Me, you and him

Chapter 1

Waking up every morning to an empty house was quite hard for me for a while when I knew that this exact house was filled with life, happiness and laughter once then was filled with the dead bodies of the people I loved and was my prison for 4 years.

I woke up late and hurried to get dressed because I'm always punctual and before Adam arrives and start honking outside my house. Then again he's probably still asleep, easy for him, he's a man and lives next door.

Just when I finished applying my lip gloss I almost jumped a foot into the air when my phone started ringing. As expected it was Adam, to tell me to get the hell out of my house and into his car. I rolled my eyes and grabbed my handbag and dashed out of the house.

"You need Starbucks?" asked Adam as soon as I got into his Maserati.

This was a surprise because usually, I'd have to implore him to stop at the Starbucks. Things got even more suspicious when he came into Starbucks with me. My suspicions were confirmed when he paid for my hot chocolate all the while flirting with the cashier girl, who I heard whispering to the skinny guy who was preparing our order, while Adam was looking the other way, to take extra time to prepare our orders so that she could flirt with this imbecile.

The queue behind us started growing, I was getting curious stares. Thanks to this 'friend' of mine I had to stay at the Starbucks for 10 whole minutes. I was co-oping well with the stares though, all I had to do was put on my usual blank expression and stare ahead. Finally when Mr Flirt was done with his flirting and when someone from the queue behind us, yelled I pulled him out of the Starbucks before we got beaten up.

"Okay now spill, why are you being so nice today?" I asked the minute we got into his car.

"Nothing. Can't I just be nice to my best friend?" he shrugged. He tried to act normal but I felt it, something was wrong, he was tensed.

"Fine whatever. What's the date today anyway?" I asked taking my phone out.

"Th-Thursday" he stammered. I looked at him quizzically. Why is he acting so weird?

"Okay, but what's the date?" I asked eyeing him suspiciously.

"Have you listened to this new song? It's pretty amazing,"

"Oh cool, but tell me what's the da-,"

"The name is High On Life by Martin Garrix," he said cutting me off mid-sentence.

"I love the meaning of this song. And that beat drop is to die for...," he kept on chattering till we reached the office.

"I don't know why you're acting so weird from the morning, but I sure as hell will find out," I said getting off his car, which was parked in front of the office, with a smirk.

I hurried inside the office since I'm already 10 minutes late all thanks to Adam-slash-Mr. Flirt. On the way to my cabin, I told Stacy that I need the files of all the departments on my desk in 10 minutes. You ask me how a girl is supposed to get files of 20 odd departments in 10 minutes? I don't know or care. All I do care is that the work I give is complete within the time I tell it should be.

Exactly after 10 minutes, Stacy came running into my office with files piled up on her hands. This is what I liked about this girl. She completes my work exactly on time. She almost tripped on her way to my desk from the door, but lucky her Mr Flirt was there to catch her and the files. Yay! Golden boy saves the day again. Stacy gave a forced smile and placed the files on my desk.

She's the only girl in the entire office who hasn't fall for Adam yet, I secretly admire her for that. I mean I've never fallen for Adam because I've known him since my childhood and he was a brother to me. I don't accuse any other girl who falls for him because as much as I hate to admit it to his face, he is good looking and charming. In Stacy's case, it's unbelievable the way she brushes him off. He has made it his lifelong goal to somehow make her fall for him, but I know Stacy. We have even held bets whether or not Stacy will fall for him, but obviously, Stacy doesn't know all that.