No more besties

"Are you seriously taking his side right now?"

"I mean tell me, Is the dick that good?" Rachel deadpanned as anger and hate started to creep over her entire being like tendrils from a pumpkin fruit, she could get that Alice was heartless and an excuse for humanity but right now, she couldn't deal anymore, she had reached the peak for her tolerance to bull crap for a day.

"What the hell Araceli!" Alice yelled over the phone, while inside her heart was going out of it's regular beat, she definitely was sure now if she wasn't sure before that Araceli was unto both of them, I mean anyone who has much gut to spew such acclaims has definitely taken their time to dig up dirty on her.

"You know what, I can't talk to you when you are like this," Alice said.

"When I'm like what?"

"Saying the truth?" Rachel replied.

"Goodnight Araceli," Alice said, ending the call. She definitely needed a new plan, something that would eliminate Araceli quickly, before all of this blew up in her face.

"Yeah, I—" Rachel started but got cut off. "Bitch," Rachel said under her breath.

She brushed her teeth and took off her pants, she had to re-strategize. From her conversation with Alice now, she could see that she had the upper hand even though things were just starting to get interesting.

She didn't want it to end so soon, she wanted to fuck with her mind and make them feel so much at her mercy they will be begging her to end it all, with this a little smile graced her face as she slowly slipped into a deep sleep she has been anticipating all day.

Meanwhile at Alice's house

Xander navigated through the dark streets without headlights as he approached her house, She refused to tell him the reason for the compulsory meeting she just pulled out on him, but he was sure as hell that it wasn't sex but her voice cold as hell, so he guessed it was about the deal he told her earlier in the evening.

He stopped right in front of her home which was a fancy small glass bungalow Apartment with huge see through windows he had gifted her for her twenty three birthday, after which he took her to Maldives for a vacation treat.

His walk down memory lane was interrupted by the very annoying notification he always said he was going to change into something less annoying, his mood brightened a bit before falling to shits again seeing it was a text from Alice.

Alice

I see your car in front, get your ass in here now.

He got down from the car, and the cold of the night engulfed him totally even though he wore his favorite gray hoodie, shivering a little, he started walking down the path leading to her door, the grass were kept short and leveled, before reaching the door, the lights came on blinding him for a for some seconds.

Gaining his sight back the first thing he saw was a very angry looking Alice with black bath robe that hugged her figure, but her stance took away every single dirty thoughts he was having seeing as she kept a stoic expression as he got closer and crossed her hands over her chest to push out her boobs.

"Babe?" Xander called out, staring at the woman in front of him. She had no make up on revealing black eye bags which made his heart writhe with guilt as he thought what he said to her earlier was affecting her badly.

"Babe?" Xander said again but she didn't reply, her expression was unreadable as she kept staring into somewhere between his head and his surroundings.

"Babe?" Xander got louder, shaking her out of her deep thoughts, she just looked at him with a neutral expression before turning her back into the house.

"Shut the door," Alice commaded with a low voice, she sounded exhausted and it was really starting to worry him, the spacing out, and the eye bags. He gently closed the door as he followed her into her living room.

"Are you okay babe?" Xander asked as concern traced his face as he stared at her, twirling the wine in her hands continuously.

"Do I look okay, Xander?" Alice replied with a question of her own, looking at him like he just asked the most stupid question ever.

"Sorry,"

"Look, if it's about what I said this evening, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that, I was just desperate and—" Xander kept rambling off before he got interrupted by Alice.

"I don't give a fuck about what you said in the evening Xander, That's not why I asked you to come over," Alice dismissively waving him off.

"So why did you ask me to come over then?" Xander asked, moving close and put a hand on her upper thighs which she slapped away with haste as if his hands were flames.

"What on earth do you think you are doing?" Alice spat looking at him in utter disgust.

"Sorry...I..I...thought, you know.." Xander stuttered feeling ashamed, of course it's not sex, he felt stupid that even in her moment of distress, that was the move he made.

"I guess I read the wrong signals," Xander said, moving back to the other side of the couch looking down at his hands, which were a little scaly from the cold.

"You guess?"

"Jesus Xander," Alice said, utterly disappointed in the movie he tried to make.

"Look I think Araceli is catching up on us, she isn't exactly saying she knows about us, but she has been really persistent on dropping hints," Alice said worried.

"What exactly did she say?" Xander asked.

She opened her phone and played the recording of the call they just had an hour ago. Just as she was caught off guard, it also caught Xander off guard leaving his eyes wide open like that of a night owl.

"That was incredibly specific," Xander said slowly recovering from the shock of the conversation he just heard, the sneer in her voice and the sarcasm were all present in her voice, everyday he felt ever since her suicidal attempt she came back meaner, stronger and less readable.

"So what do you think we should do?" Alice asked, starting to get desperate.

"Well you started all of this, I have just been playing my part really well," Xander replied, raising his hands up.

"Are fucking kidding me!"

"I thought we were in this together?!" Alice yelled, standing up seething. How dare he throw her under the bus like that, they both had hands in this and they were both the reason Araceli tried to kill herself and now he is pulling out like a fucking pussy.

"Jeez!"

"Chill babe, that's not what I meant," Xander said, standing up to face the very angry Alice.

"Then what the fuck did you mean Xander because it just looked like you threw me under the fucking bus!" Alice exclaimed.

"You gonna make your veins pop, better chill the fuck out girl," Xander said walking pass her. "We are not done here," Alice said, dragging his hands back.

"Can you just let me get some beer and space from your screaming session," Xander said, pulling his hands out of her grasp.

He headed into the kitchen for beer but ended up finding just fruit juice and soda in the fridge, cursing internally, he took the grape soda and sat on the kitchen island staring at Alice who was spacing around and occasionally throwing him dirty looks.

He came down from the island table and headed to the frame leading out of the kitchen.

"Look, I think we should just keep a low profile and you should try to be more of a good friend with her," Xander suggested.

"We are no longer best friends, it will be weird if all of the sudden I just start becoming friendly with her," Alice suggested.

"Don't you think she would find it weird?"

"She's already suspicious of us, there's no harm in confusing her the more,"

"Well, that's all I can think of alright, I'm really sleepy, can I go?" Xander asked.

"Isn't it too late or something,"

"You can stay here for the night," Alice smiled knowingly at him.

"As nice as that sounds Babe, I need to be home, I don't know Araceli's plans on using that video against me, and I got work and my brother is coming into the states, just a lot on my plate right now sorry," Xander said, walking up to her and giving her a forehead kiss.

"Goodnight love," Xander wished her, walking to the door before stopping and turning around to face Alice.

"What?!" Alice asked.

"No I love you?" Xander said, doing a very repulsing version of a puppy dog eye. "First off, don't ever do that eye thing again,"

"I LOVE YOU!"

"Goodnight, now go home and text me when you arrive safely alright?"

"Okay," Xander said, smiling as he closed the door behind him, taking a deep breath, he headed back home.

"Tomorrow is gonna be one long ass day,"