The Ugly Bet

Chapter 33 - Pained

Lyz

I woke up with a heavy feeling. Today's Tuesday and I have to get up. It's already 7am and I have to be in school before eight. Marietta will be off today til tomorrow. No one would take care of our food and our house so I have to get up now.

I tried to stand but I felt dizzy and landed back on the bed. I'm really not feeling well. Maybe it's because of last night. I think I got a fever from waiting infront of the bar wearing only tube dress out there at a cold nine in the evening. Just a hot shower and a paracetamol and this will be gone... I thought. I looked at my phone and thought for a while. I still have an hour. If Dustin will pick me here, I can still stay for thirty minutes. I closed my eyes while holding my phone. I was like getting lost when I was startled by my phone ringing. I didn't know I fell asleep there and it's now 7:24. It was Dustin. "Hey, Dust," I said lazily, yawning.

"Hey Kitty," he answered back because I called him 'Dust'. I usually call him that when I want to annoy him and call him 'Dirt' when I want to make him mad. Then he would call me 'Kitty' which I really hate. "Still on bed?"

"Yeah..." I almost whispered as I closed my eyes again. I'm really feeling weak and tired though I just woke up. "It was already late when I slept, you know that." He should know that. He was still here when I came, I just wasnt sure if he's aware when I came home. He was in Ashley's room, attending to my drunken cousin. If I was like other girls, I'll surely get mad especially to her because she already knows that he is my boyfriend but still she acts like that. She should have thought that I might get jealous of her, but unfortunately, my cousin didn't give a goddamn care about me and 'our' relationship.

"Hey, you know Ashley was so drunk and she wants me there, right? So don't get jealous," I could see his wide grin on the other line because of his voice. "Besides, I have decency. I'm not gonna cheat on you with your cousin at your very place. That's so unlike me."

"Okay."

"By the way, how's Ashley?"

I thought for a moment and remembered it was Marietta who knocked on my door to wake me up. Surely, she had checked on Ashley earlier. "I haven't seen her yet. I think Marietta was there."

He was silent for a moment and I kept my eyes closed as I wait for him to say something. "Get up then. I'm gonna pick you up, I'll just have a bowl of cereals."

I went to shower and wore a white tight sweatshirt and folded the sleeves and paired it with black skinny jeans. I hope I look sexy enough to keep my boyfriend loyal to me. I laughed at myself on that thought. I heard the knocking downstairs so I put my backpack on my shoulder and hurried to open the door for him.

"It's still early. I'll just go check Ashley on her room." Dustin said as he walked straightly towards the stairs. Yeah. Why did I forget to see her if she's just okay in her room?

"Okay. Kindly check on her. I'll just grab something here in the kitchen." I'm sure he heard me even if he's already on the top of the stairs. There was a note posted on the fridge.

Lyz, I've checked on Ashley, she's got a hangover but I've given her what she needed. You don't need to worry about her anymore. She's okay now. Take care of yourselves, you two are old enough. Let me enjoy my moment with Pablo, for heaven's sake!

I can't help but smile on that. I feel guilty because we always ruin Marietta's date with her boyfriend.

I can't help but smile on that. I felt guilty because we always ruin Marietta's date with her boyfriend, Pablo. Maybe if not because of the ten-year contract she signed since Ashley moved here, she would have resigned already. I know she can already be considered rich because Georgia and Uncle Eugene are extremely generous to her, and they pay her separately. Last year, I've heard she just have her house in New Mexico paid off. She also tells us how she loves us for making her rich without so much effort.