(5): Nathan's Surprise

"There she is. That's the girl"

Why is this girl pointing at me? And why does she look so familiar? I furrow my eyebrows watching her and Betty gossip about me right in front of my face. Finally they make their way over to me.

"So you live with Kyle now?" Betty asks obnoxiously. And then I remember how I know that girl she's walking with. She's the one who was at our apartment the other day after her adventure with the boy at topic.

"Yes since you decided to be snitch and get us kicked out" I retort "And Kyle was more than willing to give me a place to stay after. I guess I should thank you"

I'm only saying this to spite her because I know she has a huge crush on him.

"Why would Kyle want to live with you of all

people" She sneers looking disgusted at me.

I ignore her, focusing my eye to her little friend "Oh hey Layla. Fancy meeting you again"

I called her Layla on purpose.

"I swear to God!" She screeches grabbing her hair. I did not miss that voice "I know that you know that my name is Lisa, and not fucking Layla"

I snort "Whatever. What do you guys want anyways?"

"Nothing. I just wanted to see if the rumors are true" Betty answers stepping closer to me "And just because you live with him now doesn't mean you have some sort of claim over him, are we clear?"

I roll my eyes "Hate to break it to you sweetheart, but you don't have a claim on him either. Just because he's slept with the both of you. He probably doesn't even remember your name"

She flashes me the middle finger and I pretend to be offended "You won't be his roommate for much longer. I can guarantee you that"

And with that they both walk away. I wonder what she has up her sleeves. She's always up to no good. This other time she tried to break me and Noah up but it obviously didn't work.

"What was that about?" My best friend asks when she finally reaches me. She probably saw the whole thing.

"Those two warning me against Kyle" I answer in a bored tone "Don't they know I have a boyfriend?"

"That's never stopped anyone from hooking up with the infamous Kyle Chambers" She informs me shrugging "Anyways cancel all your plans for tomorrow  cause you're coming with me"

"To?" I raise a brow.

"So Nathan has been going on about how he wants to tell me something but instead he sent an address and said I should go there tomorrow" She says "So as my best friend, it's your duty to come with me incase it's something I won't like"

"What if I don't like it?" I ask skeptically.

"Then we'll both leave"

I bite the inside of my cheeks thoughtfully "I don't know, Kat, why won't he just tell you?"

"I've already tried to get him to. This is the only choice. Come on, please!"

I sigh "Fine fine. Is Noah coming?"

"He says he's busy" She tells me softly, probably knowing I won't take the news well "Sorry. I'll do my best to keep your mind off him"

"Yeah" I trail off.

So the rest of the week went by pretty fast. Kyle and I haven't spoken much since our little conversation the other day, just hi's and by's. Well and the occasional threats of him kicking me out if I do anything stupid. And him reminding me of rule number 2 whenever I try to talk to him, which states that I can't speak to him unless he speaks to me first.

Our 'conversation' yesterday consisted of:

"Why are you using my milk?" He demanded after he had caught me.

I remember almost shitting myself.

I turned around awkwardly "I knocked at your door but you didn't answer. Mine ran out and it's too late to go buy some"

He snatched it away from me roughly "You're so annoying"

Luckily I had already poured enough in my hot chocolate so it wasn't that bad "Sorry"

"Don't be sorry, buy me new milk"

I gaped "What? I only used like a drop"

"So? You still touched it. I don't want you touching my stuff" He snapped annoyed.

I just laughed because he was ridiculous.

"Oh this is funny to you, Chelsea-Anne?" He demanded unamused, arms crossed sternly "I hope it will be just as funny when you have to look for a new apartment"

Seriously?

"Fine. I'll buy your stupid milk" I gave in after realizing that he wasn't kidding around.

"You better" He growled before walking away.

He's insufferable.

Today is Friday and I'm just planning on binging Riverdale on my laptop. I haven't gotten the chance to because of all the assignments I have to do and the studying. I'm just glad to have a break for once.

"Hey, we should have a sleep over" Kat announces excited "Nathan won't be by the dorm so you should come over"

I shrug. I wouldn't mind some time away from Kyle "Sure, but you have to drive me to go get my things first"

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"So what are you gonna wear tomorrow?" Kat shouts from my bedroom. I'm in the bathroom busy packing my toiletries

"I don't know. Jeans and a shirt"

She doesn't say anything and after packing, I make my way to join her. My bag that was empty is now full "I packed for you. Don't you love me?"

"Will I like what you packed?" I raise a brow. I probably won't. Our dressing styles are way too different.

She clutches the bag in her hand "Who cares. But you're not seeing it until we get to mine"

I roll my eye "Whatever. Let's go"

We both get up and as I'm about to exit, I can't bring myself to without informing Kyle that I won't be home. I don't want him to worry or anything even though I seriously doubt he will.

"I'll meet you by the car" I tell Kat and she shrugs before walking out.

I walk to Kyle's room and knock. I know he's home because I saw his keys by the kitchen counter. There is no response and as I'm about to leave, the door is open "What?" He asks impatiently

"Uh, I just wanted to inform you that I'm having a sleep over with Kat"

"So?"

I clear my throat trying to ignore his sharp tone  "Just. I thought it was the right thing to do. You know; to inform you and stuff. I guess I'd also just like to know when you won't be returning and I thought you'd also appreciate it"

He sighs but luckily this time he waited for me to finish. Normally he just interrupts me when I speak too much "Is that all?"

"Yes. Bye now"

"Bye, Chelsea-Anne" He replies and I can't help but smile. That little Chelsea-Anne is seriously growing on me.

****

True to my word, Kat and I spent most of our sleepover catching up on Riverdale. We finished the whole season 2 and are halfway on season 3. I actually don't know what time we slept but I know for sure it was in the AMs.

"Okay, Nathan's thing starts in 2 hours, we should probably get ready" Kat yawns after our second nap of the day. Nap dates with your bestie are the way to go.

I tell her to go first so she takes a shower and when she's done, I do the same. By the time I return to the room, she's already dressed. She's wearing a tight black mini dress and an oversized denim jacket. She looks so damn cute, and she also put on a black cap to complete her look, her brown hair flowing down under it.

"How do I look?" She grins when she sees me.

I can't help but grin back "So yummy"

She claps happily, before finally opening my bag and taking out the outfit she has planned for me. It's my denim skirt that I hardly ever wear, a white crop top that I thought I had lost a long time ago, my black Adidas jacket and my black Vans to match "This is for you, my lady"

It's actually not as bad as I thought it would be.

"Nice doing business with you" I nod as she hands me the bag.

"Okay I'm going to do my make up in the bathroom because these mirrors here are not clear" She informs me as she picks up her make up bag and walks away.

I put on some lotion and deodorant before wearing the outfit she picked out for me. I can't help but grin when I see my reflection. I should think about wearing this skirt more often, it makes my legs and waist look good. I let my hair down with a line in the middle before tucking it behind my ears. I'm not really big on make up so some mascara and lip gloss should do.

Overall I'm happy with how I look. I just hope whatever Nathan has on hand goes well with it.

"Let's go, pretty lady" She smiles taking my hand and we walk out of the dorm room and into her car.

We bump some pop music as we follow the navigations on her screen.

"Okay... this is like almost out of town" I say worriedly as we look through our surroundings "Are you are we're going the right way?"

She points to the screen "Yes. Calm down, it's say we only have 10KMs to go"

"Kat, this place is deserted and it's almost noon" I panic

She ignores me because she's probably also feeling uneasy about this. We drive for a little bit more and then there's some hope because I see a bunch of cars and a lot of people. There is some loud music playing.

"See? We're safe" She breathes looking around "And I see Nathan's car"

"What is this place?" I ask. It's literally in the middle of nowhere. I look carefully to see what I think is a race track. Is it some place people race? Why don't I know about it? And then I look at majority of the cars again and notice that most of them are sports cars.

"I think it's some race track" Kat reads my mind as she parks her car "Why should Nathan invite me here?"

I guess we're about to find out.

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Just a filler. Thanks for reading though 🤗❤️