Invisible

Chapter 52

I sat at one of the beach chairs that were provided in the poolside. I leaned my head to the back of the chair and closed my eyes. I've been stargazing for a while now, so I guess to have some sort of relaxing in the rooftop is something worth to do. Besides, I've been in the last show of our touring for the last months, I am quite drunk, and I've made out with my friend and burnt my ex's t-shirt. I think to have a relaxing time is something I deserve.

The gentle whistles of the mild air was relieving, the sound of the fire crackling just beside me was on ear shot too. I wasn't joking when I said I'd have to burn Darren's shirt to ashes. The once Uniqlo brand shirt he wore was now a bunch of burnt fabric.

My eyes snapped open when I noticed the rustling sound nearby. Neither of the wind's sound nor the steady sound of the water was the sound I've heard. It'll be either I am imagining or there is someone in the place. I scanned the place and a mop of curly hair with a pesky brunette greeted my eyes. I leaned against the beach chair again when I recognized Karlos and Parry.

"What are you doing here?" I snapped. "Isn't it obvious that I want to be alone?"

"Well, yeah it is obvious. But that doesn't meant that we would be allowing you to." she said, chuckling at the process. "We're going to invade you, whether you like it or not," she said as she sat on the beach chair besides mine, JK sitting beside her.

"Okay, well, mind telling me why you invaded me?" I asked them, the peace I was feeling no longer present at their invasion.

JK answered. "I was the only one who was supposed to be following you but Parry insisted that she wants to go with me," he says, "With her reason that she doesn't want to stay with Darren for the meantime."

I sighed as I looked back at Parry, my mind getting set to its reality mode. "Sorry," I said, "Sorry for scoring into Karlos before you could ever do."

They both burst into laughter and I furrowed my brows at them. This is one of the things I hate about them. They barely knew each other in the time being of 4 days, but they laugh together as if tomorrow isn't bound to come. Okay, well that was a little deep. Anyway, as I was saying, I sat on the beach chair, listening to two lunatics laughing like they were really ones. Ha, what a relaxing way to try to forget how I lit up my ex's shirt to fire under the influence of alcohol.

"Okay, sorry, sorry," Parry said, wiping tears right after she laughed too hard. "Anyway, so... please, don't mention the score you got from JK, but to be honest he said that it was fine."

"What the hell do you mean?"

"I asked him if it would be all right for you to kiss him and he said yes," she explained. "I kind of thought about it. I mean, I don't want you to kiss your ex who messed you up and so was JK so we kind of agreed to it."

I finally felt the relief I was longing to feel. I didn't expect them to do an agreement just to save me. But the weight on my chest just got halved.

"It's okay," Parry said, finally sounding sincere and not playful. I saw Karlos nod in agreement at Parry. "We both know how dim-witted Grace can be whenever she's drunk. She's way wasted as well as everybody else in the room earlier so don't feel bad about Darren's tshirt that happens to be burnt right now."

"Yeah," Karlos agreed. "I mean, I don't know Grace for as long as you guys do, but to be honest, I don't really think it's her fault that you ended up having Darren on you." he said, "I know in myself it was Darren's own desire."

It was now me who laughed. "Why in the world would Darren want to give me his damn shirt? Does he think I can't buy my own shirts?" I asked him, unable to stop my laughing. "For heaven's sake, he has a girlfriend and I am his ex! He can't be all marshmallow to me or whatnot."

"I know," Parry said, "But we both know Darren. We know how much he wants some sort of rebellion. Even from the start,"

"So, what? Giving me his shirt is a rebellion against his girlfriend?" I scoffed.

"But don't you notice how Darren is affectionate to you than to Athena?" he asked. "Because for me, I know there is a difference on it, Nicole."

I saw Parry elbowed JK to shut his mouth, but I get the feeling that JK is at his usual slow self and didn't understand Parry's actions. "I know it may seem crazy, stupid even, but there really is a difference." He adds.

The last bit of the temper I was holding on went snapped. "Don't you get it?" I asked them, my voice a little bit higher. "What's in the phrase I don't want to hear anything about him that you don't understand?!"

My hand ran through my hair as exasperation gets the best of me. Realization slaps me when I realized I just screamed at my friends. "Sorry," I apologized, though I wasn't sure in myself if I was sincere when I said that.

JK smiled. Does this guy ever have a bad bone in his body? I swear, I do not deserve to have such a good friend like him. "At least I made you scream," he notes and I realize that a small part of the weight I am carrying seemed to be lifted off. "Feels good, huh?"

I finally found the courage to do something light hearted and I chuckled. "Loads," I admitted.

Parry smiled at me and placed a hand on my shoulder. "I would talk to Hannah to move our schedule, so you'll have some matter of short break before we go to the charity we'll be supporting." She offers. "Maybe you can take your time to clear your head as well and catch up with your mom."

Mom. Five years and I haven't really seen my mom since the time I left this country. Sure we Skype and Facetime, but we never really got the chance to talk in actual. The thought of going back to where everything started seemed to send some chills in my body.

"You mean in the province?" JK asked both me and Parry, the two of us nodding.

"I would love that," I told him and hugged him. "Thanks guys, you're so amazing." I said to the both of them. "To be honest, I feel like going tomorrow. Mind if we be too early to leave?"

"Not really," Parry says. "I would love to see Amelia. It's been a long time," she recalls. "I guess it'll be my cue to talk to Hannah already."

"Do you want me to come with you?"

She shook her head as a sign of defying and she left me and JK in the rooftop. JK was silent, something so unusual of him. But then he spoke, "Was I horrible in kissing you earlier?"

I narrowed my eyes at him, "What's with the choice of topic, Labajo?" I laughed and he shrugged. "Well, to be honest it was kind of good. You're not that bad of a kisser,"

"You think I did well?"

"Yeah, kind of," I said, "Why'd you asked?"

He laughed. "I never kissed a girl since the last time I got the girlfriend I once told you about," he says and I found myself laughing with him. "And I was wondering if I was good because..."

"...You wanna kiss Parry sometime, yeah, I got it." I finished his sentence and knowing I was right, he laughed.