***
Maureen opened the door and her eyes grew big after seeing Whitney behind to the door.
She was on her baggy polo shirt, holding the huge pillow close to her chest.
“Guess who wanna sleep over??!” Maureen screamed.
Whitney laughed and walked in.
“Oh, I guess she suddenly reminisced about us. Thank God you finally remembered us though” Jade smiled.
“I’m sorry, guys” Whitney pouted and jumped on the bed, hugging Jade.
“It’s fine. I understand you were all over Jayden. So, its totally alright”
Whitney forced a smile and broke the hug.
“She should go to her room!” Natalie suddenly barked.
“Oh! Just shut up!” Jade barked back and threw a pillow at her.
“You!!” Natalie snarled.
“What!” Jade snarled as well.
“What’s your problem, Natalie? You are making us really h@të you” Maureen said.
“Its not like as if your likeness is gonna even pay my bills so keep it! I even prefer the h@të!” Natalie said, with scorn.
“You’re really terrible” Maurren shrugged.
“What’s it exactly? What do you really want??” Jade asked, shaking her head.
Natalie pointed at Whitney who was still on the bed with Jade.
“Her. I don’t want her here. I want her to leave” Natalie said, flatly.
“What to do?” Jade scoffed.
“Cause, she ain’t gonna f*cking leave this room” She further stated.
“Why do you want me to leave so badly? It not like as if you even paid for this room” Whitney said with an eye roll.
“I’m even talking about the bed. Its not for 4. 3 of us are tryna manage it here, hello!!”
Whitney looked around and sighed.
Looking at Jade, she spoke;
“I think she’s right. I…I gotta go”
“Wait” Jade quickly held her hand.
Whitney looked at her.
“And who said they can only sleep on a bed?” Jade smiled, warmly which caused Whitney to smile too.
***
Whitney and Jade giggled as they stared at their faces. They were on the mattress they had spread out on the floor.
“So, What later happened?” Jade asked.
Apparently, Whitney was telling Jade the story line of the interesting netflix, she watched an hour ago.
“Kate didn’t get the guy. Too bad. I really felt for her. I think Kate deserves him better” Whitney said.
She continued.
“I mean, Kate and Henry were both each other first love. And the fact that they loved each other crazily during the childhood days is so enough for Henry to choose Kate
“He chose Elsa instead. The second girl he met afterwards. Well, its fine though. But it hurts. I mean, he promised Kate and gave her assurance”
“He made Kate wait and she had to decline all the good guys that came her way. Hmm. I’m glad its just a fictional movie though cause I don’t think it can’t happen in real life”
Jade blinked her eyes.
“And what if it does?” She asked in a whisper.
“Gosh. I will murder the guy. He should better go to his first love. I won’t even take Henry if I was Elsa. I would just ask Henry to go back to Kate and give her the love she deserves. The love he promised her. Elsa is a fool” Whitney said, bluntly
Jade chuckled.
“Why are you laughing? Am I not right?”
Jade nodded.
“You’re right”
“Jade?” Whitney whispered, after looking around.
Jade shifted closer.
“What’s up?” She whispered back.
“I confronted Natalie that day” Whitney cooed.
“That day? What day?” Jade asked.
Whitney gulped.
“That day of the acid accident. I confronted her and guess what?”
Jade blinked her eyes.
“What?” She asked lowly and calmly.
“Natalie…told me ‘green shadow’ made her do it”
Jade felt her heart leap.
“Whh..aat?” She couldn’t help but stutter.
“You gotta believe me” Whitney said
Jade inhaled.
“Why…why didn’t you tell me since??” Her voice nearly got a bit loud than usual.
“Huh? I’m sorry but…but It kinda skipped my mind. Anyways, it happened that…Green shadow delivered the acid to her lounge by the door and dropped a letter there. Green shadow told her to pour that acid on me and threatened to harm and ruin Natalie with acid if she fails her task. I plan to catch that green shadow. Gosh, I nearly believed Natalie was even the green shadow. Hmm, I ought to think outside the box now”
“I’m sleepy!” Jade suddenly gasped.
“Eh?”
“Can I please just sleep?” She asked with a disturb eye stare.
“Oh…Okay then. Sleep tight. Sweet dreams” Whitney said.
Jade turned around without replying.
Whitney wondered what went wrong. Her behavior took a sudden U-turn.
Jade’s eyes were blazing red. She clenched her fist and bit her lip in angst.
“You have no fear, Natalie. Why would you show her that letter? Are you dumb??” She thought, loudly.
“Don’t worry, I know how to handle you” She whispered and a devilish smile crawled across her lips.
THE NEXT MORNING**
Whitney placed a gentle knock on the door.
“Enter” She heard a soft voice.
She swallowed hard, nervously and turned the knob.
She met Jayden standing.
“Jayden-
“I’m sorry” He whispered, cooly and quickly hugged her. She sadly sighed and embaraced him back.
“I’m sorry for asking you to leave yesterday. I just didn’t want you to see me cry. I bawled my eyes out, when I recalled my past. I’m sorry for sending you out like that. I just…I’m sorry” He started crying again.
“No. Its fine, seriously. You deserved the space last night” She said.
“You might be a baddie. But a baddie with a soft heart” She whispered with a smile, rubbing his back as he tighened the hug.
He finally let her free and they stared at each other. She touched the sides of his face with her both hands and wiped his tears away.
“I wanna tell you everything” He suddenly said.
She looked deeply into his eyes.
“What?” She murmured.
He held her hands and took it down.
“Everything. My past” He said, and led her to the bed. He sat down on it and drew her body to himself.
He made her sit on his thigh and she turned her face to him.
“Promise me you won’t let me go. Promise you will stay with me. Promise me you’ll accept my heart after this remaining 3 days” He said, encircling his arm around her waist.
“I promise” She was reluctant to answer at first.
“F*ck that 100 days” He muttered, sadly.
She only sighed deeply. It was a 100% assurance that she was gonna leave after it clocks 100 days.
“Whitney?” He held her close.
“Hmm?” She hummed, lowly brushing her thoughts aside.
“This is my story…”
TBC
