Keep Away

Best Friend

This is Angel. She is Alice's best friend since elementary school. She is a pure soul and is a fashion queen. She is 5'8 and has a nice body, but has a little bit of meat on her.

           -Alice Brown's POV-

I wake up early. It's 4:27am. I still have about 2 hours left to sleep.

My stomach growls. I need to put something in it.

I go to the kitchen and start to make a sandwich when I feel an unwanted presence near me. I don't even bother to turn around and say "Go away Alexander."

He doesn't say anything. I turn around and look at him. He looks like he hasn't slept at all. He also looks like he's been.. crying? His eyes are red and puffy and he's starting to get bags under his eyes.

He opens his mouth as if to say something, but I cut him off and say, "Are you ready to tell me the truth?"

He looks down. Almost as if he's ashamed of something. He looks back at me, desperate, and replies, "I did not lie to you about anything."

He's still fucking lying to me. What is so bad that he has to hide it!

"You are so fucking unbelievable. Get out of my damn sight." And with that, I turn around and continue making my sandwich. I don't hear him leave, but when I turn back around to make sure, he's gone.

I take my sandwich back up to my room and eat it in silence. I'm not even sad or crying at this point, I'm just fucking pissed. I look at my clock and see 4:43am.

I'm not even tired.

I lay back in bed and scroll through Instagram on my phone.

I need to tell someone about this. Maybe I'll feel better if I do.

I go to messages and text my best friend, Angel.

Alice: Hey, can we walk to school together today? I need to tell you something.

I wait for a respond, but she probably won't be up since it's 4:00 in the morning. I put my phone down and try to get some shut eye.

Then my phone buzzes. I pick it up and read the text from Angel.

Angel: Of course! I'll be at your place by 8:30.

I read it happily and respond.

Alice: Thanks! But I was wondering if I could be at your house by 8:30? I really don't wanna be home.

Angel: Sure. Is everything ok though?

Alice: I'll explain later. Good night.

Angel: Ok. Good night.

And that was the end of our conversation. I'm actually surprised that she was awake.

I look at my phone and see that it's 4:51am. I choose to go to sleep so I have energy this morning.

6:30am

I wake up to my alarm and get up out of bed to stretch. I turn my alarm off and get my towels and slippers and go to the bathroom. I get in the shower for about 15 minutes and get out. I wrap my hair in a towel and my body in another and bruah my teeth.

I get out of the steamy bathroom, go to my room, and pick what I'm going to wear. I choose a light pink crop top with light blue shorts and sandals. I dry my hair and body and lotion myself. I put on my clothes and look at the time.

Good. It's 7:30am right now and I need to leave by 8:15 since it takes  aboit 15 minutes to get to Angel's.

I walk out of my room and go down the stairs to make myself some breakfast. I open the fridge and look to see what's inside. Eggs, sausages, bacon, waffles, fruit salad, pancakes, and more. I take  out the 2 eggs, 2 sausages, and 2 pancakes. I start to cook it and look at my phone to see that it's only 7:40am.

I have 35 minutes left.

20 minutes pass now and I'm done cooking, so I sit at the dining table and eat. I forgot to go to the fridge and pour a glass of orange juice, so I go back to the kitchen. When I come back, I see Alexander making his way slowly down the stairs.

Huh. I almost forgot he existed. Ugh. Almost..

I finish the rest of my breakfast and juice and ignore him. I throw on my sandals since my mom does not like wearing footwear inside the house. I then grab my bookbag and phone and leave.

I leave Alexander without making any eye contact, so he knows I'm still pissed. It's 8:10am and I'm 5 minutes early.

I walk to her house and get there at 8:24am. I ring her doorbell and she opens it immediately. We smile at each other and hug. She yells to her father that she's leaving and he says ok.

"Well, looks like you were the one waiting for me." I say.

"Yea. It's ok though. I don't mind."

As we start to walk to school I feel like I'm forgetting something, but I'm sure I'll remember it later.

"Sooooooo..." Angel starts. "You gonna tell me what happened?"

That's what it was.

"Oh yea! I completely forgot! So what happened was.." And I tell her everything. From the part where I was waiting for him afterschool yesterday to last night.

"Oh shoot! That's a lot of trust broken." She responds after I finish.

"I don't understand why he won't tell me. He's never like this. At least that's what I thought. I don't know what to believe at this point."

"Ok." She starts. "Here's what I would do. State what you know for sure 100% from the situation. Then say what you don't know. Ok?"

"Ok then. Sounds easy enough."

"First: What do you know?"

I take a deep breath and start to speak. "I know that when I saw him he was sweaty and covered in grass. His clothes were also a little messed up, too. And he was breathing heavily and had an unfamiliar scent on him."

"Ok. So what don't you know?" Angel asks.

"I don't know where he was or what he was doing. I also don't know if he was with someone or not." I look up at her, waiting for her advice.

"And?" She says.

"Umm..?"

"Why do you think he hasn't told you anything different than the first time?"

I think and start to realize something.

"So, what else don't you know for sure?" She asks again.

"I- I don't know if he's even lying."

"There we go! But don't act like he's telling the truth. Cause like you said, we don't know. So let's investigate."

"Ok then, but how?" I ask as I see her smirk.

"Easy! You bombard him with questions about yesterday after school and I'll watch him closely. Then at the end of the day we will report our findings."

"I like that. It's like a spy mission." I squeal.

I realize that we have reached school and it's 8:23am. I look up at Angel and give her a big hug.

"Thank you for helping me." I say.

She hugs me back and responds, "What are best friends for?"

Hey. Sorry I'm late. I'm supposed to update each story at least once a week, but they will be a bit late. The internet in my house is acting up and I've just been really busy. I'm sorry, but thank you for being understanding. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. And I won't be saying this every chapter, but I will be saying it as a reminder: DON'T FORGET TO VOTE ⭐ AND SHARE SO WE COULD GET THE READS UP! AND DON'T BE SILENT, LET ME KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS! Sorry and thank you.

But also, so you know the ages of all the people and the dates of their birthday. The next chapter will be about the dates and ages and years and stuff like that.

Now bye, love y'all! 👋🏽❤
                   -Tiarra 💙🖤