7

Myria POV

The next two weeks went by faster than I had imagined. I worked every day for more than 10 hours and it seemed as if I did nothing else. My days were tough, all day long I had to put up with Alba's whims, who treated me as if I was her slave. Her disdain was unbearable, sometimes I wanted to scream at her or tell her to fuck off, but I managed to hold back. Breathe and smile. I have it engraved in my heart. I know it bothers her that I treat her politely and always smile at her, I can see it in her eyes. Anyway, that's all I can do, she's got the upper hand and she takes every opportunity to let me know it.

In the end we had decided to contact several famous streamers and Elena was one of them. Alba finally appreciated the work she was doing, keeping more than 15,000 viewers tuned in for hours every day and recognized that she was the perfect person for the project. Rosa, who was the head of the Image department, had contacted Elena for a meeting to explain what her job would entail, although I had already told her about it.

This Saturday morning I've decided to do nothing, I'm not going to leave my room all day. I need to rest and spend a day with my cats, who have been abandoned. I've been with them all day, playing and cuddling them. Leo and Pepe Lee don't leave my side, they have missed me a lot. The female cats, who are traitors, finally decided to go to sleep in Elena's room. By the way, she left this morning for the meeting with Rosa and still hasn't returned. In the end, with Leo and Pepe Lee in my arms purring, I ended up sleeping all afternoon.

--

When I woke up it was late, Elena had already gone home.

MYRIA: Morning.

ELENA: Morning... -she giggles. -It's 8 pm, you lazy bum.

MYRIA: Wow, you don't know how I needed a restorative nap. It's been soooo nice...

ELENA: You're actually looking pretty good compared to the rest of the week.

MYRIA: I dreamt that I put Alba in her place. Then I got a job at a rival company and put her out of her misery. -I sigh. -I hate that I woke up.

Elena laughs.

ELENA: So that's your new fantasy?

MYRIA: How was the meeting with Rosa?

ELENA: Ah, that's what I want to talk about.

She looks at me annoyed.

MYRIA: What?

ELENA: Why didn't you tell me she was so beautiful? I would have dressed up a lot more, I went as if I was going to meet an old lady and I met a goddess.

'Rosa? Is she beautiful?'

MYRIA: Rosa? Did you like her?

ELENA: How could I not like her? Have you seen her?

I actually didn't realize she was pretty. She's tall, slim and blonde, she's fine. I think I always see her next to Alba, I guess I'm concentrating all my anger on her and I don't notice the people around her.

MYRIA: I hadn't really thought about it.

ELENA: That's because you're obsessed with Alba and you don't know what's going on around you.

MYRIA: It's just insufferable, really. If you were in my situation, you'd understand, all day long, pretending to...

ELENA: Stop it. Myria, don't start. Weekend, unwind.

MYRIA: Agh, you're right, just don't bring it up, that's enough. Tell me about it. The meeting.

ELENA: Well, it went pretty well. We were talking about work, she told me that she saw my stream and that she liked it a lot. And in the end I accepted the job, we're going to be colleagues, sort of.

I was really happy for her, Hevia Company was going to pay her really well for the drinks promotion, and I was going to make sure everything was perfect.

MYRIA: Wow, I'm really happy for you, Elena...

I hugged her tightly.

ELENA: Oh, get off, don't be clingy.

I laughed.

MYRIA: Come on, we're going out to dinner tonight in celebration.

ELENA: Dinner? You're taking me out to dinner?

MYRIA: I told you that as soon as I got a job I'd take you out to restaurants.

ELENA: But you haven't been paid yet.

MYRIA: No, you're inviting me today.

She rolls her eyes.

ELENA: Tonight we have plans. I talked to Arancha and Noelia yesterday and we're going out for drinks afterwards.

MYRIA: Wow... I don't know if I'll go, I'm really tired from the whole week.

ELENA: You've had a nap of hours, I don't even want to know how many.

MYRIA: Yeah... but I don't know...

ELENA: I asked Rosa if she wanted to come.

MYRIA: Oh... wow. You're really going for that girl.

Elena blushed a little.

ELENA: Shut up, you idiot.

I teased her for a while and in the end, of course, she convinced me to go out. I love hanging out with them, plus Isabel was coming tonight and nights with her are always great. Isabel was the out-of-date friend that everyone should have. She was a bit of a free spirit and didn't always join us. She had a lot of contacts, she was friends with oil magnates, members of the mafia, she had hooked up with a lot of famous people... A night with her you can start it at home and the next morning wake up in another country, without remembering anything about the previous night, but with the feeling that it was legendary.

--

ARANCHA: Kiss me, Myria.

We had been drinking for a while and Arancha was starting to get clingy as usual. We were sitting on the sofas of our favourite disco and Arancha was trying to stick to me uncontrollably.

MYRIA: Let go, give it to Noelia.

Arancha was giggling and kept trying to kiss me while I was struggling to get her off me.

NOELIA: Girls, I have an idea, let's play a game.

'I'm scared.'

Arancha focused her attention on her and finally left me alone.

ARANCHA: What?

Noelia smiled and took one of the ices out of her glass.

NOELIA: Let's pass the ice from our mouths to each other.

Arancha and Noelia started giggling as if it was the funniest thing in the world. The rest of us looked at them condescendingly.

ELENA: What are we, 12 years old?

ISABEL: I'll pass.

MYRIA: Me too.

NOELIA: Come on, a little. -She popped an ice cube in her mouth and started to approach Arancha, who looked delighted.

The rest of us laughed at them as we continued drinking.

ISABEL: Well, time to dance.

ELENA: I'll stay here, I'm waiting for someone.

Elena had been texting Rosa all night, who was apparently coming over in a little while, she looked nervous, she was adorable.

MYRIA: Well, be nice and take care of the girls.

I pointed to Arancha and Noelia who were still fooling around. They had dropped the ice on their skirts and were crying with laughter trying to catch it with their mouths in a kind of game they thought was sexy but from the outside it was quite embarrassing.

I went to the dance floor with Isabel.

Alba POV

Rosa has been trying all night to convince us to go with her to the disco where Elena was, and I'd rather get killed.

ALBA: It's uncomfortable for me, I'm sure Myria is there.

ALICIA: I don't really care.

ROSA: Come on girls... I told her I'd go. Besides, she told me she was going out with several friends, plural. So you can ignore Myria if you want.

ALBA: I'd rather go home and rest.

ALICIA: Well, it's up to you.

ROSA: Alba, don't be boring, pleaseee.

She gave me her little teary eyes that she gets everything with.

ALBA: All right... but at least let me have a drink first, because I refuse sober.

After a couple of drinks we went to the disco where Elena was. The music in the place was great, I don't know why we never come here. Elena was sitting on a sofa with two girls lying next to her doing weird things. No sign of Myria, maybe she hadn't come. Thank goodness...

We introduced ourselves and sat down with them. Elena and Rosa looked at each other shyly and I chuckled to myself.

Elena got up to get us drinks and we stayed with Noelia and Arancha, the girls on the sofa. Noelia got a little closer to me... more than was appropriate for a stranger.

NOELIA: You're Myria's boss.

ALBA: Yeah...

NOELIA: You're pretty.

She smiled flirtatiously at me.

ALBA: Thank you... - I pulled away as best I could and looked at Rosa for help, but she was ignoring me, her eyes fixed on the bar where Elena was ordering drinks.

'It's going to be a long night.'

NOELIA: Do you guys want to play ice with us? These idiots didn't join us.

ARANCHA: Noelia, don't scare her away, you just met her.

ALICIA: Hey, I'm in.

Alicia went over to them and they laughed loudly. The three of them started passing the ice to each other while cracking up as if what they were doing was hilarious.

'What are you doing, Alicia?'

I felt a bit out of place. Rosa was looking at Elena as if hypnotised and Alicia and the others were in their own world. I was the third wheel in a group of six.

'Sixth wheel? I need another drink now, I can only get rid of this feeling with alcohol.'

Luckily, Elena arrived with our drink and I drank it almost in one gulp, I need to distract myself.

ELENA: Wow, that's the attitude.

Arancha, Alicia and Noelia giggled.

ALBA: Why don't we go dancing?

ELENA: Yeah, let's.

We all got up and went to the dance floor. The music was great, I started to dance there alone without thinking about anything, I felt hot from the alcohol that was already getting to me and I started to enjoy the night. Noelia, Arancha and Alicia were fooling around and Elena and Rosa were dancing and giggling. I joined them. The music was loud and I had to get close to Elena's ear to talk to her.

ALBA: I love the music.

ELENA: Yeah, we always come here, it's the best.

I kept dancing in the middle of the dance floor, twirling around and laughing.

Then I saw her.

Myria.

She was there dancing with a girl and I was petrified for a moment. I don't know if it was the alcohol or what, but I just stared at the way she was dancing, the way she was moving. It was hypnotic. She was surrounded by a lot of people but she was dancing so well that I couldn't see anyone else. She was wearing a tight black dress that showed her legs, I thought they were the longest legs in the world.

Luckily Rosa brought me out of my daydream.

ROSA: Let's get another drink.

ALBA: Yes, please.

After ordering a drink we went back to the sofas and a couple of songs in, Myria and the girl she was dancing with showed up. She looked at me with surprise and I made a disgusted face.

'Just when I was starting to have a good time, she shows up.'

Myria's friend introduced herself as Isabel. Isn't that the girl who was with a bunch of celebrities?

MYRIA: What a nice surprise, Miss Hevia.

She was being sarcastic again, I hate it when she uses that tone, I'd slap the smirk off her face.

I decide to ignore her, and as Rosa is gawking at Elena and doesn't even look at me, the only way out I can find not to get into an argument with Myria is to turn to Alicia, but when I turn to her I find her biting Arancha's neck?

'Alicia, WTF?'

As I don't want to interrupt them, I turn to Noelia, who was sitting next to me.

What do I say to this girl?

ALBA: What are you drinking, I've never seen a pink beer before.

NOELIA: It's Coronita with grenadine, do you wanna try?

ALBA: Uh... no, never mind.

I didn't feel like drinking from her bottle, she might think I want to make out with her.

ISABEL: Well girls, now that we've all had a bit to drink, the real night begins. Are you ready?

Arancha, Alicia and Noelia clapped their hands in excitement and they all burst out laughing.

--

'Where am I? What happened?'

I wake up in my underwear on the sofa in my house. I have no idea how I got here. I look around.

'Where are my clothes?'

Noelia, Alicia and Arancha are sleeping on the floor in each other's arms. Myria is in the armchair next to me and the others I have no idea where they are.

'Have we had an orgy?'

I retch and have to run to the bathroom.

'No. No. No. No.'

After brushing my teeth I see that Elena and Rosa are sleeping together in my bed. Rosa? I'm petrified.

I'm Alba Hevia. I am Alba Hevia. I'm the heiress of Hevia Company. I'm a serious person, sometimes I go out, sometimes I drink, but I don't do these things. I don't do orgies. I've been drugged, there can be no other explanation, I don't remember anything. From the moment we left the disco everything became blurred. We were in a garden? I remember, a fountain? My underwear is wet, I think we bathed in a fountain, I can't remember anything, I can't get past that.

I get to the kitchen and find Isabel eating avocado toast for breakfast. She looks at me amused.

ISABEL: Morning.

ALBA: What happened? I don't remember anything

She chuckles.

ISABEL: You don't know how to drink.

ALBA: Seriously, what happened last night? It's all a blur.

ISABEL: Don't look at me, I don't remember half the nights I go out.

I snort nervously.

ISABEL: Hey, relax. It's no big deal. We went to a party at a friend's house. We drank there, took a dip in the fountain and I think we got kicked out. Then I don't know. Is this your house?

ALBA: Yeah.

ISABEL: Not bad.

She continued eating her toast. I went to the living room to wake up the girls.

ARANCHA: Ohh... good morning.

Noelia and Alicia hugged each other as they woke up.

Myria woke up confused. I was still in my underwear and when I looked at her she was staring at my body, her eyes darkened. What was the meaning of that face, why didn't I get dressed before waking them up? I blushed and tried to cover myself with my hands.

'God, stop looking at me'.

ALBA: Come on, wake up. I'm going to get some clothes on. Yours must be somewhere lying around.

I went to my bedroom and got something from the wardrobe. I woke up Rosa and Elena who looked around in confusion and blushed.

'At least I'm not the only one who woke up and didn't understand anything.'