Crossover II Evalius

Chapter 20 Rekindled

Chapter 20

Rekindled

    Still recovering from both shock and anger, Aria slowly walked up the stairs towards her bedroom. She had only just remembered Kendal was still there when she heard footsteps from upstairs. Reminding herself that it she was angry with Vanessa and Derek and not Kendal, Aria knocked on her bedroom door.

    “Aria?” Kendal’s voice answered. “You can come in.”

    Aria entered and found Kendal standing by the mirror in Aria’s worn jeans and a white long sleeve shirt, ringing out her wet hair with a towel.

    “You know you could have picked out something nicer than that if you wanted,” Aria commented on her old clothes.

    Kendal shrugged. “It’s okay. I didn’t want to take anything too nice since I probably won’t be able to return until at least tomorrow.”

    That was surprisingly thoughtful of her, Aria thought, and then thinking of Vanessa and Myrtle. It’s amazing how much people can change.

    Kendal hung the towel back up and started to walk towards the door. “Well, I should probably go back home. Thanks for letting me use your shower.”

    “Wait,” Aria said suddenly getting an idea. “How will you get home?”

    “I was just going to walk. I don’t live that far away, remember?”

    “Yeah, but still, it’s dark, and it’s probably not a good idea for you to walk home alone,” Aria pointed out. “Why don’t you just spend the night here?”

    Kendal turned back, looking at her uncertainly. “Are you sure?”

    “Yeah,” Aria persisted. “I normally have sleepovers with Vanessa on Saturday. It feels kind of weird being alone tonight.”

    “I know what you mean,” Kendal muttered softly looking down. “Okay. I guess I can call my mom. I’m sure she’ll be fine with it.”

    “Great, I’ll tell my parents whenever they get back from their date night. I’m sure they won’t mind since its Saturday. My mom will probably even be relieved that I’m not alone.”   

    “Your parents still have their date night? That’s so sweet,” Kendal commented, as she dug through her purse in search of her phone.

    Aria smiled remembering the time when her parents would sometimes drop her off at Kendal’s house when they had their date night. Usually Vanessa would come over too. Aria reminisced on the three of them playing dress up as little girls, watching movies together at night, and spending all day at the mall in middle school. Sighing, she wondered if the three of them would ever be friends again. It seemed so impossible now, but then again Aria never thought she would see the day when Kendal would be her friend again.

    As it turned out, both Kendal’s and Aria’s were mildly surprised but nevertheless fine with the sleepover. Just as Aria predicted, her mother seemed glad that she was not alone when they returned home. The girls stayed up laughing hysterically as they watched ‘Mean Girls,’ which seemed to be an appropriate movie given their current situation.

    “I can’t believe our lives have turned into a movie,” Kendal commented, as they walked upstairs after the movie ended.

    Yeah, first a fairy tale, now a movie, Aria thought privately saying instead, “It seems more like a teenage drama show now. I still can’t believe how much everyone has changed in only a couple weeks. You and Vanessa have both changed drastically, and then there’s Derek, who seems to be switching back and forth between jerk and nice guy. I feel like I’m just on the outside watching it all happen.”