THE ROYAL ENEMY

CHAPTER 9- SLEEPOVER

"Emotional abuse are scares we can't see, and scars we can't see are scars we can't heal."

-Shakira Begum

"While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself.' -Douglas Horton

JULIA

"Oh my god, seriously," Cassandra said, her face twisted in disgust as she listened to Rebecca.

We had gone ahead with the sleepover. It was only a few people. There was me and Cassandra, and our friends Rebecca, Elizabeth and Talia. We called ourselves, the 'foxy five', or at least, Cassandra did.

Currently, we were in the middle of a game of 'Never have I ever'. In case you didn't know, the point of the game was someone would say something they have never done, starting with 'Never have I ever,' and if anyone else in the circle has done it, they take a shot. However, seeing as how we don't drink, nor can we, instead of drinking, we put a piece of junk food in our mouth. In front of us was bowls of popcorn, chocolates, skittles, and other really sweet sweets.

"I can't believe you've actually kissed Bart, he's so, ugh," Cassandra said and everyone laughed. Rebecca was amused at Cassandra's reaction, " He wasn't that bad, in fact, if I could, I would totally kiss him again-" Rebecca got cut off by Elizabeth's cries, " ew, ew, ew, that's my brother you're talking about, please stop, for the love of all that's pure."

Elizabeth was Bart's sister, you could tell the resemblance almost immediately. Elizabeth however, had much longer hair, and redder lips.

Laughing at her discomfort, Rebecca turned back to Cassandra, "Why do you get annoyed when we talk about Bart anyway?" She asked Cassandra, who mumbled something under her breath.

I shared a confused look with the others, not catching what she said, "Um, didn't hear you Cas, can you repeat that?" Elizabeth said. Cassandra glared at her, crossing her arms and puffing, "He dared Tommy Lime to kiss me when we were five, embarrassing me in front of our entire class, so I kicked him in the shin."

I swear I'm not lying when I say, we all tried to keep straight faces and not laugh at her to the best of our abilities, it was just too hard. We all burst out laughing, we laughed so hard, tears ran down our faces. The entire time Cassandra pouted.

To understand why it was so funny, you had to know Tommy Lime, he was the Geekiest boy I have ever met, and he had a slight obsession with Cassandra, I use the word slight, very loosely. He was a small boy with dirty black hair that never looked washed, his fingernails never cut. He wore braces and glasses, and the same sweater vest every day. He would follow Cassandra around for days, just trailing behind her; he would try to pair up with her in class and play with her at playtime. He was Cassandra's worst nightmare.

"Oh my god, will you stop laughing, it isn't funny!" Cassandra screamed, and we all immediately stopped laughing, our hands still covering our mouths so she wouldn't see our smiles.

"Ok, Ok," I said," Your next Talia." Talia smiled as she thought, she was a really shy person, especially to strangers, she talked so low we had to strain to hear her, she was the nicest person amongst us, and an awesome friend. She has very short black hair, and a very petite body, which made her one of the fastest runners in class.

"Never have I ever...vomited on someone," she said, looking at all the chocolate. Guiltily I took a skittle, a plopped it in my mouth. Elizabeth frowned, as did Talia, while Rebecca and Cassandra laughed knowingly at my painful memory.

"Oh my god, who did you vomit on?" Elizabeth asked. I cringed, "Leo," I said. They gasped, " When, how? How come we didn't know this?" They said, and I shrugged.