Hurt Or Jealous

I still haven't got a present for Liam. Making a personalized birthday card for him made me excited. For the rest of the day, I spent hours to personally make Liam's birthday gift and card.

James was complaining that I ignored him today. Well, tough. I'm busy with Liam's gift. He can sulk all he wants I don't give a monkey's toss. Okay okay, that's not true at all. Of course, I care about James. He is the next best thing in my life and Liam's the best thing. Especially now that I know he doesn't have a girlfriend. And Joey? Well, he can be the third then.

Liam's birthday today, there's a big smile on my face. We will be going to his house around 5 PM. The whole day I was feeling excited. I kept watching the time.

Around 4 PM we started to get ready. I wore a ¾ beige shirt paired with a blue and beige striped skirt along with a maroon across body bag and my white pumps.

For the first time, I applied lipstick on my lips, it's the one Liza gave me last time. I also wore the perfume Evelyn gave me for my 17th birthday. I'm all set and my parents were waiting for me.

As we were leaving our house, my phone rang, it was Joey. He sounded sad and maybe trying to constraint his crying. I told my parents to go first and I'll follow later. I just need to see Joey for something urgent.

I got to Joey's house and it seemed like no one's there but I still knocked and rang the bell. After about 2-3 minutes Joey opened the door. His eyes were puffed and red. He looked really sad and down. "What's wrong Joey?" With that question, he burst into tears and sobbed like a child. I hugged and patted his back to comfort him. "What happened? Why are you like this?"

"My dad…" he couldn't speak anymore, his cry was too immense.

"Calm down, tell me what happened." At this point, I really don't know how to comfort him. Anyway, we got inside and talked there.

I learned that his parents were involved in a car accident and his dad died on the spot while his mum was severely injured and probably be in a coma. The police had told him to stay at home first and call his relatives to be there for him at such a difficult time.

Instead of calling his aunt, he phoned me first. His mind was in a mess, he hasn't eaten or drunk fluid since lunchtime after learning what had happened to his parents. "We should call your aunt Joey. She must know what happened." My worry for him as his best friend was too much. Won't you?

Though he said he was not hungry, I can tell he is, so I made some ham sandwich for him and forced him to eat a little.

I didn't notice that I've been there for 3 hours and my mum has 10 miscalls already and 4 messages asking me where I am and what happened to me. Immediately, I returned her call and told her that I might not be able to go there because something came up with Joey and that he needs me with him. We argued on the phone and my mum told me to go there at Liam's house now. In the end, I had to agree with her. But I told her I'll go there only after Joey's aunt arrived.

Around half-past 8, Aunt Marie arrived, I managed to leave Joey's house and called a taxi to Liam's house.

Outside their door, I heard that they just started singing the birthday song for Liam. Once they've finished, I rang the bell and it was Liam who opened the door. His eyes don't have that glow and it felt like he was not interested that I'm there. I still smiled and greeted him, "Happy birthday Liam." He just gave me a "Hmmm" and he went in, I followed behind him.

He's ignoring me, I can tell. Maybe if I give him my present he will feel happy. 'My present! Where is my present?' I panicked and thought where could I have left it. 'In the taxi?' I stood there near their stairs. There's a lot of people in the living room and it's a bit noisy. "Have I left it at Joey's house?" I mumbled on my own.

"You've been to his house before coming here?" It was Liam, he sounded hurt, disappointed maybe, perhaps jealous, I don't know how to read him at that moment. His eyes, however, it seemed angry.

"Yeah, I was with him earlier. He needed me so I went to hi—,"

"And you didn't consider that it's my birthday and I need you here too!"