Crossover II Evalius

Chapter 24 Shortest Darkest Day

Chapter 24

Shortest Darkest Day

    Aria walked up and down the hallways looking for a sign of either Kendal or Vanessa, desperately hoping that by the time she found them they would be laughing and talking like old friends again. Spotting Kendal storming down in her direction, her burning red face informed her otherwise.

    “Kendal?” Aria asked approaching her. “What happened?”

    “Vanessa is what happened,” Kendal fumed, bitterly. “I’d tried being nice to her but she is just determined to make my life miserable!”

    Letting out an exasperated sigh, Aria then asked, “What did she do now?”

    “She kissed Edmund!” Kendal raged on. “Can you believe that? Just as I was about to forgive her for what happened with Ian she goes off and does it again!”

    Aria could not help but suggest weakly, “Do you think that maybe Edmund…”

    “No,” Kendal interrupted before she could finish. “I could tell by his reaction it was all her.”

    “Do you know where Vanessa is now?” Aria asked looking around.

    Kendal folded her arms. “Probably in the restroom. I did pour soda on her so… well, it’s not like she didn’t deserve it.” She let out one final huff and then started to walk off but not before adding, “Oh, and you might want to warn Walter about what he’s dating now. Personally, I think he can do a lot better.”

    With no idea what to say or do next, Aria made her way to the restroom to confront Vanessa. This made absolutely no sense. Vanessa knows exactly what Edmund is so what possible reason could she have for kissing him? Was she really that determined to make Kendal’s life miserable? Aria wondered if this drama would ever end.

    As Aria slowly opened the restroom door, she found Vanessa at the sink washing up.

    Vanessa looked up and offered her old friend a half smile. “Oh, hi Aria. I guess you probably heard about what just happened.”

    Aria nodded. “Vanessa, please tell me there was a reason for you kissing Edmund other than the simple desire to upset Kendal again.”

    “Well, I figured that since that was how I got her to break up with Ian it would work for Edmund too,” Vanessa explained, as she continued trying to get the Coke stains off her shirt.

    “Oh,” Aria sighed relieved that she was actually trying to help. “Wait, do you know what’s going on?”

    “Yeah, Derek told me,” Vanessa informed her. “He’s really worried about you. So am I. Since that thing is going to happen tonight I just got desperate for a way to stop it and well, that was the first thing that came to mind. I guess we can just think of another way to stop Kendal from going out with Edmund tonight.”

    “Well, actually I already did,” Aria pointed out weakly. “I told her there will be a surprise party at her house so she will be safe in her own house.”

    Vanessa swung around to face her. “Are you kidding me? So I pretty much did this for nothing?”

    Aria shrugged. “I’m afraid so. I would have told you if I knew you were interested in helping.”

    Vanessa sighed looking down at her stained shirt. “And Walter tells me karma isn’t real, just all in my head. I have to say, I disagree.” Reminded of her new relationship, Vanessa pressed both hands on the edge of the sink, hanging her head low. “Oh no, Walter! What if he finds out? I figured I would be the one to screw up our relationship but I thought we would at least last longer than a day!”