Bad friend

"HAYDEN.....ARE YOU-oh god, is she even alive?" I could hear the voices like they were a hundred yards away yet right next to my air simutenouesly. My senses picked up on the sounds as I raised to the surface of my conscience and felt them as they bounced off the inner walls of my skull. "Baby, get the water." Water? What water? "Yes ma'am!" I remain still, unsure how to move just yet. I felt like crying. I just wanted a goddamn nap. I don't ask for much, but I all I wanted for was a nap. Oh f**k, I sounded like my seventy-two year old grandmother. My brain pounds as the ground beneath me does the same. What the hell was going o A waterfall of ice is suddenly poured over me. The f*****g freezing water drenches me instantly and I end up choking on some as it infiltrates my throat. I throw myself up instantly, my entire spirit now awake and I blink through wet lashes at my surroundings. My queen bed in the middle of the room was now soaked and s**t, I had just washed the sheets yesterday. I frown, "What the fu-" "You can yell at us later." Penn says as she grabs onto my arm and pulls me out of my bed. My feet stumble over each other as they meet the hard surface of the wooden floor, "We have a flight to catch." "Flight?" I question as I frown at my best friend. She looks at me with a blank expression and realisation hits me, "Oh f**k! The flight!" The next two and a half minutes consisted of Noah throwing clothes at me, me quickly changing and Penn desperately trying to shut my overstuffed suitcase. Oh yeah, I'm definitely going to have to pay for extra weight. f**k me. After realising I had put both my denim high rise shorts and linen camisole on inside out, I quickly change once more and slip my feet into my white worn converse. I quickly got rid of my morning breath with a shot of mouthwash, pulled my wet hair into high pony and sprayed on my deodorant and perfume. Penn quickly locked the front door of our apartment and soon the three of us were sprinting down the concrete stairwell. We were all screaming for some reason and Noah somehow managed to carry all three of our suitcases, belting out the fact that he was superman and we should address him as such. As we stumbled out the front doors of our apartment complex, a yellow Volkswagen turbo screeches to a stop just in front of the curb. I glance to my left at Penn, "Who the f**k let her drive?" "You missed your f*****g scheduled uber so I'm you're only chance of catching that flight, sunshine!" Lilith screams as she winds down the passenger window. "I didn't know who else!" Penn replies back as she pushes on my back and towards the death wagon waiting for us. Noah squeezes all of out luggage into the tiny trunk and then squeezes himself next to me in the backseat. "Penelope, if I die you should just be prepared for an eternity of hell with me." I grumble as I buckle myself on, double checking and then triple checking again. "I wouldn't picture it any different, Hayden." Penn smiles at me over her shoulder, her red hair curling around her face like some type of gorgeous fiery halo. God she was beautiful and it hurt that she doubted that so much. Lucky she had Noah to remind her of that every second. He seriously was so sweet. Noah exclaims and folds his arms, "What about me?!" "Baby, there's no doubt you'll be all the way enjoying your sweet time in heaven." Penn explains as she turns her sweet, precious grin to her boyfriend. Noah quickly unbuckles her seat belt and reaches for the door-handle. "Where is a f*****g puppy? I must kick it!" Noah shouts but just as he tries the handle, it locks and I watch as Lilith slowly lowers her gold tinted glasses over her eyes. Oh s**t, here we go. "Buckle the f**k up. It's going to be a bump ride ladies and gentlemen." Lilith grins before she an evil grin spreads across her face and she presses her foot down on the accelerator, sending all of us back against our seats. There's one reason why we never let Lilith drive, she makes the Indy 500 look like her b***h. That girl cannot tell her left indicator from her right but she can tell the difference between the accelerator and the break; the latter of which she rarely uses. Lilith, Penn and I had all decided to rent together as we were entering our second year at RISD and it was honestly one of the best decisions we've all made. For one, Penn cleans like the amazing mother hen she is and Lilith enjoys cooking for all of us. It took a couple of weeks for Penn and I to convince her to make other food than just edible yellow things, but we got there eventually. It's a four bedroom apartment in a very artsy and friendly neighbourhood. I pay extra to use the fourth bedroom as my art studio and I don't mind it at all. It's right on the corner of the building with large white windows on two walls, allowing as much natural light it. It's got white walls, dark brown wooden floors and no furniture except for my easel, stool and a set of drawers to keep my paints and art supplies in. We all fought tooth and f*****g nail to get that apartment. I think it was Lilith's creepy threat to show up wherever the real estate agent was with her sparkly yellow baseball bat to finally put us in front of the others. God, I love her so much. "These fuckers aren't letting me in!" Lilith screams as she shoves her middle finger out the window and starts beeping. "Lil, you have the wrong indicator on." Penn explains softly as she reaches across and fixes it for her. I wind down the window and poke my head out, staring at the cars in the next lane that were indeed, not letting Lilith change lanes. Penn, who sat in front of me, does the same and soon we were both pleading for the cars to let us in. Penn was shaking her hands together as if in pryer as I put both palms up to stop the cars from moving. "Just wait a f*****g second!" I scream at them, only to be met with the blaring sound of a horn. I blink as I freeze at the intrusive sound. The I point at the driver, "First of all, rude!" "Sir please! Please it'll only take two seconds! Just let us in!" Penn pleads from behind me while I begin arguing with the dude in the car. He then flips me off and speeds up. "No! f**k you!" I scream at him as he passes us. The next was an elderly man who after watching Penn and I plead for a few seconds, sighs and waves his hand. "He's letting us in! Go go go!" Penn exclaim with relief as she pokes here head back into the interior of the vehicle momentarily. I turn back to the kind driver and begin thanking the old man along with Penn. When Lilith was finally in the lane, narrowly missing the bumper of the car in front, Penn and I relax back into our seats. And to think, this was a usual occurence whenever Lilith drives. Hence why we never let her f*****g drive. Lilith does have the uncanny ability of getting us from point A to point B faster than the speed of light without a speeding ticket. So I guess her taking us to the airport was a good option. Otherwise my cousin would be storming up here and dragging me back to San Diego by my f*****g teeth if I missed his 21st birthday. Which is the entire reason why we're all heading back down to Holden Bay for the next three months of summer. David and Mom have kindly let us crash at their house again, just like when we had visited for their wedding. We're staying the extra two months because A; Spencer is basically making us and B; it'll be good for all of us to get the gang back together and hang out again. We haven't done that since Caldwell. Eventually we get to the airport and miraculously outside the right terminal. Noah begins pulling our suitcases out of the trunk so fast that he broke the handle on Penn's floral luggage. Penn was busy checking our plane tickets as Lilith rounds the car, unaware to the build up of cars behind her that were beeping like there was no damn tomorrow. "Hug me." Lilith beckons us towards her as Penn and I step forward. We wrap our arms around each other and Lilith squeezes tightly, "I'm going to miss you guys so much!" "We're only gone for three months, Lilith." I mutter in her ear as we all step back from the hug. "You better post some pictures of you guys having the best time so I can live vicariously through you from my bed." Lilith grins like she was incredibly impressed with her genius idea. We had asked Lilith if she wanted to come with us but she said, and I quote I hate the sand...and the sun...and humans'. She would be such great friends with Levi. Aww, Levi. I miss that adorable sociopath so much. Last time I saw him was when he and Vera came to Rhode Island for spring break. Not sure why we decided to stay for spring break but it was honestly just the best. We had countless movie marathons, water-fights in the park with five year-olds, bike rides and so much more. Lilith wasn't there unfortunately because her family dog died and she was creepily eager to go back home and see it. "Please don't get Eddie into a car accident on the way home." I smile at Lilith as I squeeze her hand softly, referring to her vintage vehicle that has seen more car accidents than the cars from The Fast and Furious films. "Are you kidding? I have no plans for the rest of the day, it was on my to-do list." Lilith pouts as I roll my eyes at her. Of course it was. "I'll send you pictures of the cute ambulance lady. You know the one who slipped me her number last time I crashed." "We remember." Penn laughs before Noah begins complaining that we were missing the plane while looking at his bare wrist as if there was suppose to be a watch wrapped around it. We quickly say our goodbyes to Lilith before we check in our suitcases and high tail it to our gate. I had deja vu as we were sprinting past the families, Noah now belting out the national anthem of France which I had no clue he knew. My heart squeezes painfully as the memory washes over me like a wave. I shake my head as if shaking the pain away and focus on where I was running to. As we reach our gate, we all notice it was completely empty. Only the few figures of cleaners who were busy vaccuming the floors were there. Noah collapses on the desk and points a stern finger at the terrified flight attendant behind it. "Turn....that...plane....around." Noah breathes heavily as he struggles to keep himself up right while leaning on the desk, "I will not rest until my butt is on the seat of the plane " Penn pulls on Noah's shoulders, "Babe-" "No." Noah shrugs her grip off as he continues, "You see this beautiful toosh," He then proceeds to slap his own bottom, "It will be on the seat of that plane. I will stand hear until my last-" Now I could see why Penn was trying to stop Noah. I tug on his shoulder this time, "Noah, it's " He shrugs my grip off two and straightens his spine, towering over the poor girl, "Until my last dying breath, until you call the pilot and get him to turn the plane around. I. WILL. NOT. REST!" Noah then proceeds to dramatically slam his hand on the ground. "Sir," The absolutely petrified lady breathes shakily as she looks up at him from under her eyelashes, "The aircraft is still attached to the jet bridge. It's still in the process of boarding." "Oh." Noah breathes as he stands back. Penn and I both glance at each other and slap our hands over our faces. "Well...you have a lovely day." Noah slowly pushes off from the desk and begins to awkwardly walk towards the jet bridge with Penn and I giggling behind him as we follow. Eventually we make it onto the plane and into our seats. Noah was extremely excited when he found out he was getting the window seat and happily sat down into the chair like the adorable child he is. I can't believe I've known him for almost three years now and he still amazes me to this day. "Okay, no one is telling Chase what just happened back there, ok?" Noah tells both of us as I continue to place our bags into the overhead locker. Penn's head snaps to Noah instantly as he shrugs, "What I just meant that I didn't want Chase to loose the manly image he has of me?" I scoff as I continue to shove the bags in, well aware that a cranky old lady was glaring at me as if that's going to make me go any f*****g faster, "No one has that image of you, Noah." "Chase does." Noah narrows his eyes as Penn slaps his arm. "Ow! What is your problem Penelope, I was just Oh f**k! I said the C word three times!" Noah slaps a hand over his mouth as Penn chuckles nervously and looks up at me. I roll my eyes at the pair, "Guys, just because you mentioned his name doesn't mean I'm going to burst into a spiral of uncontrollable tears and ugly sobs...again." "We were just taking precautions." Penn shrugs innocently as I take my seat on the aisle, letting the elderly lady move past but not without giving me a scowl. I just grin sweetly at her. I'm brought back to the conversation a Penn wraps her hand around mine, "We care about you Hayden and we care about Chase "Yeah! I was the captain of that ship and now it's gone up in flames." Noah pouts at me and I can't help but giggle at his cuteness, remembering that he had bought a captain hat and everything. "Not helping, baby." Penn shakes her head at her boyfriend before turning back to me, "Are you sure that you and Chase spending three months together in the same house is a good idea?" "Of course it is. Chase wasn't just my boyfriend, he was your friend too. And besides, we broke up six months ago, I'm completely over it." I exclaim, feeling the vomit slowly climb up my throat. I smile and swallow to keep it down as Penn gives me the epitome of what an unconvinced expression would look like, "I'm fine, Penelope. I just want to enjoy my summer by the beach and without any drama." Without. Any. Drama...... Famous f*****g last words. authors note aaaaaaaaaannnnnndddd.... we're back! hello everyone! i hope you all of you guys had a spectacular christmas and new years. i know i did. the fact that i blacked out for nineteen hours and woke up in my boyfriend's bathtub with a road sign and swimming in twelve packets of chicken nuggets is proof of that. s**t, maybe i am like hayden? anyway, it's official. #chayden is no more. i know you guys want to kill me, trust me, my liver does too. but that's showbiz baby, it adds just so much more drama, and spiciness and tea. spectacular christmas and new years. i know i did. the fact that i blacked out for nineteen hours and woke up in my boyfriend's bathtub with a road sign and swimming in twelve packets of chicken nuggets is proof of that. s**t, maybe i am like hayden? anyway, it's official #chayden is no more. i know you guys want to kill me, trust me, my liver does too. but that's showbiz baby. it adds just so much more drama, and spiciness and tea. there's so much more s**t to hit the fan, more craziness, and more levi being levi. yes, i know you guys i missed him and i've missed him like crazy, he's like my sunflower child that i want to hold and protect. i also got a new title font! not that you guys noticed but i literally spent hours searching for one that went with the bullshit aesthetic that is my writing so now the word 'chapter' doesn't even look english to me anymore. i hope you guys are just as excited for this journey through my very first sequel with me! let me know what you though about this plot twist and what else you guys want to see because you guys inspire more than you know! let's get this s**t started.