James Pierce
Collette Archer is such a piece of work. I hate that my sister is so close to her. She is a fox in human form, and cannot be trusted at all. I didn't always used to hate her, in fact I really liked her. When we were younger, she was cute and sweet and kind but I guess I just couldn't see her real side. Which I did see later, when I was 18. Maybe I should tell Thalia what she did. I mean I guess it's not that big of a deal now, because they were young at the time, but it's a big deal to me! She basically betrayed my sister. I remember seeing her with Thalia's boyfriend (Tom Dale) at the time(who I also hated), he was getting all cozied up with her first and then they were kissing, at our house, at my sister's birthday party! I Immediately ran to find my sister and show her whatever was happening but I couldn't find her, and then when I went to her room later that day and brought up her boyfriend, she said that they just broke up, so I assumed she probably saw them together too. But somehow she was still so close to Collette even after that day, so I assumed that she probably did not see what I did. I didn't tell her anything about Collette after that day because we were leaving to New Zealand in a bit anyway and I was hoping their friendship wouldn't last after that. But I was wrong, they are still best friends and I hate it.
I think a friendship needs to be built on trust, respect and loyalty and what Collette did, breaks all these standards. She's not just a terrible friend but also a terrible person with a terrible conscience, how could she possibly still be friends with my sister after what she did. If she would have told Thalia the truth, they would definitely not be this close still, which means she didn't tell Thalia, so to conclude she's a conniving fox. I also really believe that people don't change and I'm not ever forgiving Colette for what she did to my sister. And my naive little sister still just gets used by her stupid friend, I don't see anything that my sister is gaining from their friendship, it's always her doing stuff for Collette, and she didn't even tell me that Collette was the "other friend" who was going to be living in my flat. She knows I hate Collette and would've said no, I can say no even right now, but I'm going to let her stay, not for her own sake but for the sake of her parents who are good people and I don't want them worrying.
My room is the basement anyway or as I like to call it, 'my man cave' and hers is in the first floor so I'm just going to avoid her by all means, but some things are just unavoidable. For example, I'm giving a guest lecture to her class today. Alumnus usually give guest lectures to first year law students. I didn't know Collette was studying law, hell I didn't know that she was coming here, I really always avoid talking about her to Thalia, I haven't seen her for like 6 years now and she kinda grew up gorgeous, but that doesn't change the fact that she's a snake on the inside, it's always the pretty ones who are the most shallow.
When I saw Collette's name on the student list this morning, I was thrilled, because this is such a great way to torture her, I'll be in a position of authority and I'll have all the power to ruin her reputation at University.
When I was in the corridor, about to enter class, I see her walking from the other end. She's already made friends, and laughs while talking to them. They all seem to like her too, surprising.I pretend to not see her enter into class and purposely bump into her.
"I'm sorr-" she cuts off after seeing me, "what are YOU doing here?"
"I'm the guest lecturer for this class" I reply slyly
"No way"
"Yes way" I smile, "Now be a good girl and don't talk when I'm teaching"
I'm going to bully her and ask her all the hard questions that I can think of.
The bell rings, signifying the end of the class, and it was really not as fun as I thought it would be, I think I just boosted her reputation instead of bringing it down. She literally answered all of my questions, and they were right. Ugh why does she have to be smart?
"Mr pierce!" I hear my name, and turn to find Collette, smiling.
"That was fun, all of your questions were directed at me, you did that on purpose, didn't you? Were you hoping to make me look dumb? Too bad, you didn't know that i'm actually smart."
"I have no idea what you are talking about, I didn't do anything on purpose, now I don't have any time to chat, I'm busy, unlike you" I say and walk away from her.I hear her say, "We'll talk about this" but I just pretend like I didn't hear her and keep walking.
When I get home, she's already there talking to Thalia.Thalia jumps up from the couch when she hears me, and comes towards me and says, "I heard your plan to humiliate Collette today went sideways" she laughs, "You know your constant obsession to bully Collette reminds me of something"
"What?" I ask, frowning"You know how little boys, pull the pigtails of the girls they actually like? You're exactly like that with Collette""Oh is that what it is? Have you been giving me the silent treatment for years because you were overwhelmed by my beauty and felt shy to talk to me?" Collette adds and giggles.
"Me? Like you? I would never like a person like you, you may act all nice and coy on the outside but I know you're cold hearted and rotten on the inside. That's probably why you don't have many friends too, I can count the number of friends you have on my fingers" I raise my hand and fold the index finger, "Thalia , and oh that's it, and the only reason my sister is still friends with you is because she is too naive and doesn't see your real face. You are the most manipulative person I've ever seen, you just deceive everyone around you into thinking you're a sweet angel but really you don't care about anyone but yourself, you're such a-" Thalia cuts me off
"Enough, that's enough, that's crossing a line, you're being too mean!"
"Well I meant every word" I say and go into my room, slamming the door.It felt so good getting all that anger I've pent up for years out and putting Collette in her place. I would have said more, if Thalia hadn't stopped me. Collette looked like she was going to cry though, just like that time, six years ago, when I yelled at her, but I'm not getting fooled by those tears. After that day, I hadn't talked to her at all, didn't even look at her, for 6 whole years, I gave her the silent treatment until she got here, I was planning on completely ignoring her here too, but I don't think that's possible when we live in the same flat, but the only conversations I have with her, are me yelling at her, so my quest of torturing her remains unchanged.
When I went up to the living room, the next day morning, I found Thalia sleeping on the couch with the tv on, playing an episode of Friends. When I got closer, I realised that Collette was there too, lying on the floor, why was she on the floor? It's so cold, and the heater isn't even on, she was probably freezing. I rush to pull her up from the floor. I lift her up grabbing her waist and place her on the other couch and she is cold as ice. I sit beside her put one arm around her so that my body can heat up hers and her head falls on my chest. I keep the palms of her hands inside mine and rub them to create more warmth. She jolts awake and starts shivering. T
hen she notices me, and takes my arm off, "what are you doing?" She asks
"You were freezing" I reply
She stands up and almost falls from dizziness, but I catch her before she can."Take your hands off" she says
"I really have zero intentions of holding you, but if I don't, you'll fall" I say
"Then let me, let me fall, let me freeze to death, why do you care, if you hate me, SO much then why do you care? Don't be nice to me after everything you said last night" she replies and then goes up the stairs to her room.The audacity, she has, I was being nice to her, and she's showing her true colours again. I turn back to find Thalia staring at me, and flinch for a second, cuz I didn't realise she was awake."When'd you wake up?" I ask"You know you really hurt her" she says "I've never seen you hate someone this much, you don't even hate Davina(my ex) this much and she actually did stuff to deserve hate. Why do you hate Letty so much?""You should go get ready for university, it's late already" I say changing the topic."Such a terrible way to change topics" She says and goes up to her room.I spot her phone in the couch, of course she left it here, I go up to her room to give to her, but I realise that Collette came into her room too. And I know eavesdropping is not good but I lean forward to overhear their conversation and see them through the half open door, just out of curiosity cuz I'm sure Collette is bitching about me to Thalia.
"Can you hug me" Collette says with a teary face
"Of course my love" Thalia says and opens her arms, Collette hugs her tightly and softly cries.
"Are you crying? Forget about James already" Thalia says
"No it's not that, I'm just cold, and I just needed a hug" Collette says.
I go back down, feeling guilty as hell, seeing her hiding her tears from Thalia just made me feel sad, maybe I actually did hurt her. But she deserves it right? She's not a nice person, that's just the face she shows to the world but on the inside she just selfish and rude.