Chapter 20: Chapter 20

“Oh it’s you,” I rolled my eyes and rolled on my side to bury my face in my pillow.

“Oh don’t be like that Bibi,” she purred. I heard her footsteps on the floor as she ran over to my bed. “Are you still mad at me?”

I rolled my eyes and closed them.

“Come on!” She shook my shoulder.

“Siobhan, I’m on my period, can you not shake me so hard?”

Her mouth formed a surprised ”O” and she released me and frowned. “No wonder you’re so cranky.” Her eyes fell on the bag filled with goodies. “Ah, you’ve got a care kit ready already. Is this why you were so cranky yesterday? You left the party.”

“Took you long enough to notice, Siobhan, and you’re only just coming to say it.”

“Geez, come on, Bianca. It was just a harmless dare and you know it.”

“Sure it was,” I mumbled into my pillow. “That’s why you almost tore out Adeline’s eyes yesterday.”

“Okay fine!” she finally conceded. “I was happy he didn’t kiss me but I guess I got too selfish to realize that my best friend would feel bad that she got kissed too. I should have come earlier to see how you were doing but...Hey, are you still mad at me?” She rested her chin on my arm and gave me the signature Siobhan puppy eyes. “I’m sorry okay? Will you forgive this selfish girl and be friends with her again?”

I rolled my eyes and looked down at her. She smiled and wagged her brows. “Pretty please?”

“Fine! And stop digging your chin into my arm like a thorn.”

“A thorn in your flesh eh?” she laughed excitedly and she leaped over me to lie beside me. “You can’t get rid of me you know? You’re stuck with me forever!” she tickled my ribs, I couldn’t help laughing even as I tried to push her hands away.

“Not if I pull you out of my flesh and find a new best friend!”

“You will never find one like me, you know?” she flipped her hair. A second later she snatched the care kit and took a chocolate bar from it to eat.

“Where did you get these?”

I suddenly felt cautious about telling her it was from Andre, scared she would misinterpret his intentions but then again she’s my best friend and there have never been any lies between us. I would hate to begin to lie to her, especially for something as helpless as a care/apology kit.

I was just about to tell her the truth when she pulled a piece of paper that I hadn’t noticed from it before.

“What is that?” I asked craning my neck to see.

“Ohhu, is it a love note?” she cooed and brought it closer so we could read it together. “It’s from Andre!” she suddenly exclaimed.

‘Hope this helps with your period and your attitude. Andre'

It was such a simple message. I burst out laughing at it. The balls on that guy. I realized belatedly that Siobhan wasn’t laughing, she was staring hard at the note closely, her eyes narrowed.

Ask Diddy your most personal interrelationship questions. Tell Diddy everything. Go on! We dare you!

Remember, the reason Ask Diddy is added to the school newspaper is to help students interact with a fellow yet an anonymous student. All secrets told to Diddy remain secret.

Dear Diddy,

Have you ever had a gut instinct? Like you know your instincts are right but like you ignore them because you don’t want to like believe them? Yeah! So I found out that my boyfriend was cheating on me with my best friend! Like how crazy is that?! I subtly accused them numerous times but like every single time I brought up my suspicions they waved them away. Now I found them together in that abandoned chemistry lab kissing and touching. Like they were slobbering all over each other like two foxes in heat. What do I do? I can’t avoid my best friend because we are in the same room and the same class, we are cousins for crying out loud. We’ve always done everything together! Neither can I avoid my boyfriend, I can’t avoid him at home either because he’s my stepbrother!

_ Betrayed.

Dear Betrayed,

Wow, Betrayed, your story is even messier than the Royal Family's. You all need to get your heads checked. And while you’re at I suggest you work on your vocabulary! You’re a student of the prestigious Edwin and Co. for Christ’s sake! Get rid of unnecessary ‘like’ in your vocabulary. Have a good day!

P.S. One day, I, Diddy, will be too traumatized to reply to all your insane messages.

-Diddy.

“What does he mean by your attitude? Bibi, I thought you were going to try to be friends with him!”

“Yeah, we are trying to be friends that’s why he brought the care kit as a way of apologizing.”

“Good because I’m not going to have to choose between you both. I like him a lot, I think that kiss of yesterday proved that. He’s a good kisser right?”

“Seriously, Siobhan?” I drawled. “I thought we were going to drop this conversation.” When she rolled her eyes I could tell she thought I was overreacting again to the whole kiss. I mean I am supposed to, any sane person would. Hell, even Siobhan would. She’s selfish this way because I know if this happened to her all hell would break loose and she would be tearing into Andre’s head right now but she hates it when someone else does the same. It’s happened before. There was this one time her dad’s business associate had brought his wife and teenage son over to the house to talk business over dinner. The son, Kenji, had smacked my ass when Siobhan and I offered to show him the Hayes’s garden while the grown-ups talked business. I wanted to cave his face in but Siobhan had pulled me to a corner to warn me not to do anything to him that would damage the plans his father had in investing in her dad’s business. I tried to defend myself but she told me that smacking my ass was not that big of a deal.

I know what you’re thinking, yes I said Siobhan defends me but in times like this she shows her spoiled side. I was angry that night but I promise not to knock one of Kenji’s teeth out for her dad’s sake. I know if it was her ass that had been smacked she would have kicked Kenji’s balls into his ass.

Anyways, for the sake of peace, I let it go – this one time, again.

“Fine,” I said. “His kiss was alright.”

She smiled again. “It was more than alright. Let me tell you what happened after you left.”

She told me about how she and Adeline got into another fight when Adeline tried to pull Andre aside to make out with him. I couldn’t help but think, all these fights were unnecessary for a guy that already likes her. If they would just stop playing games and tell each other about their feelings. Ugh, I hate being caught in webs like this.

I should have another conversation with Andre, the sooner he asks Siobhan to be his girlfriend, the quicker this whole stupid-and-seek stops.