Then, We Have A Deal

03:The Address

I made sure no one can trace that I've been crying before I went to my next period. Thank gosh that I don't get a red face when I cry and that my eyes don't get fluffy.

I have Jake on my next class, this was the same period when I realized my huge crush wasn't just a simple crush, and ever since I knew of them being together, which wasn't long, I've been dreading this period.

As soon as I entered, I felt a pair of eyes shoot at me. It was Jake, like me and Kristy, he's a performing major. And he's damn good if I do say so myself. That's one of the reasons I'm attracted to him. Because in every romance movie I've watched, he could play the leading man flawlessly.

I went to my seat on the floor. Most of my classes don't have chairs because most of the time we tend to just push them to the side so we can do an impromptu performance in the middle, so the professors just decided fo get rid of them altogether.

As I was getting settled I realized Jake was heading over my way. I got nervouse, my heart started hammering. I looked at him straight in the face and he just kept looking at me. Oh gosh, those eyes. I mentally slapped myself. He's Kristy now, I can't continue my fantasy world with him in my mind. Ugh, just when we had our tenth baby nonetheless.

He plopped down infront of me and crossed his long legs. This is weird.

"Hi!" He said it friendly enough but a look on his eyes made me think otherwise.

"H-hi..."I'm stammering, I didn't know where to look or what to do.

He straighted his self and looked more serious.

"Hey, I know you liked me. Kristy, said so.. well I guessed from her earlier actions." Dang, Kristy why you gotta be so transparent?

"Just to make this clear. I don't like you." Ouch. He realized that came a lot harder than he imagined.

"I mean, I don't like you. Like like you. Y'know?" Stress that a bit more and I'll die.

"Hey, I got you the first time. No, scratch that, I got you way before you two start dating." He was about to say something else but he closed his mouth when he realized what I was saying.

"So, you're okay with this? No hard feeling?" Yes hard feelings, but he doesn't need to know that.

"Nope, just don't steal my bestfriend too much from me." He grinned that grin that I adore so much. It hurts.

"Thanks for understanding, uhh Cady." Another knife in my heart. Thanks, man.

I didn't bother to correct my name, I just watched him stood and went back to his friends.

Oh boy, this semester is going to be a long one.

I should've realized how long.

School's done for the day and I'm waiting for Kristy at the school gates so we can go home together.

I didn't know things would change that much since their secret relationship has been revealed to me but, alas.

Here I am sitting on the backseat of Jake's car, squished between the his other friends, again. Don't get me wrong, Arc and Cali are definitely good looking as well but, they're just have this air of mischief around them that I just don't trust.

For example: When they got me to board the car, Jake called me Cady again and Kristy immediately corrected him which made both of us embarrassed and the other two started grinning. Since then they called me Cady.

"Hey, Cady." Called Arc. "How are you today?" the look on his face just makes me want to punch him.

"Yeah, Cady," adding salt to the wound, Cali said, "Why won't you tell us about your day, huh, Cady?"

"Guys!" Kristy try, but I can see she's starting to crack with these jokes. I can see the glee in her eyes and I just let them. I can enjure this untill it's my stop and I vow, I'll never enter this car again.

When we got to my street I quickly wiggle my way out of that car, and said my goodbye to Kristy.

As they're zooming away, I heard the two idiots screaming "Bye Cady!"

I can tell, I'll definitely distance myself from them. Sorry Kristy, but I can't.

I start to walk my street slowly. Pondering my own thoughts about the day. I've been walking absently that I didn't notice an old woman bumped against me.

I immediately said sorry and she just gave me a sharp look and walked away. The interaction woked me from my trance, good thing no real harm happened.

I am now more alert than I was, and I started to notice black fancy cars lined up on our street. That's new. We live in a fairly poor neighborhood. Seeing these fancy cars makes me wonder if someone important or rich is nearby right now. Or maybe actors, are they shooting a film? Oh, how this makes me excited.

As much as I want to be a Broadway actress, I also want to star in movies. Especially hero movies. I don't care if it's Marvel or DC or something, as long as it's heroes and not the cringy ones.

I began to investigate, walked around the neighborhood but there doesn't seem to be any cameras or actresses and actors. My first clue should've been there's no mob to see. There is always a mob of fans.

Slumping my shoulders I began my walk back home. I just spent an extra thirty minutes of looking for nothing. Stupid cars.

I walked up to our apartment and opened the door with my key. Something felt off, I feel like someone's looking at me or something.

I shrugged the thought and just entered the house. I took off my backpack and take off my uneaten lunch so I can eat it for dinner, put in the micro wave and let it warm.

Meanwhile, I went to my room to change. As I was about to take off my shirt, I remembered that feeling of being stared at asd so I closed all of my curtains and even went to the bathroom to change my clothes. Even then, I still felt goosebumps on my skin.

I got out and opened the tv, taking my lunchbox with me to eat. I was surfing the channel when a healine caught my eye. It said something about a wealthy businessman's son breaking off an engagement because his father forced him to.

Huh, that seems harsh.

After that short news I weng to watch some of my favorite cartoons. I ended up wasting away till sometime about 10 when I noticed a cockroach crawling towards my dirty lunchbox. I stood up to wash it, when I noticed the paper which contained the address my dad told me about.

It was addresed to the wealthier part of the city. Why would my dad have an address there? Who could've lived there that he knew? House staffs maybe? But still it's uncommon.

I knew for a fact that we don't have any close relatives living nearby. My mom's relatives are in another country and we haven't heard from them since my mom died, which was 18 years ago. And as for my dad I knew he had a fall out with his parents from a very young age due to his addictive gambling, which as far as I know he has stopped now because if he didn't we wouldn't have gotten by.

Needless to say I meant what I told my father earlier, that I'm going to stay at this house till he got back.

I look at the fridge looking for some snack to munch on and thankfully there's still ice cream from last time. Good thing I didn't get my sweet tooth from my dad or else the house would've been a battlefield.

I tossed the address to somewhere and sat down at the couch grabbing a thick blanket as I watch movies. Good thing it's Saturday tomorrow.