That One Summer

Chapter 30

Chapter 30

Kailah's POV

I woke up still feeling exhausted. I looked at my phone and found out it was already noon. "Great, I slept in but I still feel like I just ran a marathon." I grumbled groggily as I made a move to sit up. I tried to move my body but found out I couldn't. "What the-?" I wondered out loud. I panicked but it was only for a short moment as I saw an arm and a leg holding me down. I looked to my right and there she was.

Kim was sleeping soundly and I noticed that we were on her bed. I tried to remember how I ended up sleeping here with Kim and instantly regretted it. The scenes rolled in my head like film strips. My heart sank at the memory. I let out a sigh and removed my best friend's arm and leg carefully. She may sleep like the dead but I she's still my best friend.

When I've successfully climbed down her bed, I placed a blanket on her sleeping form and went inside the bathroom to take a shower.

After I went out of the bathroom, I realized I stayed in there for an hour. I guess I needed that. While I was inside, I thought about a lot of things, mainly things about Ian and others about myself.

I smiled as I thought about how he liked me. He's the first guy I didn't mind liking me but with my luck with the opposite sex, like Brad's crazy obsession gone wrong and the lustful stares from horny boys who could make the most frigid of women blush, it's no wonder his admiration was short-lived.

I let out a mocking scoff at my situation.

Really, the first time I liked a boy and I go around doing things that ruined it. I heard myself laugh. I laughed at my stupidity. I laughed at how things turned out.

Kim's POV

My eyes fluttered open and I was greeted by laughter. Wasn't laughter supposed to sound happy? Why is it that the laughter I was hearing made me want to cry?

I sat up and found my best friend since I was in diapers on the floor in a mess. She was laughing but tears were flowing hard down her face. My heart went out to her.

The first time I didn't butt in and kept my nose out of her non-existent love life, she ends up experiencing her first heartbreak.

I trudged towards her quietly and sat beside her. I grabbed her head and led it towards the crook of my neck and hugged her. She was the best friend I was so privileged to have and it hurt to see her like this.

Her laughter turned into sobs, her body trembled and after what seemed like an hour, her sobs faded into sniffs.

I felt her stir inside my arms and so I looked down at her and saw that she was looking up at me. Her face was blotched with tears and her eyes were puffy from her crying mess yesterday and today.

"I- I'm sorry, Nurps. I ruined your shirt." She apologized, her voice sounding hoarse from all the crying. I struggled to stop a grimace from showing on my face. I wasn't used to seeing her like this and I'm not sure I'd want to ever again.

"Yeah, you owe me a shopping/bonding time, Purps." I chirped, trying to cheer her up with a chuckled. She chuckled along with me.

Well, that was an improvement right?

"You know what? I bet you're famished. I'll just take a quick shower and let's go eat in the cafeteria." I stated as I stood up, bringing her along with me.

I noticed how she kept her head down. "I. . . I'm not that hungry, really. So I think I'm staying here." Kailah said, her voice shooting up slightly at the last part, a tell-tale sign of her lying. I let out a sigh at her stubbornness. "Fine, you stay here and I'll just get us some food and we'll eat here. You know you can't lie to me, Kailah." I told her gently. Honestly, with her current state right now, compromising is the best action.