Chapter 7
1220 Words
Pedia's POV
I could hear that they were coming closer because their voices got louder. I turned around so that my back was facing them when they came in. I went on i********: to make it look like I was doing something and wasn't scared about who was behind the door not too long ago.
"I know. I fell in love with it when I first opened the door." Sky replied.
"I wish I had an apartment," Taylor says.
I wish I had a better life.
"Ask your parents if they could get you one," Sky said.
"I live with my brother. He doesn't want me moving out because he thinks that it's too dangerous for a person like me to be living by myself."
They entered the living room, and suddenly, it became quiet.
After a few seconds, I turned around so that I was now facing them.
"Hey, Taylor," I said with a smile.
"Pedia, what happened to you? Why do you have crunches? I swear yesterday you were not on the or I not seeing properly?" He asked while walking towards me.
"No, I got them this morning," I said.
"So why do you need crutches?" He asked.
"Parents," I said, looking down.
"Did they think that you were a thief or something like that?" he asked.
"Nope, they did it because I was in the kitchen; I said back from work," I said, looking down.
"Oh, that's something else."
"Can I hug you?"
"Please don't tell anyone else what I told you. Yes, you can. I'm not like glass, I'm not going to break." He walked up towards me and pulled me into a loving hug. I felt safe in his arms. I felt at home, protected and loved.
"I won't tell anyone." He replied in my ear.
"Guys, that was sweet and all, but please don't ever do that in front of my eyes. I think I'm going to throw up my tea." Sky said with a disgusted look on her face.
Here she goes acting jealous once again.
"What a way to ruin a good moment," I said.
"I'm with you on that one." He unwraps his arms from me.
"Guys, I'm hungry. Let's go out for lunch," Sky said.
"Ight bet." I grabbed my crutches and hopped off the stool, and made my way over to the room I slept in. I changed into black jeans, a white top, white Vans, and a pink jersey and tied my hair in a messy ponytail.
I took the band-aid that was on, and I got a new one and put it on my leg.
I made my way back to the living room, and Sky had changed to white jeans and a red swimsuit top and had red wedges; her hair was still in a messy bun.
"Shotgun." Sky screamed.
"How about we leave one car at Taylor's house and use his one." Sky said as we walked to the front door, and Taylor nodded. So I went with Taylor in his car.
After a couple of minutes, Taylor starts driving, and Sky follows him.
"Sky gives me a bad vibe," he said.
"She's been acting differently since yesterday," I said.
"It's like she hates me or something."
"Because you are not giving her attention."
That was one thing I hated about our friendship. If she didn't get attention, she got all rude and had an attitude for no reason.
"When we hugged, did you see the way she was looking at us, as it was as if she was disgusted," he said, pulling into his driveway.
"I know; I don't know what her deal is," I say as he parks at the front and sky parks and starts walking to his car while texting someone.
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Right now, we are seated at a fancy restaurant and are just chatting about random things. Then, Taylor's phone starts ringing, and he excuses himself for taking the call. After a couple of minutes, he returns and apologies.
He is so sweet; he's so cute.
"Hello, are you guys ready to take your orders?" A waiter asks. Taylor looks at Sky and me, and we both nod our heads.
"Yeah, we are," Taylor says.
"What would you guys like to have first?" The waiter asked.
"Can I have a beef and onion pizza and chicken Caesar salad with s*x on the beach for a drink?" Sky asked.
"Can I have a beef burger with a lemon and lime bitter?" I asked.
"Can I have a chicken schnitzel and a margarita drink?" Taylor asked.
"Sure meals will be ready shortly." With that, he walked away with our orders.
The food arrived a couple of minutes later, and we began eating. We made jokes about bizarre things. When I say strange things, I mean weird.
"Guys, am I weird that I watch pimple popping videos when I am bored? Like as nasty as that sounds, that s**t is so cool." I said with a smile on my face, and they both gave me a disgusted look, and I rolled my eyes.
"Girl, it is nasty; right now your nasty nasty." Sky said, and we all laughed.
"But I kind of get what you are talking about, but I would never do that if I'm bored, you know. I just watch real crime stuff like murder shows and stuff." Sky said, and I can agree with her.
She was the one who put me on Criminal Minds, and I can never go back.
"Have you watched Money Heist?" Taylor asked.
"Omg no, but I have heard about it and how good it is," I said.
"Girl, you are missing out. Omg, we need to get you on that s**t ASAP." Skylar said, and Taylor agreed with her.
"How about we start tonight if y'all aren't busy," I said.
"Sounds like a date night to me, honey," Taylor said and winked at me, and I laughed, and Sky rolled her eyes.
It was nice to have a friend's day out without having to look over my shoulder and without me needing to be home at a particular time.
It felt good to be carefree. But, unfortunately, the last time I was carefree was probably when my mother was still alive. The thought of my mother nearly brought tears to my eyes, but I had to stay strong.
I didn't want people calling me strange because I was crying out of nowhere.
I wiped my eyes to make sure that no tears had escaped and went back to eating my food and talking. We talked about everything. It didn't matter if we were eating food or not; we just talked like teenagers who were on something they shouldn't be on.
"Are we sharing the bill?" I asked.
"Fine." Sky said, rolling her eyes, and she went up and paid for her things.
"Something is up in her ass," I said, grabbing my phone and taking my card.
"It's okay; I can pay for myself," I said.
"This is my treat. How about you pay for my food another day?" He said, and I just nodded my head.
Sky gave me a weird look after Taylor paid for our food, and I just ignored it.
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