way out of your league

Frenemies

Judah's POV

I was surprised to see Natalie in my apartment cause she never agreed to stay with me,she preferred having her own place plus she rarely visits me which is very frustrating by the way. Natalie's stated clearly that her reason for visiting was because of Julia and that was a bit strange cause they are house mates.I shrugged it off thinking it was because Julia had been here for a while and they needed to talk but I wondered why she didn't call her directly. When Natalie arrived and started talking I was curious to know what happened but I kept shut so they could settle their differences and so I'm not the cause of each party having resentment.Before Natalie left I informed her Julia was my girlfriend and she was cool with it but I still wanted to talk to her privately.I guess I'll just have to pay her a visit this weekend.

When Natalie left I turned to Julia and asked "Juls what went down between you and my sister" she was quiet for some seconds then she said "while I was quarrelling with Cathy she interfered and I felt like she was supporting her over me,I was hurt and angry so I used some hurtful words on her" "Natalie would never do that, but what exactly did you say cause Natalie would normally ignore it knowing you were with me but she came here just to clear things so I'm guessing this is big" I replied "Cathy is the cause of all these and i've been apologizing to Natalie all day,she won't even pick my call" she said "what did you say Juls"I asked "I kind of implied that she being a bad friend is why everyone was leaving her but I apologized immediately" Julia said,I was stunned and then mad at her.

"Why would you say that,I thought you guys were friends, don't you have any idea of what she is going through, I can't believe you Julia" I said pissed "Cathy is the cause of all this,and now she is making us quarrel" Julia said sobbing "No Cathy isn't the reason we are quarrelling right now,you are.And Julia please for the sake of peace, stop calling her cathy,I know she won't like that,she tolerates Natalie, Joy and Dre calling her that cause we grew up together, even Hansel won't dare say that,so please stop"I said pulling Juls into my arms.I was very grateful Natalie had sorted things out cause this would have been so messed up, one was my sister and the other my girlfriend.

The next morning hansel called and Julia picked "hello hansel"she said and after a while she was smiling and she said "ok let me give him the phone now" she passed the phone "hey dude" I said "congrats man and so you know we are heading to the bar this evening to cheer Andre up are you joining us"he asked "sure" I said "which bar" "Nomad bar"he said and I nodded, we were all meeting there by seven pm so I had time to get other things done but I was surprised to know Natalie knew all along but didn't inform me.I tried calling her but I couldn't get to her.

That evening I drove down to the bar with Julia who spend a lot of time getting ready while I laughed cause I wondered what the fuss was about.We were the last to arrive and I noticed Cathy and Natalie dancing with Andre obviously cheering him up while he laughed.I moved towards our booth greeting Hansel "hey man" I said shaking hands with him "was Nathan invited cause I don't see him around" I asked "Yes he was and Andre made him agree to coming few minutes ago when he arrived and didn't find him" Hansel said soon the girls were back with Andre "hey Jude" Cathy and Natalie said as they sat down "hello Julia" they also said and julia smiled "hey babes"Julia replied and I was relieved,soon Cathy said whose up for shots and we all agreed so we took shots and then Cathy and Andre went back to dancing "why is she all over him"Julia asked,"we go way back Juls, that's harmless" I said "if you say so" Julia replied and soon Cathy was back then Natalie pulled Andre to dance,soon she switched with Joy.when Andre came back he said "Guys i'm being ganged up on, help!" and we all laughed.

"Guys I want to officially say Judah and I are finally together as in dating" Juls said and everyone said "congrats" to us I pulled aside Natalie asking her "why did you not inform me of this the last time you were at my place" "cause I wanted to keep Julia and Cathy apart, their spat ain't funny but Hansel ruined that"she said and I nodded pecking her while she smiled,then she began jumping and calling Cathy "Cathy,cathy the hot man from the bar the other day"she said "Are you serious" Cathy said turning to look,"yea that him,i'll be back guys" Cathy said walking past me,I was so irritated so I pulled Juls and we were dancing after a while Cathy was back and Juls said "hey Cathy I never knew you were into older men,are you sure he isn't married" "he is divorced Julia" Natalie said "Didn't I warn you never to call me Cathy again after our last row or are you naturally dumb.Cause if you want to get a raise from me you could just say so and I'll make sure whenever there is an outing one of us won't be invited"Cathy said "And who do you think wouldn't be invited,I mean I am Judah's girlfriend so I'm sure to be invited but who are you" Juls asked "well i'm his childhood friend, and friends with most people here way before they knew someone like you existed,but you don't see me trying to flaunt that now do you, your insecurity is your problem so for the sake of peace stay away from me Julia" Cathy said.

"You forgot to add you were his friend and f**k buddy,he never even asked you out but I am his first ever girlfriend ouch, stay away from my man" Juls said "please would the two of you just stop" I said as Nathan walked in,with his eyes on Natalie who was very uncomfortable what's up with these two "like I said,you were also his f**k buddy too,someone he was using to get over me,I guess it time for a little promotion for you cause you have been working really hard for this if you know what I mean, besides it isn't easy f*****g him and your supposed ex simultaneously while you try to see which one would choose you" Cathy replied "Did you break up with that prep boy" Nathan asked cathy "Yea I did" Cathy replied "Good cause he was a douche,what did I miss" Nathan asked "Nothing much just that Judah and Julia are now dating,plus Nora and I broke up" Andre said.

"Ok,I thought this was just a fling" Nathan asked Judah "we became some thing more" Julia said and Nathan laughed before saying "ok congrats and good luck with that" "Yo dude chill out these girls have their claws out, it's a bad move to be in the mix" Hansel told Nathan "ok" Nathan replied "You are just pissed he is with me" Julia said but was cut off by me "Juls dont even start this again, this is totally unnecessary,you didn't have to say this" I said "but she started it" Julia replied and I pulled her away from the bar calling it a night.I guess Natalie was right about trying to keep Julia and Cathy away from each other, I wondered what was making Julia act this way.she used to be cool and confident I thought as I drove home.

"I can't believe Nathan won't even support me,but why would he when you didn't have my back there" Juls said as we got home "don't start Juls I really want to believe that didn't happen" I said but she continued "she is so annoying that Cathy girl" Juls said "I warned you never to call her that didn't I,now look what happened, would you even listen to me at all,this is so frustrating, did you think I liked seeing you quarrelling in public, you are my girlfriend for f**k sake" I said fuming,I paused to calm myself down and then I went to bed.

I hope Cathy leaves for Washington DC soon cause Juls is really set off by her and i'm getting tired of the fighting.