Barbies Are For Losers

Chapter 3 - Stalking

*Natalie's POV*

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"Please, Jolene... It will be just tonight. Pretty please." I am currently begging my best friends with my cutest puppy dog face to come with me to go to a place where I am not allowed to be, we are not allowed to be.

"Fine, just stop pouting. You look like a friggin' platypus." She agreed as she put down her phone on my study table. Finally!

"I will agree to go with you, Nat, if you'll let me drive your BMW M3," Derek let out as he showed his white teeth while smiling like a real jackass.

"Okay, but with one condition too." I agreed with him, and of course, I need their help.

"What's the catch? Just don't ask me to be playing as your boyfriend again, because that won't work. Remember when we did that during our junior high school days? Jeez, I should have known that Brad would transfer to another school when he knew that I am together with the great Nat Porter. And then, after me, you asked Rico to be your acting bf, and then, he lost the chance to take his crush on the prom, and then---" He blabs and I cut him off because I am starting to lose my patience.

"And then, you can shut your mouth now. You don't really have to narrate the things that have happened for the past three years. Because it will take us until next month and we really have to go now." I ranted and he finally lifts his butt from my couch.

"Where are we really heading, Nat?" Jolene asked as she slipped into her leather jacket.

I picked up my keys from my nightstand and tossed them to the asshole who is not paying attention.

"Ow! Why you gotta be so violent, Natalia?" He exclaimed as he rubbed the part of his head that was hit by the keys. Sorry, my keys.

"Bukinson's," I answered Jo's question, and they stared at me like I just wore my bra after my T-shirt.

"Woah! Seriously?" The gay let out and asked for confirmation.

"Do I look like I am kidding?" I replied and their faces turned to something suspicious. I know what's about to come.

"You should have told us earlier. Damn, I should have worn my new crop top." Jo stated and was followed by the raging Derek.

"Yeah, me too." He uttered and we snapped our heads to him.

"Crop top?" I asked him and he just flashed a crocodile smile.

"Eww! You'll look horrifying. Gosh, I don't wanna think about it." Jo retorted and walked out of my room.

She's damn right. Derek in a crop top with his six-pack abs and biceps? That's a f*****g eyesore.

"Well, if it will attract gay men. I mean gorgeous men. Why not?" He stated and Jolene covered her ears while descending the stairs.

"I want you to look like and act like a real man tonight, Dork. Spare your man hunting for some other time." I told him as I locked the door of my room.

"Ugh, don't tell me that you will really want me to be your boyfriend tonight?" He replied and rolled his eyes.

"I told you already. It's not that." I replied and followed him.

"What is it exactly, b***h?" He asked and stopped in his tracks to look at me.

He might have sensed that this is something serious.

"I'll tell you both in the car," I answered, and then, he went to slide down the staircase. What a damn immature asshole!

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"Oh, yes, red baby! Finally, I'm gonna ride you again!" Derek exclaimed in awe as he got the sight of my car.

"Shotgun!" Jo yelled and hurried to the other side of the car.

Alright, let them be, Nat. Just for tonight. It's just for tonight.

"Woohoo, damn!" He exclaimed as he revved the car. Why is this i***t acts like he doesn't own a freaking Ferrari?

"Hey, Nat! Are you coming?" He yelled and accelerated while I am still about to open the backseat. Patience, Natalie. You need them tonight. I'll just kill 'em later.

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"So, let me guess... Are we stalking your Barbie again?" Jo asked and they both turned their heads to me.

"Yep." I answered shortly and popped the 'p' while looking so guilty.

Damn, she shouldn't have to go to that kind of place. This will be the sixth time that we'll be following her to different clubs. That girl really loves to get drunk and whatnot.

"Well, just as I thought," Derek let out and stepped on the gas.

Yep, they have been with me with this GV-patrolling agenda since the beginning, except, Rico was still with us. Too sad that he's already at a university. He'll miss the fun.

"Why don't you just kidnap her and lock her in your room or your basement? In that way, she won't be getting into some wild and crowded places, in which she could be a prey to hungry horny hyenas." Jo suggested and it's just so absurd.

If I could just do that. She doesn't even know that I have a thing for her ever since we met. Damn, she's just so frigging gorgeous. Her name should be Gorgina. Yep, gorgeous Gina. And, that sounds---

"Nattie!! Are you even listening?" Jo yelled in my face while snapping her fingers without a sound and cutting me out from my train of thought.

"What? What are you saying?" I asked and she just rolled her eyes at me.

"I said, you are so f*****g whipped." She let out and I scoffed. Damn, right.

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"We're here," Derek uttered after our ten-minute drive, and he stepped on the brakes and turned off the engine.

"Okay. So, we are looking for a... wait, let me think." I said as I tried to remember if what does Kendra's vehicle looked like.

I actually heard them said that they'll be meeting at the Burke's residence before going here.

"Oh, a blue Lambo Urus," I continued and they tried to peek by the window to look for the car.

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We have been waiting for about fifteen minutes and there is still no sign of those bitches.

"What time is it, Jo?" I asked Jolene who's using small binoculars to spy for something. Where did she get that from?

Geez, we look like a real con group here.

"Five thirty. Why? What time they'll arrive?" She replied and asked as she looked at me with her binoculars.

Can these people with me act like normal human beings? I can not believe I'm dealing with ignoramuses.

"Well... Um, uh... Some... Something like that." I stammered while hesitating and she put down her binoculars to look at me intently.

Well, what I heard is that they'll assemble by six and head here. But that means one hour from their assembly time because of her slowpoke bff's.

"The truth, Natalie." She asked and I just went to peek at the tinted window to avoid her truth-scanning look. This girl is more than an X-ray machine.

"Maybe we're just early," I mumbled and continued searching for a blue car here in the parking lot.

"Or maybe they are just late," Derek said and she rolled her eyes at him.

Her gaze went back to me and crossed her arms on her chest.

"At what time exactly, Natalie Porter?" She asked again and this time, I just know that she's getting pissed. Damn, it really gives me chills when she calls me by my full name.

"Uh, umm. Well... Uh, six." I answered and whispered the last part.

Her face turned to look like there's smoke coming out from her nose and ears. Geez, she's about to explode. And, I looked at Derek who is having a hard time containing his laughter.

"Okay, well, we are here and we have been waiting here already for fifteen minutes, and we still have to wait for another thirty minutes, and that excludes the waiting time if they will be late for prolly an hour or two. We'll be doing great. I'm fine. Very." She enumerated with sarcasm and trying to calm herself by inhaling deeply.

"Sorry for dragging, you guys, in here. I really just uh, damn it. I think I really should stop being a freak and ask her out, or whatever, for the good of everyone. And... if she'll turn me down, I'll just get on a plane and jump without a parachute." I told them and tried to look so gloomy.

They stared at me with a very disturbing and not-really sympathetic look on their faces.

"Yeah, you really should stop this already. But anyway, you will be making my reflection paper in my history class, so, we can do this all the time. No matter how long we stalk and wait for your blondie." Jo let out and changed her mood.

"Yep, and I can drive your lovely and hot red baby whenever we'll have the GV-stalking agenda. Too sad I cannot drive your Veneno. But you should let me." Derek added and tapped the steering wheel of my car.

I just cannot believe these people. Are they my friends or not?

I closed my eyes and leaned on the window. I think it really is time for me to do something about this. Like, seriously make a damn move on her. Fudge it, I feel like an actual f****d up loser right now. Well, ever since, I guess.

"Well, instead of waiting for a miracle to happen, why don't you tell us something interesting about this girl again, Nat," Jo said and I opened my left eye to look at her gleaming face.

"Like what?" I asked as I sat up straight, no, gay. Damn it, I'm so whipped.

These two are not studying in the same academy as me, but they are classmates in a public school. Derek just transferred last year for his senior years, and I am left alone since Rico has already graduated.

"You know, your fantasies about her," Derek answered and the brunette slapped his arm to shut him off.

"Just anything you want to share about anything. Let's just not limit it to your dream girl. Just anything, so that we can kill this boredom." She stated and that is a great idea.

"Uh, well. This... Uh, our... s**t, I actually am---" I started but Derek cut me off.

"Can you talk straight for one time, Nat, when you say something about her? Oh, sorry, I forgot. You are a damn lesbian since birth. Go on, proceed." He uttered and I stared at him with my killing tiny gazes.

"Well, I want to make her the umm... We have this play for our Literature class and we are in one group. We have to perform a quick play about a modern love story or a revised version of Romeo and Juliet. And she wants to be the director, but I want her to have a lead role and---" I stated and the Derekus Interruptus strikes again.

"Let me guess, it's something gay? And you both will be the lead actors and there will be a kissing scene and it will be the start of the happy ending. Aw, that's so sweet and so romantic at the same time. I love it, Nat. You definitely should do that." He stated dreamily and we just stared at him weirdly. What the hell is in the mind of this homosexual?

Jolene turned her gaze back to me and motioned me to continue.

"But she's looking forward to directing it. So, I kinda gave her the challenge to win the essay writing competition about Global Warming in order for her to direct it. But if she'll lose, which I think is not possible, she'll get the lead role." I explained and they kept nodding their heads.

"Maybe I should have just given her directly the lead role. Damn, why am I so stupid? Well, I just hope the odds will be in my favor." I mumbled and I have just thought of that freaking idea. I just got so nervous when I saw her earlier this morning. And, I freaked out, and then, talked bullshits.

"Why? Can you not thwart the result? You are the president of the Environment Club, right?." Jo suggested and that sounds so unfair.

"Nope. I cannot sabotage the result. We have judges and I will not be the only one to compute the scores." I told her and she nodded her head in response.

"But if... Oh, damn." I let out as a perfect idea came into my mind.

I know that she'll probably hate me but I think it will work. Geez, what am I thinking? No, I should not. What if she'll decline? Ugh! I need to think positively.

"Oooh, I kinda like that idea, Nat," Derek said and I looked at him with confusion. Did he just read my mind?

"What is it, Dee?" Jo asked him excitedly and I turned my gaze to her.

He leaned into her ear and whispered something.

These people are creeping the heck out of me.

"Okay. That might work. Just make sure that she won't declare a World War III on you, Nat." She stated and my eyebrows met out of turmoil. What are these people?

"Yeah, but---" I started and as usual, he cut me off. Should I really get rid of this dorkosaur?

"A blue car just parked. Two o'clock, forty degrees northeast." He let out, and we all looked to where he has been staring at and not bothering to follow the direction that he gave.

And, he's right, it is Kendra's car.

It's a miracle. They are earlier than what I have expected.