garage; Jessica producing another bottle from out of nowhere as we wait for our uber.

Drinking then more drinking and swearing. Jessica and I vomiting on ourselves and on others in the car. The driver swearing at us. All of us deciding to jump in the pool to clean ourselves. More drinking; dancing; karaoke; playing with snacks and cereal; running aimlessly around the house screaming; playing truth or dare; daring Jessica to make out with a plant.

And that is the last part the phone recorded. We must have been so tired and ended up falling asleep in the different places we were in.

As soon as the video ends we just stare at each other in shock, no one really knowing what to say.

And that is why l dont drink, Carmen breaks the ice.

You know what, l think we should just delete the video and never speak of the night again, Raven suggests and we all nod in agreement.

Emihle grabs the phone from Jessica, I think lll delete it. With your luck Jess, you would somehow find a way of sending it to our parents in the process, she says and we all agree.

Just then my sisters loud commanding voice can be heard from down stairs, Taylor! Mom and dad will be arriving in five. You better be ready then! Jane shouts startling all of us.

Sharing one last look we all head to our perspective rooms to pack up. Yep we should have listened to Carmen.