Chapter Three

I couldn't believe what I just got myself into. How could Julia do this to me? She didn't even mention a double date or this Chris dude. She kept on saying she couldn't do this alone.. and now that I said yes she tells me that Chris is involved.

I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned to Layla, "hey... got plans? Wanna come hang out with me and my friends..."

I furrowed my brows at her and she pointed on her right and I saw two girls a one boy.. "umh.. you want me to be the odd one out?"

She laughed, "no... you won't be that..come on."

I looked over my best friend as she hugged Chris. She turned to me and waved, "I'll text you later, love you..."

I waved and mentally said, "whatever..."

Layla cleared her throat and I jumped a bit. She smiled, "so...?"

I looked at my watch, it was 3 pm, my brother gets home around 4 and I was free, so why not?

"Umh.. yeah.. sure...just let me go change my clothes.."

The girl in front of me laughed, "change what? You look fine as hell in that..."

My cheeks flushed and I turned before she could see, "I'll... I'll be back Layla..." and I paced to the bathroom.

I got there and threw my bag on the floor then looked at myself in the mirror. What was happening with me? Why was I being weird and feeling like this...?

I sighed and changed my clothes, put on my ripped skinny jeans and a white blouse with my sandals.

When I came back out Layla smile grew wider, "okay.. screw what I said minutes ago. You look fine as fuck now..."

I laughed, "could you stop...please..."

She winked and we walked towards her friends. Chris tried to get my attention but I kept myself busy on my phone texting a beautiful little birdie from across the world.

ME: Hey, still at school, grabbing lunch with a few friends... and I think I miss talking to you... will text when I get home..

To my surprise she quickly typed back:

KATHY❤🌈💯: Hey.. I'm over here lazy to bath.. but guess what, you missing me will push me to get up.... and I think I miss you too. Let me go take a shower, we will talk when you get home...

I was smiling like at idiot by the time we arrived at Layla's group of friends..

Layla looked at me, "this is Tim, Wendy and Esther.. guys this is..."

"Mrs Chris...." her friends said in sync and I shook my head, "woaaaah the fuck...?? I'm Precious..."

They laughed and Tim shrugged, "well, nice to meet you Precious..."

"Nice to meet you too guys.."

One of the girls turned to Layla, "so where to?"

"There's a McDonald's up the road then we can chill here after that.. I need a few tips from my dance teacher..."

"Or Precious can teach you.. I hear her and Chris are leading the class..." Tim said and I blushed, "umh.. no we are not.."

We crossed the road and approached a McDonald's.

"What do you want?" Layla asked and I went to search for money in my bag and Tim stopped me, "she's paying...for all of us.. she just got paid from her crappy job"

That earned him a slap at the back of his head from Layla, "that crappy job will feed your ungrateful stomach..."

We all laughed and Layla looked back at me, "so...?"

I shrugged, "anything you're getting.."

She smiled and went in while the rest of us waited out there. They started small talk and I ignored them coz I had no idea what they were talking about.

I felt a tap on my shoulder, "so are we dropping you off later?"

I shrugged, "umh... no, I'll catch a taxi.."

"By the way I'm Wendy she's Esther.. in case you were wondering who's who.."

Fuck.. was it that obvious that I couldn't put their names to their faces since I was staring at my phone when Layla introduced them...?

My cheeks flushed with embarrassment, "of course.. I knew that.."

They laughed at me, "riiight.. of course..."

Layla came back out with bags full of food. Tim helped her and we started walking back to school. We all sat down and Layla offered us our food and I couldn't help but notice one bag left. I shrugged, probably for her cousin or sibling.

We started eating and talking about anything. I was surprised at how cool they were and sweet and normal... I felt so stupid at the back of my head coz I thought they'd be a bit off or odd since they were gay or whatever.. Things we hear in the street about gay people are not correct at all.

Yeah... I was an idiot for believing them..

I took a sip on my drink and a new voice spoke, "oh hey guys... so y'all remembered to get me food today.. how nice..."

They all laughed as I looked at the girl. She had short hair and was wearing boys clothes.. She was your typical stereotype kinda lesbian. I mean even I could tell she was gay yet I wasn't.

"We always remember your food." Layla responded to the girl and she rolled her eyes, "only when I sleep under you the previous day.."

"Wait.. does that mean Layla got laid last night?" She turned to Tim, "you owe me money mate..."

Tim shrugged and took out a R100 note, "whatever.. here..."

Layla got up and kissed the tomboy girl. I shifted a bit uncomfortably and took my phone out. I needed to go now...

I cleared my throat, "umh... guys I should go now..."

Layla pulled away from the girl and looked at me, "it's still early.."

I got up, "my umh... little brother.." then waved at the rest of the guys, "bye guys..."

"See you tomorrow?"

I shrugged, "Don't have classes.. so I'll see you guys on Friday..." then I turned around and started walking..

Before I could cross the road I felt a hand pull me...and no, it didn't pull me by my hand, this person held my waist and turned me around and I found myaelf face to face with Layla. She smiled, "umh.. can I drop you home...?"

I shook my head and pulled her hands off my waist, "I'll get a taxi.."

She furrowed her brows a bit at me and then sighed, "fine... can I get your numbers..."

Ahh, she wanted my numbers... I shrugged and pointed my finger down for the taxi that was approaching us, "I'll see you on Friday Layla..."

"It's tuesday Precious.. friday is far.. I just wanna text you..."

I don't know what got to me or what the fuck I was thinking, but without even thinking I said, "text her..." and pointed at the girl she was kissing... then I ran to the taxi and got inside.

I had no fucken idea why I said that... but I said it and I was feeling weird now that I said it. It came out as if I was a bit jealous... was I jealous? No.. I was uncomfortable coz I'm not used to them.

She was left the with raised eyebrows making me laugh a bit.

I quickly got home and did everything I was supposed to do.. then dished up for everyone and went to bath.. after that I took my phone and texted someone I have missed. 

KATHY❤💯🌈 : she's baaaaack.. so how was school today? Did you enjoy..?

I smiled and responded..

ME: yes she's back.. God school was exhausting.. I'm tired and I think I don't like people.. like this guy in a taxi was almost sleeping on my shoulder😑😱.

KATHY❤💯🌈: ohh maan how is that possible? Was he sitting on your lap.. should I be jealous that other people are sitting on your lap and I can't...😕🤔

God how I blushed when I read that. I definitely wouldn't mind having her on my lap.... Shit.... the fuck am I thinking?

ME: haha. Noo I'll send you our public taxis okay.. it carries about 15 people... and I don't like them at all..

I quickly texted my best friend and she just read my message and didn't respond. I rolled my eyes, her ass was probably on her periods and she was being moody. A notification had me laughing my ass out.

KATHY❤💯🌈: Oh my God...15? Are you guys sitting on top of each other or are you in busses? I can't wait to see this.

It was really cute how clueless she was. I sent her a picture of the taxi I was talking about and she was so excited and said it looks cool..

I laughed. She was seriously adorable and starting to get addictive.

We talked a while and she told me about her day which was really interesting to be honest. And what was more interesting was that to us we were in winter around June and in Germany it was summer. Really interesting and weird.

She then told me about this lady who was cute in town but she was too much of a coward to approach.

Even though I assumed that she was gay because of how tomboyish she dresses and how fucken good she looked in those clothes... At that moment, that's when I gather enough strength to ask her..

ME: So how many girls have you dated... or slept with...? It's okay if you are not comfortable telling me..

I was scared that she'd feel uncomfortable but she didn't. She just answered.

KATHY❤💯🌈: well, I have two ex girlfriends and I slept with one of them... The sex was theeee best trust me.

I don't know how we got here but talking to her about her sexuality and just her love life in general was fun.. it didn't make me feek uncomfortable. In fact I wanted to know more.. so I asked much and found out that a lot of people are racist and homophobes... including her 18 year old brother..

At the back of my head an image of her and the pretty girl she saw appeared and it made me feel some typa way. I felt a bit jealous.. as if I wanted it to be me and not the girl she was looking at..

I sighed and said my goodnights before my mind could go deeper into shit it doesn't know.

Then we went to sleep.

The following day my best friend was still acting weird.. I decided to call her ass.

'Precious....'

"Whatever you think I did, it wasn't me..." I said and she sighed, 'really?'

"I promise.. it wasn't me okay.. probably some crazy person I don't even know.. just not me at all."

'what were you doing yesterday? Afternoon...?'

I started to think.. Ahh, got food with Layla's friends, "umh I went to grab food babe then came back home..."

'oh really... with?'

"With... umh, Layla and her friends."

'really? What were you doing with those?'

I furrowed my brows as if she could see me, "those...?? Those what? Things dogs?"

'fags...moffies.. gay.. those sinful creatures Precious... what were you doing with those?'

Oh God... Oh God... and Oh God.

"Could you stop Julia.. not now please..."

She scoffed, 'when then? Do you want to be like that too? Sick.. disgusting... imagine kissing another girl. God created Adam and Eve... not some Adam with Steve... please tell me you are not changing into....'

If she didn't shut up I was going to lose it. I sighed, "Julia... I'm going to go okay. I just called to find out if you are okay.. and by the way you're talking I shouldn't have called."

'you better not be trying to mess up your life by giving into some demonic possession of lesbianism... or else you'll burn in hell... by the way Paul set the date... it's on Saturday in the morning....'

And she hung up..

After that I was so puzzled. What do I do... I was slowly liking someone and her company. How do I stop...? Oh.. I mean we can still be friends right.. I just like talking to her. So it's nothing much. Besides, I don't wanna lose my best friend because of some stupid thing... It was just all in her head. Layla was my friend, a good one now..

Wednesday and Thursday came so quickly and before I knew it they were gone. My friendship with Katharina was sooo tight right now... four days into talking and I felt like we been talking for four full months. We got to a point where she even called me her fake girlfriend and it was just the best feeling. I literally missed her if I didn't text her for like a few ours. She was amazing and I was liking her soo sooo much everyday... I could not stop myself.

Friday I got ready for class and went there with everything. We danced and when class was finished Layla pulled me to the side, "you owe me your numbers..."

I laughed, "really?"

She nodded her head a bit and removed the stray of my hair that was on my face...and immediately my heart stopped for a second, "please...i just want to text you.. I need your numbers..." she whispered.

"Can we meet after school.. I need to do a few things first right now."

"Ouch sucks knowing I am not those things... Will you give them to me then?"

I smiled and with little courage I had in me, I rested my hand on her neck, "you'll have to meet up with me later on first."

She smiled devilishly, "ahh fuck.. you're on...see you later babe.." and she was gone.

The day continued faster and I met up with Layla and her friends waiting for me outside.

Wendy hugged me and Tim followed, "hey Mrs Chris..."

I rolled and groaned, I was really getting annoyed by this, "why are you guys saying this... God.."

"Fuck I'm sorry. It's just that the whole school knows you as Chris's girl.. worse since you guys are now going on a date...."

Somehow this got under my skin... I looked at him shocked..the whole school knows? Whole school?

I was getting pissed for real. They were testing me.

I turned to Layla and she furrowed her brows, "are you okay?"

I shrugged, "give me your phone..."

"Are you okay?" She asked giving me her phone and I typed in my numbers and gave her the phone back..

"I have to go..."

"Hey... what's wrong?"

I shook my head and kept walking, "nothing..."

"You don't like Chris... like you really are not into the guy?" She asked starting to walk with me.

I sighed, "can we not do this..."

"Are you okay Precious?"

"I'm fine Layla.. your friends are waiting for you.."

She looked back and made a hand sign then kept walking with me, "Precious are you really okay...?"

She was pissing me off and I was close to crying. I was so emotional right now and all these were too much for me.. All these feelings I didn't have and those I have.. they were just too much. My head felt so big. I was tired of trying to convince myself shit... I didn't know what to do... I didn't know if I should admit this to me.

I felt Layla pull me into a hug, "Precious.. I'm sorry... what's wrong?"

I shook my head... "I'm not... I'm just not.. I can't be..." I pulled away from her and then started walking away.

Tomorrow was going to be this date and I had to like Chris. He was great... amazing... I just needed to have an open mind and give him a chance.. I'll like him as time goes on.... I couldn't give in to these demonic possessions..

I had to do this. It was the right thing to do. The only thing to do... I kept on repeating that in my head...