Truth.

Part XII

Ken and I are interrupted by the sound of Athena calling my name.

"Maddi!"

I don't answer.

"MADDI!"

I still don't answer her, just mess with her and piss her off.

"MADISON ROSE, GET YOUR ASS UPSTAIRS!" Woah. Wasn't expecting that.

"JESUS CHRIST, I'M COMING!" I groan. "Are you coming upstairs with me?" I ask Ken.

"Sure." He says with a smile, and follows me upstairs.

I knock on the closed door to the guest room, which I usually call Athena's room, because she stays in there whevener she comes to visit.

"You naked in there?" I call.

"Uhh, Nope!" She says, hesitating. I could picture her doing something dumb like checking if she had clothes on before she answered, and giggled to myself as I opened the door.

"What the hell do you want now!?" I tease, waving my arms around like the world is about to end.

"Can you get me some water?" She asks, with an evil grin on her face.

"You little bi-"

"I'll get it." Ken says, interrupting my bitch moment.

"Thanks." Athena answers, pursing her lips together as she tries to hold in her laughter.

I wait until Ken walks out, and then I shut the door, leaving Athena and I in the room. She bursts into laughter immediately after I shut the door.

"What the hell are you high on now?" I buzz, laughing with her.

"Friendship.." She whispers.

"What the fuck!" I scream as I fall onto the floor, smacking the carpeted ground as I laugh so hard there's no sound coming out of me. I hear the thud of Athena's body as she falls to the floor as well, and begins to laugh with me. By the time we've finished our little laughing fest, we're both laying on the floor beside each other looking at the ceiling in silence, trying to catch our breath.

"I haven't laughed that hard since Melissa's chair broke while we were eating dinner with the mayor of Los Angeles!" She chirps, looking me straight in the eyes with a smile on her face.

I instantly remembered what happened that day. Melissa was walking over to her chair after using the restroom in the mayor's house, and as she sat down, the legs of her chair just snapped, and she fell to the floor. I zoned back into reality and started laughing again. This time, uncontrollably.

"Oh shit," Athena said, looking at me like I'm crazy. "I remember how hard you were laughing when you saw your sister just fall on her ass in front of the mayor. Everyone was looking at her, it was like a judiciary."

I laughed even harder and rolled over, not giving a crap that I was digging my head into her shoulder and still laughing so hard my abdominal area began to hurt. Just as I was about to finish laughing, Ken walks in with a look of "What the fuck" on his face. I instantly look at his appalled expression and start laughing again, digging my head back into my best friend's shoulder.

"Mads, calm d-" Athena begins to laugh along with me, and covers her face with her hands.

"Oh my- oh gosh my stomach hurts." I say with a sigh, trying to catch my breath.

"Ewh. You breathed all over my neck" Athena answers.

I look over at her and smirk at her, and begin to laugh again.

"Is that Athena I hear!?" Melissa called from downstairs. She must've finished whatever she had to do early, and actually decided to come home. I could hear her footsteps as she ran up the stairs and burst into the room. Once I saw her, I instantly remembered how she fell on her ass, and started laughing again, this time falling on Athena's lap.

"Christ, Maddi. What are you on?"

"Frie-" Athena whispers, but fails and bursts into laughter herself.

I try to contain my laughter, and see Ken and Lissa looking at each other unsure of what to do. I roll over onto my back, still resting my head on Athena's lap, as she slides herself towards the bed frame and leans against it. I start giggling again, looking at my sister.

"Okay, one, do I need to call Doctor Yang again?" She asks, looking at my best friend.

"Uhm, I don't think so. She's just really happy I'm here." Athena says, snickering.

"Mkay. And two, what the hell are you wearing!?" Melissa demands.

I realized that I was still in my bra, panties and my sheer blouse. Whoops.

Athena pivots her body, taking an arm and reaching over the bed to grab the small, white, fluffy blanket and putting it over me.

"Someone sniggered her nigger last night." She says.

"..."

"..."

"..."

I turn to face her and start laughing once more. Athena pats my back, and I feel her vibrating as she giggles.

"See, this is why we are friends." I say through my laughter and her white hoodie.

"Love you too." She coos, and begins to play with my hair. Melissa takes a seat next to her, lifting my legs and resting them on hers once she's sat down.  We looked like a bench..

"So what's the plan for today, loves?" Athena asks.

"Well what time is it?" I ask. I see Ken looking over at the clock above the window behind us.

"It's 12:18." He says.

"You guys wanna go shopping?" Melissa chirps.

"Ooooh." Athena coos. "LA has the best malls. Let's go! I need new shoes anyway." She smacks me on the arm, and says "You're driving, Mads."

"Ugggh. Fine." I moan, lifting my head off her legs and pushing myself upward so that I'm sitting down.

"Which mall are we going to?"

"Not Eastridge, that's for sure."

"How about West Valley Grand? I heard it's brand new, and it's outdoors too." I suggest.

"Yeah, I heard that place has really nice stores. You'll probably find the shoes you want there." Kenneth comments, nodding at Athena.

"Alright. Let's go check it out." She says.

"It's probably packed though." I blurt out.

"Oh yeah.." Melissa comments.

"Is there an Elite club there?" I ask, turning to Ken.

"I'm pretty sure there is. There's one in every shopping center in Hollywood."

"Oh, we should be fine then." I say with a smile, as I stand up and walk towards the door towards the door.

"Is that place high-class?" I call, looking over my shoulder.

"Very."

"Great." I mumble.

"Hey Maddi, do you have a dress I can borrow?" I hear Athena as she calls out to me.

I open my closet door and see if I have an extra dress for her, and then I find the perfect one for her.

"Yeah! I'll put it on my bed!"

I take the black and light teal hi-low dress and toss it on my bed, and shut the closet door to get dressed.