Idiots At War

Chapter 7 - THE TRUTH (In Kendal's Perspective)

Hello all. I am Kendal. I am amazing.

Anyway, so at like 1 in the morning on Sunday I was laying on a blow-up mattress in Lily's room, and I'm pretty sure I was literally about to explode. My face was bright red and for some reason I couldn't stop smiling. I didn't feel tired anymore, but I knew I should really get some sleep so I tried my best to get comfortable. I rolled around a bunch but it wasn't helping.

I couldn't help thinking about what had just happened with L. I replayed it like 200 times in my head. I mean, I knew I liked the guy, but why did I have to get all girly and weird about it?! Like, for real! My heart wouldn't stop pounding... I was so disappointed in myself for being such a dork. Well, dorks are great, but not when it comes to romance. Er, okay that was weird. That was really weird to say. Scratch that.

SO, ANYWAY! Around an hour later, I was half asleep when I heard footsteps go past the door. It sounded like someone (or something) was running through the hallway. Instantly remembering my nightmare, I pulled the covers over my head so that the potato monster couldn't get me.

I ended up falling asleep.

When I woke up in the morning, I was surprised that I didn't feel tired at all. I was alone in Lily's room. I got up and looked out the window to see that the sun was right about at the top of the sky. If that makes sense.

"Hello," said a voice from the doorway. I looked over and L was watching me! OH GOD! I immediately tensed up, but then remembered last night and I tensed up even more. However, I didn't do anything, for I was curious to see where this was going.

"What time is it?" I asked, trying to keep my voice calm.

"Past noon."

"What?! Why didn't you guys wake me up?" I questioned. I NEVER SLEEP IN.

"Because you looked so cute when you were sleeping, but then you woke up and it all faded away," he explained sadly.

My stomach dropped, but then I remembered he was just kidding. (OR WAS HE?) Ugh, I knew I never should've come to this sleepover, I thought. I wanted to get up but I was feeling self-conscious about my jam-jams so I stayed in that dumb blow-up bed.

L laughed awkwardly and said, "Just kidding." So I returned the awkward laugh. God, was I dumb... Luckily, L left the room, so I was then able to get up and change into my normal clothes. I was careful to pick something out though. I had bought a bunch of clothes just in case so I had plenty of options. I ended up choosing just some jeans and a plain green t-shirt. I pulled my hair into a ponytail, then stopped. I thought about what L had said... he said it looked nice when it was down... DID THAT MEAN HE WANTED ME TO WEAR IT DOWN MORE OFTEN? I WAS SO CONFUSED! I ended up putting in a ponytail after all. I smelled bacon, too. YUM. I made sure I looked normal then reluctantly headed to the kitchen. My stomach is what controls me, not my brain.

"Oh hey Kendal," Sky said as I entered the room.

"Good mornin'," I replied.

"YE$. GOOD MORNING INDEED," L butted in.

"That's nice. Anyway, where's May?" I questioned. I didn't see her anywhere.

"Oh, L was being a jerk and she went home." Emery explained calmly. Lily, who was standing at the stove cooking tender hog-butt, was fuming with rage.

"What did he do?" I asked. Then, I turned to L. "What'd you do?"

He held his hands up in surrender.

"I DID NOTHING," he claimed, "SHE WAS SCARING ME."

"Yeah, that sounds logical," I concluded.

Lily rolled her eyes at me and L. Jeez, she was a jalapeno.

"You know Kendal, we were gonna wake you up this morning but L wouldn't let us because he said you needed sleep. He seemed worried about you." Sky said. I KIND OF FLIPPED OUT MAINLY BECAUSE L WAS RIGHT THERE AND I COULD TELL HE WAS FLIPPING OUT ON THE INSIDE. He gave Sky a looked that said, SHUT UP YOU STUPID HEN! I WILL STAB YOU IF YOU SAY ANOTHER WORD, YOU FOOL!

I couldn't help but laugh. His face was so fluffin funny! I stopped immediately though, because I saw something I never thought I would see. L's face was pink. HE WAS BLUSHING! I kinda freaked out and then I started to blush too, and then we were both staring at each other. Oh, man. I thought I was going to die. L looked away.

"Um... I'll be right back. I think I forgot something in my car." I said. I quickly walked to the door and then out to my great car (which by the way is a Lamborghini) across the street parked in front of the grassy elementary school field. This was all just too much to handle. I needed to breathe and stop stressing. I turned on the radio and switched it to the alternative station, which was my favorite. I was considering going for a drive to calm me down but just when I was starting to put the car in drive, I heard my car door open. It was probably Emery or something but when I looked over, there was L sitting in my passenger seat.

"You going somewhere?" he asked.

"Well, I was just going to go for a drive but I guess I'm... not now..."

"Oh, don't mind me. I'm just going to sit here like a good pineapple."

"Um... Okay. You don't mind the radio, do you?"

"Nah, I LOVE this station."

I started to drive around the neighborhood, going to where you can see New York across the the river, where I parked and hooked my iPod into the speaker instead, turning on my favorite song and closing my eyes. It was relaxing to pretend that L wasn't next to me, but also reassuring that he was. After a minute I realized how romantic that spot was and quickly put the car back into drive.

"Aw, we're leaving already?" he asked sadly.

"YES, YES WE ARE." I confirmed.

"Nice car by the way," he commented.

"THANKS."

It is a pretty nice car. "Now where are we going?" he asked excitedly.

"Back to the apartment."

"But we just left!" he whined.

"That sucks."

"Yeah it does!" he agreed in disappointment.

"Well, whatever, right?"

"No," he mumbled.

Just then, one of the super heavy screamo songs came onto my iPod.

"I LOVE THIS SONG! THIS IS LIKE, MY FAV!" L exclaimed. He began rocking out and singing along to the opening guitar solo, "DUN DUN BOW NERRRRRR! BOW NOW, BOWNOWNOW, DUNDUNDUNDUNDUN... I CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR ARROGANCE, YOU MAKE ME SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!"

Oh, God. He was kind of awesome. Soon, I started to giggle, then laugh, and by the second chorus, I was completely out of breath and my stomach had a cramp. The song ended and a really weird one came on called Every Snowflake's Different Just Like You by My Chemical Romance.

"What IS this?" asked L.

"Oh you know, just some song."

I tried to grab my iPod and change it super quick, but L grabbed my hands and held them to his chest while he listened to the song with a super weird look on his face. When the song was done, he seemed to realize that he was still holding my hands and let go. Then just stared at me, just long enough to make me uncomfortable. I turned away before he could see me smile. This was getting ridiculously sappy, so I was going to change the mood. I pulled up to the apartment and ordered L to get out.

"What? BUT I THOUGHT WE HAD A MOMENT!" he joked dramatically (I THINK).

"Moment's gone. Now get out." I demanded.

"Kendal." he said seriously.

"Eh- What?" I asked.

"YOU MAKE ME SAD." he answered in a goofy voice.

He got out of the car without another word and I drove home.

KENDAL OUT.