The Best Mistakes

15. Kayra

"Oh my god! Kayra, you scared me." I didn't budge from the dining table, even after hearing Ruby's squeal. I didn't have to look at her to see the horrific expressions on her face, I felt them from her high-pitched squawk. She must be back just now.

"Why are you like that?" She placed her hand on her chest and drew in a breath, calming herself down. She dragged her feet closer to the dining table.

"I made a mess of myself," I looked at her finally, my state in utter disarray. I just knew that my hair was awfully tangled and disheveled, my face was a mess due to the smudged makeup. And don't even ask me about my internal functioning, it was awry. But I couldn't care about those things at all, I had a bigger concern to deal with.

"What do I do now?" I asked, my voice broke in a whine and I slumped on the table. Ruby sat on the chair beside me and poured herself a glass of water, ignoring me. Why doesn't this ground split and swallow me? I couldn't face him now. I could bet, he must be thinking of ways to make fun of me or worse, use this against me.

"Arghhh!" I clutched my head with both hands. My sudden groan took Ruby by surprise as she spilled the water from her glass. This time, she patted my back. "Don't worry. You were already a mess to begin with." I nodded at her, unable to retort something at the supposed insult or mockery.

"By the way, where's Amy?" I asked, suddenly remembering our missing friend. She was nowhere to be seen and as far as I remember we were together at the club before I made the mess.

"At Jake's. Where else she'd be?" Ruby replied with a hearty smile and a shrug. "She must've had sex with him finally! Good lord!" She sighed with a dreamy look and placed her hand on her cheek.

Now that I remember, Amy kissed Jake yesterday. It was such a sight and I remember being happy for her too. Then it figures, why she must've left with him. I really hope Ruby is right and Amy is doing what she always wanted to do. They suffered a lot by themselves, it was time they got together.

I was preparing breakfast while Ruby was in the shower. The hangover from last night had my head splitting in half, so I just decided to go ahead with a simple meal. Now I understood why people complained after drinking and most importantly, refrained from getting wasted. The memory of last night was still making me all red due to embarrassment.

Seriously, why the fuck did I do that? I made a guy unzip my dress and the said guy was none other than Nolan fucking Gray. I must've lost it. Why was I still alive? Breathing? Let's just strangle yourself, Kayra.

I wrapped my braided hair around my neck and  lightly tugged on it as if I was really going to strangle myself. Well, I really wanted to. This is so humiliating. God, kill me already.

"Need help?" I heard Ruby, when she came out of the bathroom drying her hair with a towel. I didn't understand what she was referring to by ‘help’. Cooking or strangling me? But I was in too much agony to care about her words.

"Why are you having random flashes of distress?" She asked, coming closer to the kitchen counter. She looked fresh like a freshly picked strawberry, with no hint of hangover. Whereas, I looked like stale bread even after freshening up. I let go of my hair and sighed heavily. "Seems pretty serious. What is it?" She narrowed her eyes.

"You know, yesterday…” I hesitated but she patiently listened. “Hmm.”

“Yesterday, when I was drunk and, and got home with Nolan. I…I did something to him," I told her with my frantic gestures and awkward expressions while she watched me with keen eyes.

"You puked on him?" Ruby's voice was serious. Oh, how great would it have been, if only I had vomited in front of him or even on him but-

"No. Actually, I… I had to pee so I asked him to unzip my dress,” I hurriedly finished that sentence in a breath. Saying it myself made me even more embarrassed. I was sure as hell that I turned into a tomato once again.