A Thousand Times Enough

* Chapter 41 *

XLI. • °

Josie's Pov

"Can you stop giving me the silent treatment now?"

"Give her a break Tessa, she has every right to be upset with you."

"It's not like what I said is the end of the world, it's not like everyone didn't already assume-"

"Tessa, I really don't care," I say cutting her off. "I've already gotten over it."

"If you've gotten over it then why haven't you said two full sentences to me since we've been back?"

I shrugged, "You're just not my favorite person right now."

"Really? Over that?"

"Tess, it was in front of everyone," Nadia said.

"Look, I get it okay? I was wrong, I was drunk and I was just trying to have fun and spice up the game a bit."

"Yeah, well you did," I say staring down at my phone.

"Josie," She says walking up to me and taking my phone out of my hand. "I truly am sorry, I would never try to hurt your feelings on purpose...I'm not that terrible."

"I believe you okay? Can you just...stop apologizing now?" 

"You think I like apologizing? I don't only when I know I really...did something bad okay."

I sighed staring up at her, I felt that it was a genuine apology. Truth be told I wasn't mad at her anymore. Maybe because something good had come out of all of the bullshit that transpired. I knew she was sorry, but I still wanted her to take more accountability regardless of her being drunk. "I was pissed off at you I'm not gonna lie, but I get that it was a game, but you can't just keep making excuses for-"

"I know, I know Mom." She sighed.

I stared at her with pursed lips before taking my phone back out of her grip, "I forgive you."

"Next time we go on a trip, you're so not getting any drinks," Nadia added.

"But-"

"No really Tessa, we can't have this happening every vacation, especially after your fight with-"

"Can we please not mention the roach right now? I'm still trying to make sure she didn't pull any of my hair out."

"I still can't believe you did that." Nadia expressed. "I mean Britney was actually really nice."

"Ugh oh my god, you guys are so easily influenced, aren't you? She doesn't give a shit about anyone but Kobe, the first chance she got she would have done some shady shit."

"Actually..." I trailed off. "I also think Britney was a good person, and I feel terrible about...what I did."

"That's because neither of you can see past the front people put on, but me I'm going to call anybody out on their shit. And feel terrible about what? You didn't do anything."

"The day when we were in the spa room when you had left, Britney had asked if Kobe had a thing for anyone..."

"And Josie was just being a good friend to Kobe and told her no," Nadia finished. "And it totally was not your fault Josie."

I took a deep breath in, "I can't help but feel like it is, maybe if I had told her the truth it would have given her a choice that she should have been the one to make...but Kobe how could I have done that to him? I mean he really likes her?

"Pffft Kobe only likes what he can get out of her, which is in her pants and she's so easy to give it up. And she had the nerve to talk about me."

"Tess, I mean..."