POV: Grace Salmont
"Anyways! I need to go so stop bothering me got it? Since you guys said that you're doing this because we're friends then we're just not going to be friends anymore ya?" She says it so nonchalantly like our friendship didn't matter to her.
"Bye. I need to go. Stop ruining everything got it?" She snarkily leaves the classroom, leaving me on the floor with a broken heart and a broken friendship. Is this really the end of our friendship? I continued laying there, taken aback at what I had just heard come out from her. All these times that we shouldered each other's burdens and fears. Was that all just for nothing? Were all the times we spent together easily broken by the simple affection of a man that doesn't really love her? Why did it have to be this way?
"Hey! Grace! I saw Penelope walking out of here. What happened?!" Yuri finally came around the classroom, telling me that he passed by Penelope. His face contorted into a concerned look when he sees me on the floor, trying to hold my tears from falling. "You okay? What happened? I'm guessing it's bad right?"
"Yes. It didn't exactly turn out well when I confronted her about it." I sighed. "She just told me that we weren't friends anymore and that I was just being jealous that's why I was trying to hinder her relationship with Claude."
"Dumb bitch." He muttered under his breath. "That girl really doesn't know what she's thinking. Clearly, she is taking some sort of drugs or something to make her think that way about him." Yuri scoffed off.
POV: Yuri
This is bad. Claude's power of mind-controlling is much more powerful than I thought. I think it's because he got a taste of blood from Penelope's dumb ass and since Penelope was already desperate to get a boyfriend, any hot stud that gave her attention would just make her fall head over heels. Ugh, what an idiot. Honestly the fact that she gave us attitude when we're trying to save her from that disgusting vampire, what a bitch. Though it's not like I can just share that Claude is a vampire to anyone especially since they aren't exactly that believable if you say it out loud.
"Just let her be I suppose. I mean we did all we could. We told her to not approach the man and yet she acts like an idiot like a moth drawn into flame so let's just let her stay with him I guess." I crossed my arms, being arrogant.
POV: Grace Salmont
"Are you serious?! Penelope is our friend. How could you just treat her like that, like she's just some collateral damage? Didn't you see that when we saw her, she looked like a literal zombie, like her life was taken from her." I argued with Yuri who seems to not be concerned especially since Claude is a literal jerk and dangerous person just from his looks and actions alone. There's this certain thing about him that just rubs me the wrong way.
"Oh please. You really are so gullible Grace. You really can't tell the signs of how she acted don't you?" Yuri's eyes squinted in a disappointing glare. Making me look at him with confusion.
"What do you mean? What are you talking about Yuri?"
"Every since Penelope joined us. You can always feel a sense of inferiority complex inside her. She has these moments where she just looks at you like you're cattle to her to make herself better. Literally, she's just been jealous of you. So obviously that's why she acted." He explains to me, making me rethink my friendships.
"Really.."
"Yes. Penelope has always been jealous of you. Her words may not tell it but the way she acts around you is enough evidence and I'm pretty sure you can trust my words on this one since I know liars and fakers when I see one and Penelope is a guaranteed fake friend. I mean what did you expect? You took the spotlight when you're around and she craved that. It's why she be-
"Please stop! I don't want to hear about this anymore!" I raised my hand to stop Yuri from talking. Is.. is this really the truth about this? Penelope and I were just friends because she just wanted to leech off from me? Is that really the cold heart truth that I can't accept? Is that why it hurts so much?
"Alright. I'll stop.. I'm sorry. I guess I got a bit carried away from telling you that..." Yuri apologized, scratching his hair in embarrassment.
"I.. I'll just go home now. I don't think I can handle this... I'll see you tomorrow Yuri. Goodbye." I sighed, turning my head around, and went straight home.
My mind started to wonder, reminiscing about Yuri's words about Penelope. Yuri is usually master at reading at people so I don't doubt him but if Penelope wasn't really being genuine with me then he should have told me that from the get-go and even if Penelope is a fake friend, I'm still concerned for her especially since Claude's bastard hands are still around him. I don't want her to get hurt and be harmed, even if she was a real or fake friend.
I finally reached the door to my house. I opened it to see no one inside of it. Strange. My mom probably went out for a second. I thought to myself as I laid down on the bed, stretching my back as I had sat for quite a long time at school. The tears started to stream down my face as I feel my aching heart from these confusing feelings of emotion. Do I get angry at Penelope or do I just accept her decision?
My eyes started to feel heavy as sleep became the most alluring option to escape this pain. "Good night Grace.." I say to myself as I fall into a deep sleep.