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ARIANA'S POV
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My sisters and I didn't say a word to each other during dinner. Mom and dad didn't talk about it anymore too, by it I mean the fact that I got attacked and I quote and the fact that my sister's came home late even though we were grounded, let's not also forget that we hadn't made up yet. Dinner had been unusually quiet since April 1st and it was so unsettling. Usually we'd be running our mouths while shoving chunks of food down our throats.
Dad had an extra pair of glasses just in case, he's literally one of the few things I'm grateful for. I was so glad I didn't have to visit the doctor again I made up my mind to protect it with all I had. We all finished dinner with a short prayer of thanks anchored by Dad and we all left to our rooms. A little while after I heard a knock on my door.
"Ari." I heard Lilly's adorable childish voice.
I opened my door and was shocked to see Esme holding Lilly's hand.
"Can I come in?" She whispered softly.
"Yeah." I led them in.
We sat on my on my bed and concurrently said sorry.
"No, I'm sorry." Esme held my hand. "You know Heather's been going through some tension with her boyfriend. Don't feel upset, it's my fault we stayed late in school, I begged her to help with the drama club costumes using a small bucket of Eggos as a reward. She got into an argument with Kyle again before leaving school. So in case you heard her yelling she meant none of it. Also, why didn't you say you were leaving? We were so worried that was the reason I wasn't going to apologize at first but then I saw your face at dinner I just had to, you barely ate which is unlike you."
" She told me nothing about an argument between her and Kyle. I know she meant none of that. I mean she's Heather, always aggressive when she's distressed. I should have told you guys I was leaving. " I replied her.
"We should have asked if you'd be comfortable all alone too and Oh! I thought she told you. Well, maybe she forgot. With that and the fashion competition she's been worked up mentally, emotionally and physically too."
Now that I thought about it, Heather and I barely spent time together since she her sophomore year. Just a few words in the living room and that was it. It was Esme she spent more time with. I guess just as Lilly's my favorite, Esme is Heather's favorite too. I did get really envious sometimes though because I also wanted to be just as close to them.
"It's okay. I understand." I assured her. " I should have told you guys I was leaving already. I just felt uncomfortable staying there alone, and I left. It must have skipped my mind to let you two know."
"I understand. We shouldn't have left you alone. Hey! How about you come join the drama club so you wouldn't feel so alone after school? You'd never get in trouble, we'll just make up excuses or we could get Melanie to explain why we're late till we aren't grounded anymore." Esme nudged me.
"No, Esme. Besides Melanie won't always be there. It's only for a month and we'll be free." I nervously chuckled. I couldn't face a crowd or people. It was just too much for me. I wasn't meant for that kinda stuff. I would have loved to but Palome's in the drama club, and I'm not going to risk the itsy bitsy peace I have left for acting.
"Oh c'mon Einstein." She blinked childishly. Esme was so pretty that I was sure when she was older she'd drive the other gender crazy and part of the same gender, with her demeanor and beauty.
"Really, I don't want to. I'm already in the science club. I can't joggle two clubs it'd be too hectic for me. I can't cope with that." I told her.
Esme looked displeased." After I gave you the cutest puppy eyes in the universe. Really Ari?"
I giggled." Now you're wrong. The cutest puppy eyes come from Lillian."
"Whatever." She faked a scoff.
That was when I remembered that Esme came with Lilly to my room. I looked around and noticed she wasn't in the room. My eyes widened as I brought Esme to notice too.
"Relax, she couldn't have gone out of the house." Esme calmed me.
The door of my room was slightly opened meaning she snuck out. I took Esme's hand and together we went searching for her. We looked inside each room, even our parents room but we couldn't find her, it felt like my heart was going to pop out of my chest when mom's eyes were slightly opened. Heather woke up during our little search and grumbled as she was angry that we disturbed her beauty sleep.
Suddenly we heard a sound from the kitchen.
"Lilly." We whispered simultaneously.
We increased our pace and what we saw left us stupefied. Her face was stuffed with muffins. The ones mom made this afternoon, the ones we were too upset to eat. She ate them directly from the oven. We were only grateful that the oven was warm and not hot.
Lillian froze seeing us. Her mouth seized to move as it stopped munching the muffins. Esme saw the mess she made and sighed. "Great you made a mess."
We cleaned the mess up and her muffin grain filled face. We also snuck some muffins for ourselves.
"You two ignored me, and I was hungry so I went to the kitchen to have some muffins." Lilly told us with her tiny little voice, blinking her long lashes repeatedly, one look at her cuteness and you would never get upset at her. I never thought Esme would eat a muffin, it's been a year since I saw her eat some.
She explained that she did it sometimes mostly because Heather made it a little compulsory and she felt that she needed it. I didn't see the joy in deriving yourself of delicious treats to eat vegetables, fuck trying to burn calories, sweet stuff is bae. Turns out Esme sometimes eats muffins, cakes, candy and every yummy thing, she secretly eats them when no one's there. We talked and talked till it was 1am in the morning. Of course that took a toll on me cause I was trying to get my lazy arse up by 6am in the morning.
We got to school early the next day, my sisters were looking as flawless as ever in their green and purple dresses. Esme wore a short purple gown with a purple poco dot bow and black flats, letting her hair down. While heather wore a green leather jacket with a black leather skirt and high boots making her hair into a neat round bun. And I, looking usual. Black baggy shirt and baggy jeans with a white sneaker. I also let my blonde hair down. I wished I was as tough as how my dressing presented me to be.
"If it isn't DJ Einstein whiky whiky." Melanie said making dj sounds.
"Stop." I rolled my eyes.
She laughed and hugged me.
"Thank God you got a new pair." Melanie pointed at my glasses.
"Yeah, dad had gotten an extra pair but didn't tell me until yesterday."
"Oh, that's cool."
Melanie was always early to school. She never came late. It was either she came very early or she wouldn't come to school at all. She was so strict with punctuality and neatness, you'd think she had OCD.
"Hey! Have you seen Carver today?" I asked her.
"No. He isn't in school. I'm sure he'll be here later." Melanie told me.
"C'mon we've got chemistry." She dragged me to my locker.
"By we you mean me right?" Melanie was in the arts department.
"We're apparently supposed to do self study by reading Othello." She made air quotes while grunting the words self study. "I'm just gonna sit next you in your chemistry class."
"Cool, Mr Hunter wouldn't notice though, he never notices anything."
This time I was early and sat in the front far from Selena and the rest. They wouldn't dare to disturb me in class when I'm sitting in front. They didn't say a word to Melanie and I, they only glared from time to time.
We made it to lunch without getting into trouble with the bullies, but still there was still no sign of Carver. I got a little worried. I went to the restroom and was about stepping out when I saw Palome right in front of me but this time she was alone. I walked past her when she called me.
"Hey, Ariana." This time her tone wasn't high pitched or aggressive. She was calm and spoke normally.
"Yeah?" I spun around. "What could she possibly want this time? Why am the one they've chosen to purely torture?" I said inwardly.
"Where's Carver? I haven't seen him today." Her dark blue eyes looked at me keenly as if they were searching for answers.
"And how would I know?" I folded my arms.
"Don't get me started, you're friends aren't you? How wouldn't you know how he's doing especially after all he's been doing for you." She replied.
"Well I haven't seen him today too. Why are you so concerned anyway? After all you had him battered by your boy minions."
"I'm not concerned, I'm curious. He wouldn't have gotten hit, if he stuck his nose in his own business and didn't say shit. Y'know I don't like the fact that you're raising your voice at me, just because I'm talking to you now doesn't mean you don't irritate me anymore."
"If you wanna know how he is go find out yourself." I haughtily glared at her.
"You know why I don't like you, it's this stuck up attitude of yours." Palome didn't look at me this time. Her copper-brown hair covered half of her face.
"How am I stuck up? You! You're the one that's so stuck up, you know that's the truth. What do you want from me? It's bad enough that you're Selena's underdog." She stayed silent after, the silence started to seem awkward so I left before she parted her lips to say something I wouldn't be able to take in.
Deep down, I was grateful Selena wasn't there, I wouldn't dare to speak so boldly if she were, but it was Palome and she was alone. hmph, so much for being curious, she's obviously the stuck up one.
I kept wondering why was she so concerned about him. I felt she probably had a crush on Carver. I mean he's got a lot of stalkers now. Asides from that, I felt so bad because she was right after all he did for me I didn't know where he was or how he was doing, I also didn't know if we were friends or not. That aspect confused me, we've never had a proper conversation before so I couldn't say we were friends.
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A/N
Does Palome have a crush on carver? I don't know, tbh I don't actually know yet༎ຶ‿༎ຶ(tears)
Are Carver and Ariana actually friends yet?
Will they become friends?
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