Josette Marshall

It's 12:30 a.m. Audreya is still not home. I don't care how famous this Freya designer is, but when the day comes and I finally meet her, she'll wish to never meet me again. I mean, who makes their employees work at this hour?

I slept while reading but thank god I didn't drool all over my book. I went to the washroom and hopped onto my bed, kept the book aside, and tried to sleep again. But, well how could anything in my life happen the way it is supposed to happen? Guess it's the evening coffee hitting now- bad timing. I want to go out, I should go out. I'm going out.

I wore a black hoodie with grey sweatpants and white sneakers. Grabbed my phone, locked the door and I was good to go. I was running down the block when I thought a car was following me. I mean it at least slowed down a little when it came near me. But I guess it was just my illusion because it would've stopped if there was some kind of freak checking me out.

After jogging for a whole 10 minutes, I decided to go back home. I wasn't exactly sleepy so I scrolled through my phone for a bit.

I tried calling Audreya. It was too much now. It was 1:30 a.m. She didn't pick up. She texted me instead-

-"I'm on my way back. Be there in 10 minutes."

"I'm waiting."

-"Why didn't you sleep?"

"Why are you texting and driving?"

She's so dead and that bitch Freya too. Just let me meet her once and she'll wish she never would've met me.

After 10 minutes, the door unlocked slowly, I was in my room, and already knew it was Audreya. She wears extremely strong perfume which can be smelled from miles away. She's trying not to make a single sound while locking the back door. I lead over the door frame with hands crossed over my chest. She turned and of course, got scared.

"Jesus, Jo. Are you a freaking ghost?!" she said, mockingly. "I'm not buying your bullshit. So, tell me the truth, where the hell were you?" I asked in a bold voice.

"That bitch Freya can never let me live, not even a little. I hate her!!!" she said. I was just staring at her blankly, without any extra emotions. She knew I was mad, anyone could've known. "C'mon, I'm sorry. I won't do it again, I promise."

"Yeah, got you're sorry already," I said, pointing towards the empty dishes. I ate it all because it was delicious. Can't resist grilled chicken! "Whenever I'll meet Freya, she's dead. I'm telling you that in advance." I said and went to my room. She was tired, so she changed and went to bed too. I could hear her snoring from my room. Our room is next to each other but I never heard her snoring before, until today. She's really tired. She's not a night person and gets mad at me whenever sees me reading late at night. I hate to see her exerting so much.

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(Next day) 

Me and Audreya got ready, had our breakfast, packed our lunches, and left for the campus. Evelyn texted us that she'd meet us in the cafeteria.

We reached there probably like in 15 minutes. We were walking straight to the cafeteria because that's where we were supposed to meet Evelyn, right? But then Audreya had to use the restroom. Her timing is really bad. We went inside and saw a bunch of girls making fun of someone inside one of those stalls. Audreya went inside for one pee-pee session of hers. I was standing in front of the mirror. I was thinking of texting Evelyn that we were in the washroom, instead, I called her.

Wait, it's her ringtone coming from the very toilet those girls were⎼ It's her! She's inside!

"Move aside!"-I shouted at one of the girls and ran to the very stall I could hear the sniffing in.

"Evelyn? Is it you? Are you in there?"- I asked, very politely. Audreya came out realising its Evelyn inside.  "Jo? Is it?" she said, confirming it was me and it was of course. I cut her sentence in between and said-"yes". As soon as I told her it was me, she came out.

Those girls were still bitching and laughing at her.

"Hey! Do you have some problem?" I asked them all collectively and absolutely not in a polite manner.

"Do you even know who we are!?" she said probably in a way to threaten me but I'm not a fucking coward who can't even help her friends in need.

"I don't fucking care who you are, but next time you make fun or hell even look at her, I won't hesitate to gauge out your fucking eyes," I said furiously walking and slamming the door on my way out of the restroom. Those girls were part of the "trouble ones". I knew that already, that's why no one messes with them because if they do, they'll fucking end up like Evelyn. But what did she do that those girls were after her?

We were all walking towards our table in the cafeteria when I asked Evelyn about it. She said, apparently she was standing at their spot.

"What?!?!? You mean all that for just a SPOT ??" I said, astonishingly. "There is seriously something wrong with them," Audreya said. "Also, you were so savage there, girl!!!"- she said again, excitingly. "I wasn't savage, I was just giving them the taste of their own medicine," I told them both.

"But really, thank you, Jo. I would've died back there if you didn't come."-Evelyn said thanking me, but of course, it was not needed. I am and forever will help my friends no matter what.

And then, here come the bitches of the 'trouble ones'. They sat down with their group and started chatting, mud-slinging if we're getting more specific -about us.

"They are definitely bitching about us with her group," Evelyn whispered. She's hella scared. "Don't worry, Evelyn, and try and be bolder and more confident instead of being a sacred baby. They'll bully you more if you make them believe that you're afraid." I told her. "Okay Mama Bear."-both Evelyn and Audreya said together. What the hell is 'mama bear'??? Oh my god, so dramatic they are!

  Audreya touched my and Evelyn's hands very calmly and said,

"Cool cool cool."

"Fun fun fun." we three said, all together, and went to our respective classes.