Stressed Spelled Backwards |Lesbian Story|

Chapter 2

My parents called at six-thirty in the morning. I slept talking through the whole conversation. I yawned out that everything was perfectly fine. We got the nicest and safest place to stay. The last part was still in question, but I wouldn't tell them that.

Then it was Elise and Karmen's parents calling. They weren't too happy to be woken up at this hour either, and after the reporting time was all over, we agreed that it was wise to go back to sleep.

When we woke up again, it was one-thirty in the afternoon.

Karmen let out a huge yawn as she stretched.

"I dreamed about my mom calling me this morning," she said.

"Everyone's mother called, Karmen," I said. "In real life."

"Oh." she shrugged. "Can't remember what I said. I hope I didn't tell her I took her new handbag with me."

Elise blindly felt her way to the bathroom. After a moment later, we heard a piercing scream. Karmen and I ran into the bathroom. Elise was in her towel and a plastic cap, still wet.

"What's wrong?" Karmen said.

Elise just pulled open the shower curtain. There was water surging out from the pipe. It spilled over the edges of the bathtub, spreading everywhere.

"The damn showerhead broke," Elise said, looking pissed. "It hit me right in the forehead."

We called the landlady to inform her about the shower incident. The woman told us that the plumber would come in half an hour later. We couldn't even wash our face since they turned off the water.

"Great," Elise said, dabbing her face with the bottled water from the fridge. "I'm not going out looking like this."

I followed her example and brushed my teeth.

Karmen was staring at her laptop on the couch. Suddenly, she sprang to her feet with a shocked face.

"Oh my god!" she cried. "My account has been hacked!"

We gathered around her and gawked. It was her bank statement.

"Wait," Elise said. "Those are all your purchases."

As usual, she was right on the target. Between designer's clothes and haircuts and a number of expensive cosmetic products, she had blown about $690.99 in total. I ran off to check mine and felt like I just received a virtual slap in the face.

"We spent that much? How?" I said in disbelief. And that was only on the first day. So much for not squandering our life-savings.

"Well, let's just start spending wisely then," Karmen said.

The plumber showed up in the middle of it. We decided to brush it aside. None of us looked the least presentable. Even so, after he was done, the plumber didn't charge us a cent, saying it was a pleasure the help.

"Oh thank you, you are so kind," Karmen said with a sugary charm in her voice that made Elise silently gagged. The man smiled at us with a salute before leaving through the door.

We took turns taking a shower then went down to the deli for brunch. It was packed. The people there stared at us.

"Just smile and wave, girls, smile and wave," Karmen instructed us.

"What are we? The penguins of Madagascar?" Elise scoffed.

"Hey, why can't you think of something nicer like Miss. Universes or something?" Karmen gave her a look.

I couldn't help giggling at these two. At last, we found a table by the window and settled down.

A waitress appeared. We had to look all the way up to see her face at the top. She stood like a mountain wearing an apron with a notepad. Her frizzy red hair escaped her white cape, which made her look more like a nurse in the nuthouse than a waitress. She was waiting for our order with a bored look. We tried to act normal.