Christmas In California

Day:8 "You mean..Ryker Rivers?!"

Faith:

Its been a day since that little incident.

A long day.

I came home and when I noticed nobody was home, I quickly ran to the room before anyone could see my red and puffy eyes.

The next day I woke up, and basically yet again did nothing. Cassie and Amy were out to get groceries that night so I was practically alone again. But this time, I was blasting Christmas music and shouting my lungs out.

Today however, Cassie wanted to go shopping again. Not for clothes or anything but for Christmas decorations. The house was somewhat already decorated but she thought it looked boring so she wanted to buy more decorations.

One thing I forgot to mention about myself is that I might hate shopping but I love back to school or Christmas shopping. Oh! Count Halloween too. Yeah, those are the only times I like shopping.

So currently, I'm at Dollar Tree as Cassie says, ' Best place to get cheap stuff'..okay? Sure.

I really want a mini Christmas tree in my room so I parted from her and went searching for a small white light up tree. Pretty specific.

After what felt like hours but in reality was only minutes, I finally found one. The perfect size, perfect colour and basically my aesthetic.

Lately, I have been obsessing over the colour mint green a lot. I even considered painting the walls of my room minty colour but again, I am not staying here forever.

I grab the tree with a lot of struggle and put it in the cart. I wipe the fake sweat of my forehead and sigh. It's pretty heavy.

Or I'm just weak.

Could be.

Most likely.

Shaking my head at those stupid thoughts, I go on a search for some ornaments and decorations to go along with my tree.

And boy oh boy did I find things. I bought more thing than I could afford. At least I think I did.

After I'm finally finished, I decide to go look around for Cass, finding her in the food section. Not surprised.

"Hey, are you done yet? " I ask with tiredness showing in my voice.

"Yep. Are you? " She puts something with a heart on it, in her cart.

"All done. Let's pay, shall we? " She nods and we head to the cashier.

She pays for her stuff and I pay for mine. Luckily, my card doesn't get declined and I let out a breathe of relief making the cashier look at me with a weird look.

I ignore it and take the plastic shoppers with me. Jesus, these are heavy.

We have borrowed Amy's car for travelling wherever we want. Usually, Cassie takes it as I prefer to walk. It's nicer.

However, instead of driving straight home, Cassie takes me to a cafe.

When I ask her why didn't we go straight home she replied that she had to tell me something. I nod my head and we head inside the cafe.

Finding a spot, we settle ourselves down and order water. I'm broke okay? I spent all my money on christmas decor.

"So, what is it that you wanted to talk about? " I ask impatiently. I just wanna get home and listen to K-pop. Yeah I'm obsessed.

"Well, I think I am falling for someone..." She blushes.

"Huh?! " I exclaim in surprise.

"Sh! Don't make it a big deal. " She hits my hand on the table, softly.

"Jeez. Fine. Keep going. " I rub the spot she hit.

"Well-" she gets interrupted by the waiter bringing in the water.

"Thank you. " I politely smile at them.

"Yes, I go on. " I tell her.

"Well... I don't know how it happened. But it just did I guess.. It was really unexpected. I know I shouldn't because we aren't here forever but I really like this guy and I really want to have something with him. I don't know if it's worth-" I cut off her rant.

"Who is the guy? "I ask bored, sipping my water.

"It's.. Ryker. " And I spit out my water and start violently coughing.

"Are you okay?" She hands me a tissue.

"Yeah. " I cough again. " You mean, Ryker Rivers? " I ask confirming.

"Yes! I know its shocking. " She smiles dreamily.

I am left speechless. Little did she know how big of an asshole he is.

"How did you like him? " I sip my drink again.

"Well, it all started from the time when I was getting my manicure and pedicure done. Remember with Lucy? "

Yep, sure do. I nod.

"Well, I got intrigued by him. And then we met a few times after that, while I was taking the trash or just in my front yard and we talked and talked. " She giggles. Ew.

"Anyways, I realized I liked him when he dropped me home from the club. You know, a men was trying to get me to sleep with him and then Ryker came and punched him. He looked so hot. " She explains it dramatically..

I sip on my drink awkwardly. Really is awkward when your own best friend likes the person whom you've basically been in love with for as long as you can remember.

"Oh..Good for you.." I sip again, well knowing that theres a tiny possibility that he likes her back right?

"Oh and, I think he..might even like me back.." She bits back a smile.

And I choked on my water again.

"Are you alright Fai..?" She eyes me suspiciously.

"Yep. What makes you think he likes you..?" I ask hesitantly.

"Well dumbass, don't you read the cliché love stories?" I shake my head. She sighs and rolls her eyes. "Well, if a guy saves you that means he likes you or he will start liking you. "

I stare at her with a weird look on my face.

That my friends, is Cassie. The hopeless romantic. For real though, she is obsessed with those cliché things.

I roll my eyes at her words. So dramatic.

"Whatever. Don't believe me. He will fall for me." She says with determination.

"Jeesh, you're acting like you are in love with him and hes in love with someone else." I say without thinking.

"Maybe it is love. Who knows?" She flips her long blonde hair in a sassy manner.

"You have met him like what? Twice or thrice..?" I say to her with my eyebrows raised like I'm speaking facts. Even though I am not.

"Its love at first sight." She shrugs.

"Whatever. Is that all you wanted to tell me?" I ask bored. I am definitely not interested in listening to her crushing over Ryker.

"Yah. Thats all. " She finally starts drinking her water when I'm literally finished. She drinks half of it and stands up.

I too stand up and sigh.

God. My own best friend likes the guy I've before fallen in love with.

It doesn't matter. Its not like I care about him now. He is an asshole.

Right. Sure.

I mentally roll my eyes at the sarcastic comment my mind made.

Its so weird when I talk to myself.

We head home and I basically flop down on the bed, yet again doing nothing except blasting winter music.

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