"If I knew, I would not be coming to you for help," Hale said to me.
"That's true, I hate troubles. So what do we do now?" I asked him, concerned.
"A lot. I will deal with Raymond myself, just help me beg Beth, please. At least, she should hear me out first. She is just too stubborn to deal with."
"The worst part is that she does not want to talk to me, she has not since that day. She avoids me lately, her phone is always switched off. I miss her a lot and it is fucking driving me nuts and crazy." He said sadly.
"Okay, I will try my very best to talk to her, at least to hear you out, to give you a second chance", I said and hoped he would be satisfied with my choice of words.
"Yes and tell her the situation too. I want you to explain things to her too. Make sure to tell her exactly what I told you, please", he said to me.
I could see in his eyes that he was sincere, but I still have to ask him to confirm.
What if he was lying to me?
I can't beg or plead on the behalf of a liar.
I cleared my throat and asked, "Are you sure that you are telling me the truth? I mean the truth and nothing but the truth?" I asked him for confirmation.
"I swear with my fucking life, I am telling you nothing but the fucking truth. I will never cheat on my girl. I love her with my life", he said, trying to assure me.
"Yeah, I know you love my best friend, but if I should learn that you are lying right now, what should I do?" I asked him, I have to be sure, no mistake wanted.
"I will personally give you a handgun to shoot me in the head, I promise", he said to me.
" You know that I will gladly and happily do it, right?" I asked him mockingly.
"Sure", he replied to me and nodded.
"How about Raymond, hope you are not going to harm him?" I asked him.
"That is none of your fucking business. It does not fucking concern you. It has no fucking thing to do with you," he shockingly assured me.
"Woah, Woah. Take it easy on me. Just fucking leave already", I said to him, I was a little angry and had to calm down and think about it first before trying to approach Lizzy.
"Okay, that is fair enough", he said to me and started walking out of my room.
He stopped when he got to the door, looked over his shoulder and said,
"Thank you so much, Eunice, I mean it", and left before I could even reply, ' you are welcome, Hale.'
I was going to say ' fuck off.
"Whatever", I said under my breath.
I quickly walked to the door and pushed it to close slightly.
I did not want everyone that passes by to have a glimpse of how my room looked, thank God that it is tidy.
I always keep it clean and tidy.
How should I approach Lizzy alone?
I don't even know where and how to start, now I know why it was hard for him to explain.
Ugh!
I hate myself.
She is my best friend and I gotta help her, that is what a best friend is supposed to do, right?
She would have done the same for me if I were in her shoes, right?
Or maybe not, I do not know.
I have never dated before, but I met Hale first, I was not interested in dating back then because we were very young, we were kids.
I have to be quick, but I am thinking slowly, very very slowly.
I have to reunite them before the party completely comes to an end.
They have to dance together too.
Oh, God!
Hale's Beth is very stubborn, how do I go about this?
I sighed deeply, as I was lost in thought.
I have to think hard and bring up an idea, but it is blank upstairs.
No ideas were coming in.
This is fucking driving me crazy, I am going crazy.
I lay on my bed and was looking at the ceiling.
The weather was cool, but I was sweating profusely.
This thinking is making me sweat profusely.
I am very tired.
I have to change into something light and am still on my heels.
I sat up and started humming to Blackpink's latest hit song that was coming from the garden downstairs, titled, ' ready for love.
Am their biggest fan too and their fandom is called 'blink'.
Lizzy is not a fan of k pop, but the biggest fan of K dramas.
BLACKPINK is a South Korean girl band.
I unbuckled my shoes and pulled both my feet out at the same time.
I rubbed the back of my feet and felt much better.
"Am sorry Genevieve, this hair has to go", I uttered under my breath and brought down my hair and then tied it up.
I removed my outfit and wore a simple, but short gown.
I was thirsty and hungry too, just then grandma walked into my room in a rush with a glass of coca cola and some of her favourite biscuits, biscotti.
"Hey darling, I have been searching everywhere for you. Hope you are better now?" She said and handed me the glass of cola and the packet of her biscuits and pressed a kiss on my left cheek.
I nodded and said "Thanks grandma, you are the best", and took a sip from the glass.
"You are always welcome, my baby", she slightly tapped my back twice and left.
I just finished eating what grandma gave to me and was about to come out.
I had already shut my door, when Lizzy ran towards me excitedly and asked me, "Guess what?"
I just turned towards the direction of the staircase after closing my door with my passcode or password, just took a very few steps like three or four steps.
Just then, Lizzy came running up the stairs towards my direction.
When she got closer to me, she stopped running and stood in front of me winded.
I guess she got winded from her running in search of me.
The windedness was so strong that she became temporarily unable to breathe properly for about five seconds.
She sighed very deeply and patiently waited to catch her breath for about another eight to ten seconds.
She stood straight, stretched out her hands and held my shoulders, looked me in the face, smiled silly at me and finally spoke out.
"Guess what? Eunice guess what?" She was not saying something useful after the long wait, she was just saying the same thing, for me to guess only God knows what, it made me even more confused.
I just kept blinking, ' has she and Hale reconciled?' I do not know what to guess, but let me just try, so as not to dull this happy moment for her.
I sighed lightly and tried guessing, "Have you forgiven Hale?" I asked her, it counts too, right?
She shook her head and said, "Ugh! I forgot that you are so bad at guessing. You know what? Forget about the guessing, just come with me", she said and pulled me along and she was almost running down the stairs,
"Please take it easy, I do not think I can keep up with your walking speed. I am not ready for grim reapers", I begged her to slow down.
She did not listen, nor did she obey either, instead, she increased her pace and said, "or me neither. It's not now, not after you see who I want you to see", she said and continued walking.
When we were almost in the part of the garden where the party was ongoing, she said,
"I will advise you to take a deep breath," and I did.
When we got back to the entrance, she stopped walking and turned to me, "look over there", she said to me.
"Where?" I asked her.
"On the dancing floor, just search for someone special to you and thank me later", she said to me smiling at me and I obeyed, maybe she was serious.
"OMG", I said under my breath and was about to start screaming, but Lizzy quickly closed my mouth with her palm.
"Shhhh, do not scream", she said to me,
"Are you going to meet him? Or do you prefer he meets you first, guys are supposed to make the first move? Do not belittle yourself", she said to me.
I was still shocked, I do not know what to think.
"Hmmm, I do not know", I said to her and rested my head on her shoulder, she pushed my head and said to me.
"I want to make some person jealous, here is the time", she said and walked away and headed to the dance floor, just then Raymond walked towards her, and they almost bumped into each other.