Cassie

17. Cookie power

"you," we both said pointing at each other. Staring at me is the handsome stranger I had embarrassed in front of the other day, I am a terrible friend, I wasn't even aware that Gloria had a brother.

"Hello,"  I greeted him before he could recover from the shock,

"You are the weird crying girl" I heard him mumble to himself. I cringe at the sentence. Excusing myself before he said something else I walked towards the direction of Gloria's room.

"I hope he can keep his mouth shut and will not tell Gloria what happened that day" I turned back to see him staring, I held the door to what I assumed was my friend's room, I opened the door and walked inside the room.

  The room was spacious and neatly designed, it was as if an angel lived there, all the curtains and almost everything in the room that was allowed to have a colour was white, even the bedsheets she laid on were white as well.  The interior decorating of the room was flawless, I walked closer to my friend who was fast asleep and silently sat down beside her.

   I stared at her sleeping face for a while like a creep, she looked stressed and tired, I couldn't spend a lot of time here as I had to get home soon, I didn't want Stella nagging me today, I had enough nagging yesterday. I had enough for a lifetime.

"Cassie is this a dream or you are sitting on my couch" she weakly muttered. I smile because the question is so her.

"I am sitting on your couch Gloria, you were not in school today, so I decided to pay you a visit" I explained. She smiled weakly.

"Have you spoken to Adam," I asked, she frowned at the question as she tried to sit.

"Adam moved away with his family and decided not to inform me till the last minute, he broke up with me on the phone, and he didn't even have the guts to tell me in person" she cried I went closer trying to her, I sat on her bed and hugged her.

   She was in love with him, why would he hurt her, Adam had been acting strange for days before he stopped coming to school.

"Did you ask him why? " I asked.

"Yes, I did, and he couldn't give me any valid reason for breaking up with me, his excuse " She frowned with tears streaming down her face. "Long distance, I can't even believe him, and he was so cold to me,"

"I am so sorry dear, should I try talking to him?" I asked trying to be useful to my friend.

"There is no need, you won't be able to reach him,   he moved to God knows where, he refused to say, and his cell is not reachable" she explains.

      Gloria's mom came in an hour later with a tray of cookies and cake with orange juice, I was grateful and thanked her. She received my thanks with a smile. She left the room after hugging her daughter, I stared with a smile. A teardrop betrayed my smile in seconds. I wish I had this kind of relationship with my mother,

  "Do you want a cookie", I asked Gloria

"No, my mom's cookies are too sweet, too much sugar is not good for the body" she preached.

"Enough preaching Gloria, it tastes fantastic that's all that matters to me, so you don't want any?" I asked I wasn't ready to share, I knew she was going to say no.

"No, I rather not"

"That's good, more for me then " I smiled

       We spoke for a while and talked about a lot of things, she vividly explained what happened, she cried in the rain, she caught a cold. We talked about a lot and I am glad she is doing much more better.

   I hate to see her cry, I am not going to give up, I need an explanation from Adam, I would like to know why he hurt my friend.

  I checked the time and discovered that it was very late, so I left in haste promising to be back tomorrow. Gloria's mom gave me some cakes at home, I didn't bother sneaking out food that night after cooking, because I had more than enough to eat and drink, and for the first time in a long time, I was full at night.

      I got to Stella's house, and thank goodness no one was home, I spent a lot of time in Gloria's house I lost the track of time. I quickly get started on making dinner before Stella or any of the twins return home.

   I manage to finish dinner on time, and got the table ready. I didn't bother waiting out for them as I went to bed. Not forgetting to take out my breakfast for tomorrow morning.

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