Almost Impossible

Chapter Twenty Six

Mandy Paul

I woke up the next day feeling like shit. I hadn't gotten drunk, but I'd drunk enough alcohol to give me a hangover. I'd stayed over at Bells. It was easier to avoid Shane there than at home. Ellen had left late in the night and so had Anji.
Josephine's breakfast was marvelous and although I had gulped down some painkillers. The hangover seemed like it wasn't ready to let me have a good day.

Bells let me borrow some of her things, so I was currently putting on her pink and white tank top, blue leggings and my designer boots.

I walked up to my locker and took out my portfolio and stationeries. I was on my way to my art class when I bumped into Ayla.

"Hey." I greeted unenthusiastically.

"Hey." She greeted back in the same manner. These days it seemed like we never had anything to say to each other.
Ayla and I have been friends since we were born. She was the one who had my back when the kids used to make fun of me in kindergarten. She was the one who pronounced Fabian and I best friends forever back in second grade. She was the one who fixed me up with Anji in third grade and she was the one who invited Ellen and Bells to her tea party in fifth grade and made us all get close. She was my other half. We had had lots of fights in the past, but this... This was worse. We were drifting apart... Slowly... no fights, no arguments... We were just drifting apart and I didn't like it.

"I'm sorry about yesterday. I would've stayed, but Kyle wanted me to go home with him."

Kyle

I forgot to add that he was the reason Ayla and I were drifting apart.

"What's happening to us Ay? Lately we've been drifting apart. We haven't had a conversation for more than two minutes without Kyle popping up." I said finally. I was about to be late for art class but I didn't really care. I wanted to clear the air with Ayla.

"Well excuse me if my relationship with Kyle bothers you." She said defensively and I sighed.

"I won't lie to you, it actually does, and it bothers me even more because you are putting him over the rest of the people who care about you. Since when did a guy ever come between our friendship?"

"Never, and I don't know why you are making such a fuss about this. I like Kyle... Alot. He makes me very happy. As a good friend,you are supposed to support me in my relationship with him instead of talking me down." She said harshly before turning in her heels and walking past me.

I sighed. My head was literally pounding, Ayla and I seemed to be having a fight now and I was late for Mrs Davon's class. The day couldn't get any worse.

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I bumped into Leo on my way to the diner, and even though his nose was swollen, it didn't stop my blood from boiling, it didn't stop my hand from slapping him hard across the face before he could even say a word to me.

"I was wrong to call you a jerk. You are worse than a jerk, you are a bastard... A pig and I regret the day I ever laid my eyes on you." I said icily. Of looks could kill, I'd have murdered Leo ten times over.

He recovered quickly from the slap and turned to stare daggers at me. "You're lucky I have such patience with you." He said coldly.

I chuckled angrily. "Such patience huh. Screw you Leonardo Rios, the very sight of you disgusts me." I hissed icily to his face.

"I wonder what I saw in you in the first place. My God, you are just a stuck up bitch. You play miss goody too shoes but I'm sure behind closed doors you give your so called bestfriend all the pleasures you always denied me."