CAMILA
My heart somehow throbbed in pain and every time I tried to swallow the pain it just kept coming right back up. It was suffocating. Looking over at Erica she was just constantly staring at Fay looking at her in the way she was just so enchanted by her, and to be honest I was feeling uncomfortable. Which I had never felt before? Why now?
I know that Erica looks like a goddess with her extreme height of 1.7 in just her age. She looks good in just everything she wears with long killer sexy legs, a killer body that has the shape of a coca-cola bottle even when she stands up. Don't forget about her face, they are small and angelic with bangs in front of her face and her long black hair just flows down all the way to her waist. However, the enchantment in her beauty was mostly in her eyes they are icy blue sometimes I really do think she is a goddess reincarnated even most of the straight girls would turn lesbian for her, but I didn't want to be like that.
I want us to remain friends forever but mostly I wanted us to be real sisters. We even have the same matching birthday on July 27 just the year she was older than me by a year. We are proud to be Leo's. We do things together all the time, but now, today, everything was different.
It was supposed to be our birthday opening presents, gifts from one another, watching movies together, drinking together, and just finished talking until the sunrise. It was to be our birthday. So why?
I didn't understand my emotion. Why am I so sad? Why am I so angry? I am supposed to be happy that Erica got a girlfriend, but then when I see them holding hands. My heart just quenched. Then when I see Fay place her hand onto Erica's cheek and the way Erica just took those hands down to hers holding tightly. There was this tightness around my heart that I couldn't explain.
I'm so confused. I just want to sit in between Erica and Fay so they could not mess around with each other, but that will make things even more awkward, and it wasn't nice of me to do those things. I didn't have the right. I was just a friend.
I inhale a breath before putting a strand of hair over to the side of my ears. I tried to continue watching the Insidious movie, but even if it was a very scary movie like what Erica said. It doesn't overwhelm the tightness that was fueling inside my chest.
Trying to breathe more naturally I drank down some Carlsberg beer and continued eating popcorn just to make it seem more normal. I was supposed to be happy today since it's my birthday but that doesn't seem to be the case.
"Ah!"Fay screamed, startled, and laughed afterward when Erica decided to pull her into her lap. Right after finishing the 2nd Carlsberg beer, I squeezed the can dead flat and threw it into the trash bin. I opened the third one right away.
"Camila?" Emily was looking over at me worried. "Are you ok? You don't seem to be enjoying a movie night. I think you should stop drinking for a bit, your face they're quite red."
"I'm alright. You know I have a high tolerance for alcohol."
"Oh really? One time you drank one shot of tequila and fainted yet you only drank one shot."
"Emily, this is a beer you're talking about. It only has 5% of alcohol," I said and resumed watching the movie.
The whole entire time I tried to focus on the movie, but my eyes kept glancing over to Erica and Fay. I didn't even know that the movie ended when they all screamed at the end of the movie.
"Holy shit," Emily swore."I knew it! The father didn't make it back to the world of the living."
"Oh, shut up, Emily," Erica complains like she was really regretting inviting Emily over. Though Emily doesn't really know what to speak and what not to speak about she is a kind girl, harmless, and completely loyal. Emily's hands turn into surrender but only let Erica groan in annoyance.
"Let's play Truth or Dare?" Emily suggested.
"Oh yes! I love that game," Fay exclaimed.
"Ok, good this is how we play the things that you don't want to do or say you have to drink mixed alcohol. See, Camila this is why I told you not to drink too much beer," Emily suggested.
"And do you have any mixed alcohol?" I grin.
"As a matter of fact, I do. See that bag over there is-"
"Hell, no way is that-"
"Yes, my dear Camila I have brought wine, bourbon, tequila, and whiskey."
I wince. I wasn't that great at handling mixed alcohol. I looked over to Erica and she looked at mine. She knew I was bad at handling mixed alcohol.
"Ok let's start," she said before I can even refuse to stay out of the game.
She took out all different shapes and sizes of alcoholic drinks and placed an empty bottle in front of us spinning it and landed on me. It just has to be me going first.
"Ooo... Camila!" I didn't like that sound coming out of Emily's mouth. "My dear Camila, the truth or dare?"
"Dare." This will keep her from getting an inquisitive mouth to stop spilling out nonsense.
"I dare you to go up to Erica and give her a kiss in front of her girlfriend right now."
Erica and my eyes widened. How could she tell me to do things like this? "I'll just take the alcohol." But before I could take bourbon Erica rushed in opening it and taking a few gulps down to her throat and the other choosing the wine, but Emily stopped her.
"Neh, Erica, I don't want you to take the wine. I want you to take the tequila. You're a strong drinker. I know you could do it."
Erica just shook her head, smiling, and opened the tequila filling up a small glass. Drinking it down and just seethed at the feel.
"Erica you don't have to do that."
"No worries. I have a better tolerance than you when it comes to mixing alcohol. With one of a shot of tequila you're already out of the game." I simply nod. Why was she so careful of me?
"Camila your turn."
I spun the bottle and slowly it stopped spinning when it reached Erica. "Truth or Dare." I was feeling so suffocated. Please choose the truth.
"Truth."
"Do you still love me?" I blurted without thinking. Erica was staring at me hard. I know it was cruel of me to ask this question in front of her girlfriend, but I needed to know. I was hurting so bad. It hurt so much more than breaking up with my previous boyfriends. I needed to know. She was struggling to find the answer.
She stood up opening up the bourbon drinking a lot of it, and took the wine and drank up refusing to answer my question. I could tell she was angry. We were all surprised when she decided to drink up all the wine and set it aside. "I'm out of the game, Emily."
"But-"
"No buts as punishment for leaving the game. I have already finished the wine all in one go."
"How about we play another game then? Twisters they're fun."
"You can all play whatever you want, but Emily you know me I actually am not into games."
"Ok," Emily was clearly disappointed.
Without Erica here to help solve my alcohol problems whenever I lost a game. I was drunk at round 3 of the game and woke up on another mattress sleeping next to Emily, and Fay was at the top of Erica's bed. I didn't even understand how I got on it. Brushing my teeth and washing up I went downstairs to find Erica. When she wasn't there I looked at the clock. 11:00 pm I knew where she was at this time.
Heading towards the dining room and opening another door. I saw Erica in her swordsmanship uniform and holding onto a wooden sword facing a wooden doll. I watched her fight ferociously until I saw something strange in one of her fingers. She was wearing a gold ring and a beautiful one with a color that matches her eyes.
Erica spotted me at the entrance and told me to come in, and so I did, closing the door at the back of me walking up to Erica, and sitting down next to her when she was hyperventilating and drinking water from her bottle. "Why did you ask that question, Camila?"
"Which question?"
"The truth question."
I breathe in the air. "I just wanted to know."
She laughed in anger. "Camila, don't ask a question half halfheartedly. You know me, Camila. We've been friends for so long. I just can't believe that you even asked that question in front of my girlfriend. You are my best friend. I expected you to support me."
I was crying. All the tears decided to run down my eyes. She never made me cry before. "Fine! Then let me ask you again. Erica, do you still love me? Because I believe that I am falling for you." She turned to look at me shocked and confused. "I'm sorry I rejected you before, but what happened yesterday I am sure of myself now. I like you, Erica." I walked up to her, my tears still flowing down my gaze. "Erica, do you still love me?" I looked into her eyes, they were shocked, but slowly her hands descended down on me to my shoulder.
"You are driving me nuts, Camila. I can't do this right now. I have a swordsmanship championship coming up soon. I just can't have any distraction."
I was already crying hard now I kept rubbing my tears away from my eyes. My heart just hurts so bad. I actually already knew the answer, but yet I was so persistent in getting the answer. I just wanted to hear the words from her mouth, and now I have received them. So why does it hurt so bad? I nodded my head. "Ok." I walked away opening the door.
"Camila..." I paused for a moment. "I have never stopped thinking about you."
Hopeful tears came out of my eyes, and I looked back to Erica. "I'll wait for you for as long as it takes."