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"I'm mad because you got the last say, and I'm mad because it was the last thing you ever said" -A.S.
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-At Ken’s apartment that night-
-10:30 pm-
“Hey” Ken heard Brie say
“Hello? You sound pretty chill” Ken commented
“Ironic for you to say, you sound pretty cheerful for someone who should’ve had a bad day” Brie commented sarcastically .
“That probably has something to do with the fact that I didn’t in fact have a bad day, Breonna” Ken said, using her real name to try and annoy her.
“Oh yeah? One good friend you are, I waited all this time for you to call me, stupid of me to think you would be worried for dumb old me” Brie said, her tone slowly turning into a scream.
Her outburst made Ken sit up straight and speak cautiously, “Brie...I’m so sorry, just so much happened today that I couldn’t find the right time to call you”
“You couldn’t find time? I was followed around by f*****g cops and yoU COULDN’T FIND TIME? ARE YOU KIDDING ME KENNETH?” Brie screamed, exasperated
“Brie...Brie, babe, I’m really sorry okay? I am a shitty friend and I hate myself just as much as you do, I’m sorry, I always f**k things up, you mean a lot to me...please try and understand” Ken begged
He was returned with silence from the other side
“Brie...” Ken breathed out
“I-It’s fine, it wasn’t even that big of a deal, I’m sorry for being a drama queen” Brie said, defeated
“Will you tell me about today? I was really worried...” Ken stated, making Brie cringe and say “Uh...yeah sure”
“I think the Universe decided to sanction my wish from like 4 years ago now about wanting to be arrested, I have been in and out of police stations like a criminal for being an innocent waitress” Brie said lightly
“You sound way too nonchalant about this- It worries me even more” Ken dragged out sceptically
“I haven’t done anything wrong, so I shouldn’t be worried right?” She replied nervously
“...can we please start from the beginning?” Ken said with a sigh
“Well...about that-” Brie said with a nervous chuckle and continued “Uhm so on Monday morning, Kelsey Smith, a regular at our café stopped by and as usual I gave her the drink, before I say anything snarky, let me clarify, I had nothing against her personally, sure she was a b***h to anyone who was serving her everyday but I couldn’t care less, I had to see people like her everyday, anyways-”
Ken cut Brie off and said “ Brie, you’re rambling”, ‘is she excited’ Ken thought the latter to himself, thinking back to Brie’s usual antics
“Sorry- I’ll get to the point” Brie said with what sounded like a grin on her face “So I had to give her, her coffee that morning and as usual I walked up to her table and kept the coffee on her table and as I turned to leave, I heard her mention Jane’s name in that freakishly squeaky voice of hers” Brie paused for dramatic effect and Ken couldn’t handle her little tricks and rushed her “Go on!”
“Well I heard her speak about, she said, I’ll quote “What an absolute stuck up caked face b***h Jane is” Brie narrated in disbelief, “Can you believe the audacity of that hoe? She cheated on Jane’s boyfriend and she’s the one calling Jane a b***h?” Brie squeaked in a high pitched tone.
Ken let this register in a little and then asked “How did you know she was the one who that little b***h ex boy cheated on Jane with”
“You don’t remember? You told me you stalked Ben around to see who he cheated with and found Ke-” Brie was cut off again “I know, I remember, but how did you know that she was the one? I didn’t send you a picture or even mention her full name to you” Ken asked, his voice starting to thicken
“W-Well I did a little bit of innocent stalking myself” Brie said “I did some digging and found her i********:, it wasn’t that difficult really, I was pretty surprised to see it was one of our regulars but honestly, not too much, she did always seem like someone who would jump a taken man” Brie explained, trying to sound as nonchalant as possible
“Why-” Ken started to ask but Brie quickly cut him off and said “You know me, I was curious” Jane justified
Ken thought to himself for a while and continued “So then...what happened after that?”
“You see... she then started bitching about you and called you Jane’s “ Little replacement man w***e” and...” she paused
“Well?” Ken urged
“Well then I got mad for a good reason really and like walked up to her table and splashed the contents of the cup on her shirt-”
Ken cut her off again “What the actual f**k Brie?” Ken asked hysterically
“She had absolutely no reason to say that and I got a little too pissed off” Jane said under her breath
“A little? You completely over reacted!” Ken argued
“But-”
“Are you that stupid and I just didn’t know until now? Dear lord” Ken continued
“...I went overboard...I know "Jane said sounding guilty
“Did something happen after that?” Ken said, suspecting something more to have happened
He was met with silence from the other side
“Brie...what did you do” Ken asked, his voice laced with worry and suspicion
Brie slowing started speaking again, in a low whisper “She started cursing at me and slapped me so I...pulled her hair and gave her a death threat”
“BRIE?! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?” Ken shouted, jumping off his bed and striding up and down at the side of his bed
“Well.. Technically, she said she would kill me first...I only repeated it to her in the heat of the moment” Jane said sadly “You believe me right?” she asked desperately
“I don’t know how to feel right now” Ken replied, sounding disappointed
“You know I would never” Jane said, “There’s no way you don’t believe me!”
“You seemed to have done a lot of things that I thought you would never” Ken commented as he sat down on his bed
“Ken...no...” Jane said
“I don’t know what to think of any of this” He stated “I need some time to myself; I’ll call you later...myself” Ken said and just as he was about to disconnect Brie frantically called his name
“Ken! Ken wait, I have something to...uh ask” she said nervously
“Yeah?” Ken asked impatiently as his heart pounded
“Well...I just wanted to ask you if you liked Jane a lot...” she said hesitantly
“What? Yeah, yeah I do, why?” He asked
“Do you like her enough to do anything for her...?” she asked cautiously
“Brie. What are you trying to imply?” Ken asked aggressively
“Nothing- I was jus-”
Ken cut her off and said sarcastically “And shouldn't I be the one asking you that?”
Brie stayed quiet as the thought ‘He knows, he knows, he knows’ played in her head, startled at what he just said
“Good bye Brie” Ken said firmly and disconnected the call.
Brie sat still with the phone still held up at her ear, she knew what that good bye meant.
She whispered under her breath “I only wanted what’s best for you...I love you” as tears started streaming down her face.
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