''You're kidding!'' Ivory yelled from my bed while I carried a big box of pizza, walking towards the bed. We had decided to have a girls' night in, just us two, so that we'd have a chance to talk about things and kind of sort things out. Our friendship was hit by a wave of; well, Aiden and Ivory had called me, telling me how sorry she was over how she had acted, asking me if I wanted to hang out.
So, we got ourselves some pizza and were now talking as quietly loud as we could, considering we didn't want my brother to wake up or my mum to hear what we were talking about. ''You wish I wasn't'' I said, laughing as I put the box between us.
''Oh, Gosh I can't believe this! So, like, he put you to bed?'' she said smirking while wiggling her brows. Surprisingly, she didn't seem angry or 'disappointed' at the fact that I and Aiden were -though it wasn't planned, hanging out again. She seemed to encourage it, more than I'd like her to even.
I threw my notebook at her as she laughed ''Dude, I swear if you don't stop implying what you're implying I will throw you out the window!" I said, stuffing my face with the thing that brought me the most happiness in the world; pizza.
''Oh, come on, Evelyn! The only thing I said was that you guys look kind of cute together!'' she said, taking a bite of her slice as well. ''I don't care if we look 'cute', nothing is happening or is going to happen. Especially now. I don't care what y'all are trying to do, but until he decides to show some respect and actually tell me what's going on, I'm not even going to talk to him. Period''
For the past few days, I'd been doing exactly that; ignoring him, something that was proven harder than I thought it would be. He didn't go to our school anymore, therefore, I thought avoiding him would be easy but turns out, it wasn't. Every day I know that he's just next door from me but I can't talk to him and every night I have to see him bring a different girl in his room and pretend I don't know what they're doing or more specifically pretend I don't care.
It's not jealousy because I don't see him as something more than the guy that used to be my best friend and a person I care about, but it still makes me angry. Not only because he's most likely playing with all these girls and it makes me want to throw a toilet cleaner on his head but because he finds the time to do what he does with them, but can't seem to find the time to make an effort to make things right with us.
''Okay, now that's a little cruel, don't you think? I mean he just came back, give him some time'' she said as if it was something obvious. ''Give him some time? Ivory, he seems to find time for everyone except for me'' I told her, instantly regretting it, thinking I sounded like a whiny girlfriend.
''Is that jealousy I hear in your voice?'' she said, smirking, giving me a look. ''Dude I'm serious'' I replied.
''Dude I'm serious'' she said, mocking me
''Ivory!"
''Ivory!'' she laughed her head off almost choking on her pizza as I threw a pillow at her. ''Dude stop throwing stuff at me!'' she said but laughed anyway.
''In all seriousness though, I think you should make a move or something'' she told me when we stopped laughing. ''Like get close to him''
''Why are you so stuck on the idea of me and him being together like it's not going to happen!''
''Why not try though? I mean, the guy's hot, you gotta at least give him that'' she said, raising her eyebrows and smirking.
''He's; good looking, yeah. But he's my- was my best friend and I just don't see him like that'' I said, taking a sip of my Cola. I looked away and thought for a second. Why was she acting so off? The same person who was trying to get me to stay away from Aiden, was now telling me I should 'get close to him'?
I analyzed it and I still couldn't seem to find a logical explanation. Well, haven't we seen that before. Before the party, Ivory told me I should stay away from the party to protect myself and let them 'do what they had to do'. During the party, she screamed at me for being there and making everything harder while not listening to her and putting myself in danger by being near him.
So why did she think being close to him was a good idea now?
''Whatever you say, but just so you know, I'm not letting this go''
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''That's insane!'' Maya said, processing everything I had told her in regards to the files I had found Bailey holding. ''And what are you going to do now?'' she asked typing something on her laptop. We were at the local library for a 'school project' which we actually have to finish but for now we're too busy figuring out the mess that's my life that seems oddly interesting for Maya.
''I'm thinking about getting the file?" I suggested, looking away. ''And how exactly are you going to do that?" she whispered coming closer to me so that I could hear her. I hesitated a little before telling her. ''I was actually thinking about getting it myself'' I said, not admitting what I wanted to do out loud. Steal the file.
It was the other end of the line but if that was what I had to do, I would do it. I had to know what it was and why it could affect me so much and I don't think Bailey would exactly want to give it to me. But then why would she tell me she had it?
''Maybe she wants you to get it but can't give it to you herself?'' Maya answered when I asked her that exact question and her answer didn't seem too off. Things are so messed up lately that it could actually be a possibility. ''Do you think I should try to get it myself?" I told her, trying to put my thoughts in place.
''Get what yourself?''
I turned around and saw Jagger who got sh'd by a secretary, followed by Aiden. Of course. ''Uh, a guy's phone number?" Maya said, making me glare at her as she scratched the back of her neck. I couldn't help but feel a little victorious -you don't have to be afraid to put your dreams in action you're never gonna fail you'll be the main attraction- when I saw Aiden's head instantly lift his head from his phone when Maya said that.
Maybe I could have a little fun with this after all.
Jagger chuckled, acting overly dramatic ''Evelyn's gonna try to get someone's number? Good luck with that'' he said, laughing.
''Oh, shut up'' I told him, smacking his arm. ''Seriously, E, you didn't mention no guy, is he someone I need to know about?'' he said, wiggling his brows, nudging my shoulder slightly. ''Yeah, is he?'' Aiden said, his jaw locked. Game on.
''Actually, maybe he is. I met him at your party, J, you might know him'' I said, not even turning to look at Aiden. There was no reason for him to be jealous but I was more than happy to see him bothered. It was his time to feel rejected.
''Yeah, I think he's a part of the team you guys used to compete against. What was their name again? The R-''
''The Raptors? You're hooking up with a guy from The Raptors?!'' Aiden said, steam ready to come out of his ears, while me and Maya were about to burst out laughing, Jagger joining us, looking at Aiden.
''I-I didn't say I was hooking up with him, but he seems like a good guy, so like, why not?'' I said smirking, raising one of my brows slightly, looking at Aiden for the first time today. He looked at me as if I was crazy, looking at Jagger for support but lucky him, Jagger had already burst out laughing.
''Dude, she's joking'' wait, how does he know? ''Do you really think Evelyn would have the balls to even look at the direction of a guy from the Raptors? She's been scared of them since the beginning of time'' he said, continuing to laugh.
''Hey!-''
''-Shh!'' the library's secretary sh'd me, making the entire library turn around to look at us.
''As I was saying,'' I continued, going back to whispering ''I'm not scared of them. If I wanted to hook up with one of them I could easily do it'' I said, folding my arms over my chest, pretending I believed for even a second what I had just said.
We're just going to pretend that I'm a confident, totally not weird girl who can shamelessly flirt with whoever she wants to because in case you didn't know I am confident and not weird. *weird totally believable smile*
''Yeah, okay Evelyn'' Aiden said, chuckling, sitting back in his chair. I turned to look at him, raising my brows. Oh, yes, I was still mad. ''Do you mind? I was having a conversation, you know, the ones you have with people who cared enough to give a damn, not disappear for three years and then come back and expect things to be the way they were without making any effort whatsoever'' I said, now glaring at him, making Maya and Jagger look at me, shocked.
''Oh, so that's why you're so stuck up lately'' he said, his voice rising. Stuck up? Oh, it's going down.
''Me? Stuck up?'' I said, bringing my voice to meet the levels of his. ''How the hell am I stuck up when you are the one who's been expecting everything to get fixed on its own, living inside your little bubble filled with egoism and sex?!''
''Okay, you four are out'' the secretary screamed. We packed our things and walked towards the door, me and Aiden glaring at each other while Jagger and Maya both facepalmed themselves.
I walked towards the door fast, desperate for some air and distance from him. Lucky me, he walked just as fast and came next to me ''You have no damn idea what the fuck you're talking about so you better shut it before you mess up some more'' he said, looking at me, his jaw ticking. ''You have no idea what I'm going through or had to go through to make sure you could have a normal life and I didn't drag you down with me, but I guess that's not enough, is it?" he continued, making my jaw drop slightly, looking at him dumbfounded.
In seconds, the guys had reached us, Jagger whispering something in Aiden's ear. ''Oh, cut it out, she's going to find out one way or another, don't pretend like you don't know that already'' Aiden said, giving me one final look before storming away.
'You have no idea what I had to go through to make sure you could have a normal life'
'I didn't drag you down with me'
As the days passed, I got closer and closer to the answer I was looking for, trying to put the pieces of information I had together. Suddenly, things were somewhat making sense. Not only was he trouble, but he was in trouble too. The best part? The trouble he was in allegedly affected me too.
But how?
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Oookay so *in Chris Schistad's voice* drrrama is going down.
-So Ivory's a shipper suddenly. What do y'all think on it?ð¤
-Is/Should Evelyn get the file herself?ð¤
-What's Aiden hiding?𤫠(oooh mysteriousð)
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