no name girlxgirl (COMPLETED)

The day after

Something big is coming in the next chapter. Enjoy!

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After the heat of the afternoon soon forced us out of sleep, Tara and I washed our faces and headed to the dining hall for brunch. Surprisingly, it was good. Tara was different. It was like this is the Tara I knew back from Summer but this Tara is so much better. She asked me a lot about how I was doing for the past months. Reluctantly, when asked, she told me what happened to her since I left school. I knew now that she and Michael were done for good and he went on to date Mandy since she and Mandy also stopped being friends. Mandy accused Tara of cheating so Tara's being suspended as the captain of the cheerleading team she's proven innocent. A lot of her minions also switched to Mandy's team and Tara's practically a lone wolf now. But she said she was genuinely happy for the first time (besides her sadness by my leaving). She and her mum worked things out since her mum caught her drinking herself to sleep two weeks after I left. They're on good terms now. Her mum is her new reconciled best friend. Slowly she's starting to pick up her grades. It seems as if she's doing good and I was happy for her. But truthfully I can't help but feel a bit hurt that she was better off without me. My insecurities were swept away when she held my hand and admitted that she's getting everything right except for me. I was (and still am) both happy and melancholic by that statement. Anyways, when I got to the room, my smile couldn't be bigger.

Here they are; two of my closest friends in my bed. I could tell they both competed to get my pillow and blanket because I could see Violet's got the blanket while Maya won the pillow. Frenemies. That's what they are now. But I bet in few more months, they'd be best buds. We'll all be best buds regardless of who I end up with. It's late in the afternoon so I guess I should wake them up now. I call out their names and try to shake their body but they both just groaned. If anything, they just scoot further away from one another eventhough my bed's not made for two people. Glancing at the brown paper bag in my hand, I decide to lure them up using food. So I bring the bag close to Violet's mouth before pressing it to Maya's nose. Their sniffing leads their body to lung up towards the food and instantly their eyes are shot open.

Both of them look at each other before trying to compete for the food.

"There's more than enough food for both of you," I sounded like Jude and pointed out to another big brown paper bag on the table. Before they could make a run for it, I step in front of them.

"Uh-uh. Ladies, you're gonna have to wash your face, take a pain killer and drink this orange juice first before you can eat," I played adult here.

I don't really drink alcohol so how do I know what to get them? I did it for Tara all the time whenever she partied. To be honest, when I grabbed all those food and drink for them earlier, Tara smiled knowingly at me and I smiled back, remembering her terrible hangovers. We both just laughed at the memories. They were so many of them.

Can I take you out on a friendly date?

Truthfully, I don't know. I can't make up my mind. Oliver said the party would have taken my mind off things but it didn't. It did help me and Tara to talk things over and help me discover Maya and Violet's feelings for me. Okay, it was helpful. But I still feel conflicted especially since the mystery red-haired girl came into the picture.

"Can we have our food now please?" Maya's plead snapped me to reality.

Too consumed by my thoughts, I didn't even realise both of them already did what I told. Nervously, I give them their food and they eat like they haven't eaten for centuries. And that's an understatement! Feeling a headache coming up, I decide to get out of there to think. Gratefully, both of them let me be without a question. I grab my towel and toothbrush. Water. I need water.