Dripped In Jealousy

Getting Ready

Alas! The weekend! Normally, I'd go out with my friends to wherever on Saturdays, like the mall, the movies, the beach, the skating rink, parties, amusement parks: you name it. But today was oh so different.

I'm going out with Chase Silverman instead.

I was anxious but super excited at the same time. For Christ's sake, I haven't even decided what to wear yet. Right now I'm in a pile of my clothes, my head weary of the whole situation. The thing is, it's only 9a.m....

Am I being naive? I mean, we aren't even meeting up until 4pm. I sighed in defeat and got up. Maybe I should wait until later before I get ready.

I headed downstairs, and just as I thought, empty house. And I had an empty stomach. Good thing mami made me breakfast before she left for work. I sat down and dug into the fruit salad sided with an egg sandwich.

After my third bite, I heard the door bell ring. I turned my head in the direction of the doors. Maybe it's the new headphones I ordered yesterday.

I got up and opened the door. To my surprise, Livie was standing there, wearing a pair of white shorts and a black crop top, and her chestnut hair in a messy bun.

"Livie? Hey! What are you doing here?" I asked, opening the door wider for her to come in.

"I'm here for two reasons. For one, I can't stand Alice anymore, so Hannah offered to spend the day with her at her house. Luckily, Alice agreed to it. She was suspicious at first, but as we planned, I told her you were going to an appointment, and I just told her that I'll be doing homework at my house. She didn't give two shits after that," Livie said, taking my seat at the table and eating some of my fruit salad.

"Well, I guess I have someone to help me decide what to wear," I stated, sitting next to her. Livie turned her head and gave me a knowing smile.

I took my phone off the table and went ahead to play some music. I played 'bad guy' by Billie Eilish. Livie and I bopped our heads to the beat. Livie got up and went straight to our living room to dance, and I followed her. We danced away as other songs played automatically, like 'Toosie slide' by Drake, 'Blinding Lights' by The Weeknd, 'Don't Start Now' by Dua Lipa, 'Thank U Next' by Ariana Grande, and plenty more.

Today's gonna be awesome.

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"Today's gonna be horrid," I wailed as Livie went through my wardrobe hastily. It's literally 3pm and I was no where near ready for the meeting. I swear to God, time just flew by so fast. After we were tired of dancing, we decided to make snacks and then take a nap. If it weren't for Livie, I'd still be sleeping in the couch right now.

"Don't worry, Ce-ce. You can get ready in an hour. All you need to do is-"

"How the heck do you put on makeup in less than an hour?! And what about my hot tub soak?"

"Relax. Just do the soak later when you get home. As of makeup, leave that to me," Livie responded, tossing selected clothes on the bed. And to my surprise, she took out my red stilettos from the back of my closet.

"Woah, woah, woah there. What the hell? You want me to wear six inch stilettos to the coffee shop?! What if I fall, Livie? It'd be so embarrassing!" I wailed again.

"Ce-ce, calm down for fuck's sake! You're getting annoying. Just go have a shower. You'll be fine, okay? Relax and just go with the flow," Livie said, holding onto my shoulder. I took a deep breath and nodded in response. I went ahead to get my towel and head to the bathroom.

By the time I started to wash my hair, I started to think about...
Chase.

Is he gonna spend the whole evening at the coffee shop? Will he bring me somewhere afterwards? What if he kisses me? What if-