With Cosmos's dad gone cosmos was finally able to breathe properly. "Hey! Why am I seeing the sides of you that I've never seen, today?" Parker asked while gently punching Kayla's arm. "I know right." Kayla replied in a bored tone. "Parks? You wanna come over for a week?" "Sure." Kayla just watched them and then turned to leave when she saw her mom infront of her house so she quickly hid behind Parker. "K what are you doing?" "Can you two do me favor?" "Sure." "Can you two cover me?" "But why?" Cosmos confusedly asked. "Oh just leave it." Kayla replied while jumping off into the nearest bush. Kayla hid there until her mom drove off with a random guy.
After Kayla's mom left Kayla finally stood up and quickly ran off towards her home while leaving two confused guys behind her.
"Where were you?" Kayla's sister asked her. "School." "Mom came to meet us." "Okay." Kayla went to her room and slept. When Kayla woke up it was midnight but she couldn't go back to sleep so she just played with her phone. "Pssh... K." Someone knocked on her window and when Kayla went to check who it was, she found Parker smiling like an idiot. "What are you doing?" Kayla asked in a tired tone. "Came to meet you but why are you up at this time?" "Couldn't fall asleep. What do you want?" "Come outside Cosmos and I are waiting." "Okay." Kayla sneaked out of her house to find Parker and Cosmos waiting for her infront of her house. "Yes?" "C'mon. Let's go."Cosmos replied while holding her one arm while the other one was held by Parker. "But where?" "To my house." "Can't we talk here?" "Uh let's see.....no." And the two of them literally dragged Kayla to Cosmos's house.
"Sit down already." Parker said after 10 minutes of waiting. Kayla sat down and the two of them looked at each other's faces indicating each other to speak. "So...Wanna talk about why you ran away?" Cosmos asked. "No." Kayla replied while she stared at the table infront of her. "Okay but can you at least look at our faces when we're talking like I don't know about Parker but I have an exceptionally good looking face to be ignored like this." Kayla looked up to face him but her focus went on his bruise. "So. Do you guys want to talk about anything or you want to keep on staring at each other?" Parker asked. "What do you wanna talk about Parks?" "I initially thought about telling something to you Mos but I don't want to ruin the mood." "You won't or is it that you feel uncomfortable?" Cosmos said while looking at Kayla's direction. "Nah. It's not like that man. Kayla you won't talk about your problems so I hope you listen to mine." Kayla just stared at him plainly. "Last night was the third night that I wasn't able to get any sleep." "What?" Cosmos asked surprisedly. "Yeah." "But what about the sleeping pills?" "I ran out of them." "But you just bought a whole pack just a few days ago." "I went to buy some more but they won't give me any." "I would do the same too. But why can't you sleep? You would never tell me a specific reason everytime I asked you." "Okay. So I guess today is the day I tell you the truth. After my dad cheated on my mom she has not been committed to anyone else instead she brings different man home every night. At first I would voice out my anger but now I don't care anymore. I've let her take responsibility for her actions after all she is the adult." "Parks. I'm sorry man. I didn't know that. How long has it been going this way?" "Probably about 1 year." An awkward silence fell upon and they didn't know what to say to each other so when Kayla spotted a bottle of whiskey she didn't hesitate for a minute and took it. She drank it all in a whole gulp and the two of them didn't know what to do. "Yo K! You mad?" Parker was shocked at her sudden reaction. "I know I won't be able to do this sober so I'm getting myself drunk. Trust me, it's better this way." "K. You're so random that I don't get you at all sometimes. You scare me." Cosmos said while not being able to hold in his laughter.
"Yo! Can't you dance with some energy? C'mon my man! You ought to do better." Kayla screamed at Parker when he wasn't able to dance anymore. "Your man?" Parker flirtatiously said while he pulled Kayla closer to him. "Yeah. To be honest. Can I tell you a secret?" "Yeah sure." "You're way too cute but also annoying at the same time." "That's my first time hearing it." "Of course it's your first. The other girls that fall for you will just praise you. You annoyingly annoying and cute guy." With that Kayla dozed off in his arms. "Woah! Parks was that really the Kayla that we know." "Nope. It's her drunk version." "If only she was that hyper active in her sober state." "I know right. But I like her both sober and drunk cause she is really cute." "You falling for her?" "Sort of. But wasn't that our motive from the beginning when we befriended her ." "Yeah. You wanted to get close to her and I just came along." "I know you like her too." "Bro that was a long time ago."