Short Stories

16. "Haven't I Made It Clear?"

"Hey." Ein, my best friend, says behind.

"Hey Ein." I say back.

"I have a question." Ein looks down.

"Yeah." Motioning for him to continue.

"Do you want to be my girlfriend?" Ein asks.

I snicker, "Your joking, right?"

He shakes his head.

I sigh.

"Oh, ohh, oh, ohh, woh. Ohhoh, oh, ohh, woh. You say you love me, I say you crazy. We're nothing more than friends. You're not my lover, more like a brother. I known you since we were like ten, yeah." I sing, "Don't mess it up, talking that sh*t. Only gonna push me away, that's it! When you say you love me, that make me crazy. Here we go again."

Ein hands me flowers.

I push them away, "Don't go look at me with that look in your eye. You really ain't going away without a fight. You can't be reasoned with, I'm done being polite. I've told you one, two, three, four, five, six thousand times." I sing, "Haven't I made it obvious? Haven't I made it clear? Want me to spell it out for you? F-R-I-E-N-D-S! Haven't I made it obvious? Haven't I made it clear? Want me to spell it out for you? F-R-I-E-N-D-S! F-R-I-E-N-D-S!"

Ein blushes as kids surround us.

"Have you got no shame? You looking insane. Turning up at my door. It's two in the morning, the rain is pouring. Haven't we been here before?" I sing, referencing to the time being rung the doorbell at 2 a.m in the morning, "Don't mess it up, talking that sh*t. Only gonna push me away, that's it! Have you got no shame? You looking insane. Here we go again."

"C'mon Baby-" Ein tried to say but I cut him off.

"So don't go look at me with that look in your eye. You really ain't going away without a fight. You can't be reasoned with, I'm done being polite. I've told you one, two, three, four, five, six thousand times." I kept singing as Dottie and Katelyn come up behind me and they sing to, "Haven't I made it obvious? (Haven't I made it?) Haven't I made it clear? (Haven't I made it clear?) Want me to spell it out for you? F-R-I-E-N-D-S! Haven't I made it obvious? Haven't I made it clear? (Haven't I?) Want me to spell it out for you? (to spell it out for you?) F-R-I-E-N-D-S! F-R-I-E-N-D-S!"

"Dottie? Katelyn?" Ein starts to worry.

"F-R-I-E-N-D-S
That's how you f****** spell "friends". F-R-I-E-N-D-S! Get that sh*t inside your head. No, no, yeah, uh, ahh. F-R-I-E-N-D-S! We're just friends." I stared at Ein, "So don't go look at me with that look in your eye. You really ain't going nowhere without a fight. You can't be reasoned with, I'm done being polite. I've told you one, two, three, four, five, six thousand times."

Katelyn and Dottie sings with me again, "Haven't I made it obvious? (Have I not made it obvious?) Haven't I made it clear? (Yeah, I made it very clear) Want me to spell it out for you? (Yo) F-R-I-E-N-D-S (I said F-R-I-E-N-D-S) Haven't I made it obvious? (I made it very obvious) Haven't I made it clear? (I made it very clear) Want me to spell it out for you? F-R-I-E-N-D-S! F-R-I-E-N-D-S!"

Dottie and Katelyn stepped back, while I sung the last verse.

"Mmm, ooh, ooh, ooh. Ah, ah-oh, ah-oh." I lowered my head.

"So, what do you say?" Ein asks.

"I'll say yes, when you stop being a terrible Alpha!" My ears perk up, "Which since you're a terrible Alpha, we won't be dating!"

Some Meif'was, werewolves and humans, "Ohhh!" "Burn! "The comebacks are real!" And "Savage!"

Ein's face turned red in embarrassment, "You'll regret this!"

Ein ran off.

"NO I WON'T!" I yelled after him.

Everyone laughed at him.