Luckily the rest of the weekend was much less eventful and consisted mostly of doing homework. Now it was Monday again and she met her two BFF’s in front of the school.
“Ooh! I’m so nervous,” Cherise was very hyper jumping up and down.
“For what?” Sam was once again lost in the conversation.
“Smoke!”
Cherise had finally explained about the competition. They were all going to meet the band and get to take their pictures with them. All that would end up in a big spread in Rock Magazine
“Me too,” Timo wasn’t jumping up and down, but his shrieking in her ear was actually worse. “I’m working on my flirting skills, but it isn’t going so well.”
She just couldn’t believe her friends. They were already acting insane and the meet was still days away. The bad thing was, the closer they would get, the crazier her friends would get. There was bound for someone to faint on Saturday and she knew it wouldn’t be her.
“Seriously guys! They’re just normal guys.” They were obviously forgetting the band used to go to this school. It wouldn’t be the first time they would talk to them. She knew she was going to be embarrassed when the time came for the actual meet-and-greet.
“Maybe,” Cherise was doubtful, “but no one I know is that good-looking.” She added in full believe.
“Just 4 days, 16 hours, 23 minutes before I have the opportunity to touch all that man-candy,” Timo squealed.
“Oh God! Am I the only one who just wants to meet them for their music?”
“Yes!” Cherise and Timo exclaimed in unison.
“Besides, don’t play dumb with me,” Timo accused her, he was even pointing a finger in her face. “You were the one with the crush on Ace in freshman year.”
Crap! Sam felt her cheeks changing into a nice tomato red. That was almost three years ago. Sometimes she hated it that Timo remembered everything that had to do with boys. What she needed was a diversion.
“Cherise, how can you talk about how cute they are. You have a boyfriend.” Hopefully this would help, but she didn’t expect her friend to start crying. Timo raised his brows at Sam.
“He broke up,” Cherise wailed. How come this was the first she heard about it? Poor Cherise. Sam tugged Cherise in her arms and gave her a shoulder to cry on. After a couple of minutes of that, Cherise had calmed down enough to talk.
“It was after the party on Saturday. He drove me home and while we were sitting in my driveway he told me he wanted to break up. He said, he’s in love with someone else,” she started crying harder again. Sam hated to see her friend in so much pain. Stupid jack*ss, how dare he to break her best friend’s heart.
“I’m sorry girl,” she tried to comfort Cherise.
“It’s going to be alright, sweety,” Timo never knew what to do in these situations. He was a guy after all and seeing someone cry made him uncomfortable.
“Think about Smoke. Cute guys, half-naked, singing a song for you,” Sam tried to cheer her up.
“Licking chocolate of your body,” and Timo was again lost in lala-land.
Cherise stopped crying. “What?” Evenly confused as Sam.
Timo turned a shade darker, “Sorry, I got a little carried away.” Even though if he had the opportunity, he would definitely take it.
Cherise started chuckling. This was what she loved about him, no matter what, he was great at distracting people and that was what she needed right now.
“Why don’t you come over after school?” Sam suggested, “I’ll get some movies, some ice cream and we’ll have ourselves a girl’s night.” Cherise smiled and nodded at her.
“Euhm…” Sam said hesitantly, “Maybe you want to go to the bathroom before class starts,” she was pointing towards Cherise’s face. Message received and Cherise was off to fix her make-up. They would see each other again at lunch.
***
Cherise was hoping for a quiet lunch, but of course she couldn’t catch a break. The morning had already been bad enough. Everyone had been staring at her. She had tried to fix her face, but you could see she was trying to hold back the tears. Her friends were putting in all the effort to cheer up and they were succeeding, until Zack joined their table.
“Hello ladies,” he greeted them, smiling at her.
“Go away Zack!” Sam was in protective-mode, “This isn’t a good time,” she snarled at him.
“What happened?” He looked concerned at Cherise.
“None of your business!” Timo brought him back out of his stare.
“Says who?” he challenged.
“Says me.” Zack turned his attention back to Cherise.
“It’s obvious you have been crying Cherise. You might as well tell me. Did Thomas hurt you? ‘Cause I will kill him.” He gritted through his teeth, so mad was he. Clenching and unclenching his fists, trying to calm himself. Cherise averted her eyes and didn’t respond.
“Go away,” Sam tried to push him of the bench.
“Fine! But I still want to know what happened,” he conceded and walked away, leaving them in peace.
***
“It’s just so sad.” Cherise was crying again, but this time it was because of the movie they were watching in Sam’s room. They had just finished all the Ben & Jerry’s they could.
“I know,” Sam affirmed. She was getting tired of Cherise’s crying. This was the second movie and there was nothing but tears and some more tears. Sam loved her friend, but she did have a limit when it came to the waterworks.
“Why does he have to leave her like that? You can’t leave her like that,” Cherise shouted towards the TV.
“I know.”
It seemed her friend heard the tension in her voice and suggested to watch something else. Sam all too gladly agreed.
“So how are you feeling, Cherise?”
“I’m alright, I guess. I mean. I just wonder who he fell in love with, you know?” She had finally calmed down; her voice was just still a bit raspy.
“I know,” seemed to be the correct answer.
“Do you think we know the girl?” Cherise asked her.
“I don’t know,” Sam had absolutely no idea. To her the relationship seemed fine, but looks can be deceiving. “You could ask him.”
“No!” Cherise shook her head furiously, “That would sound so desperate!”
Sam just shrugged her shoulders. She believed that when a guy dumped you, you shouldn’t care what else he had to say or do.
“Anyway I should get going. It’s almost curfew.” Cherise grabbed all her stuff, hugged Sam goodbye. “Thanks for everything, Sam.”
“You know it’s no problem,” She hated it when her friends thanked her for something she thought was self-evident. “And just remember Smoke this Saturday,” she added with a big smile.
“Indeed! Don’t forget 8 a.m. at my place.”
It was only the third time today she told her, she couldn’t forget even if she wanted too. She just nodded at her friend. Cherise giggled and made her way out.
With Cherise gone and all her homework done since Sunday, she didn’t have anything to do. Except maybe another chat session with her Guitarboy. It seemed luck was on her side, ‘cause there was a new window blinking on her computer screen.
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I keep thinking Cherise is way better off without Thomas, that's why I chose this song ^^)
Next chapter will be a bit different, but way more Guitarboy :p
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