Crazy Love

It was about 5 minutes before I could think regularly again. The fuck is wrong with me? Alex is my friend, my best friend. We can't be involved like that. Right? I slowly make my way back to the work area where Bear and the rest of the crew are still hard at work.

"Stephanie?!" The blonde quickly rushes over to me.

"Yeah?!"

"Can you watch Bear for a while? There's something that I need to do and I don't want to leave him in the car because it's gonna be a while" Stephanie's face lights up and she bounces eagerly on her toes. Stephanie simply adores Bear. She's constantly spoiling him and sneaking him treats, so I have no doubt that she'll say yes.

"Of course I'll watch him! I'd be happy to." I smile and give her a grateful look.

"Thank you! Just in case there's an emergency," I write my number down on a piece of paper and hand it to her "call me. He's already been fed, so don't feed him anymore human or pet food. He's well behaved and you shouldn't have any problems with him because he's very obedient."

"Okay, I got it." Stephanie chirps cheerily. Bear must have sensed that something was going on because he comes over to us and sits at my feet. I stoop down and throw my arms around his neck.

"Be good for Stephanie okay, Bear?" I kiss him on the head wave to Stephanie. "Thanks again, Stephanie. I really appreciate it."

"No problem, Akira. Have fun with whatever you're doing!"

I grab my stuff and walk out to my car. As I walk though, I can't seem to forget about Alex and what went down tonight. What really made him be so...so brave? I was still thinking about his when I walked into my house and dropped on the couch. I sigh and rub my temples. The stress of the situation has finally got to me. I know what I need. Picking up the home phone, I dial Lilly.

"Hello?" She sounds a little out of breath, like she just got done exercising or something. It can't be that though because Lilly hates exercising. We usually have to bribe her to get her to go to the gym with us.

"Can you meet me at the mall today?" Is that a moan that I hear in the background? Oh my god! Was she doing what I think she's doing?! No, she's still a virgin so that can't be it. Unless...

"Ky, right now really isn't a good time..." I hear a light giggle and a deep male voice from her side of the line.

"Oh my god, is Mason there?! You guys really were having hot, steamy sex weren't you?" I exclaim loudly.

"Geez keep it down. You don't have to be so loud, Ky" I could practically see her blushing right now.

"I knew it!" I squealed with glee. "I can't believe that Mason has finally corrupted you. This was your first time wasn't it? So tell me, how bad did it hurt. Was he good? How big was his d-"

"Okay! We'll it was nice talking to you, Ky, but I have to go." Lilly purposely cut the rest of my sentence off.

"No, wait! Okay, I'll stop teasing you. I really do need you to meet me at the mall, though. It's an emergency." There's a pause and she sighs.

"Okay, what time?"

"Yes! Thank you, Lilly! I should be ready in about half an hour, so meet me there in about...35 minutes?

"Kay, I'll see you then." She confirmed.

After Lilly hung up, I dialed Lea next. I hope I don't catch her in when she's in one of her moods.

"Sup?" Lea answers groggily. She doesn't seem to be mad or depressed, so I guess that she was just sleeping.

"Meet me at the mall in about 35 minutes?" She gives a grunt.

"Alright, I'll see you there."

Now that that's done, I'd better get ready. I take a quick shower and change into fresh clothes (http://www.polyvore.com/shopping_with_lea_lilly/set?id=116246798) I get done earlier than I expected, so I take a minute to eat some cookies and milk. Just like that, my mind reels back to when she was here.



***Flashback***

"Akira Carrington! If you don't put that cookie back on my plate, you will seriously regret it!" Kelsey says warningly.

"Oh, come on! You'll have like 7 more left. I think you can live without this one cookie." I complain. She huffs.

"But now I have an uneven amount of cookies and you know how much I like for my things to have an equal number." I roll my eyes. Her and her weird obsessions. She narrows her eyes as I dramatically slowly lower the cookie towards my mouth. "Don't. You. Dare." I cock an eyebrow at her and put a hand on my hip.

"Or what? What are you going to do, Kelsey?" She darts around the the island in the kitchen, trying to surprise me, but I swiftly dash out of her reach to the opposite side. Now her whole plate is I front of me and I smile mischievously. She realizes her mistake and lunges for her plate, but I quickly snatch it away. I hold the plate like a trophy, and grin like a lunatic. "Thanks for the cookies, sis" I dash into the living room with Kelsey hot on my heals. Jumping over the couch, I sprint up to my room, giggling the whole way.

"Akira! Akira, open this damn door and give me back my cookies!" I decided to tease her some more so I started to sing a little tune.

"Kelsey, Kelsey, what you gonna do? What you gonna do when I eat your food?" I smile at the sound of her banging harder against the door. Placing the plate of cookies on my dresser, I sprawl out on my bed with my laptop and scroll through my dashboard on Tumblr. As I continue to mess around on the internet, I realize to late that my parents gave Kelsey a master key to all of the rooms in the house in case of an emergency. Just as I was getting up the block the door, it swings open and she holds the key up with an evil look on her face.

"Oh you're gonna pay now."

"Nooooo!" I try to run from her but she tackles me and attacks me with tickles. Like clockwork I bust out laughing.

"Surrender!" Kelsey shouts with a grin on her face. Being the stubborn person that I am, I shake my head defiantly.

"Never!" She amps up the tickle power. I finally come to the conclusion that if I take anymore of this I'll pee my pants, so I decide to give in.

"Okay, okay! I surrender! Now get off!" She sits on top of me, keeping me pinned down and smirks.

"Kelsey!" I yell between bouts of lingering laughter. She laughs and puts both of her hands up where I can see them, showing me that she's not doing anything, and lifts herself off of me. "Try that again and it'll be worse. Next time I won't show any mercy." She says with a serious face but I could see the laughter in her eyes and the slight curve of a smile on her lips.

"Just go and eat your damn cookies already or I'll eat them for you." I tease her. She pretends to growl holding her cookies closer to her chest and closes the door. I plop back down on my now ruffled bed, and lay on my sore stomach. What can I say? The love of food runs in the family.


***End of Flashback***

Tears are streaming down my face at the memory. We were so close. She was like a best friend. I grab a tissue from the counter and wipe my eyes. I really don't have time to do this right now, Lea and Lilly are waiting. The last of my tears are wiped as I grab my bag and head out the door.

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Lea's Outfit: http://www.polyvore.com/leas_mall_outfit/set?id=116249146
Lilly's Outfit: http://www.polyvore.com/lillys_mall_outfit/set?id=116251857

Lilly and Lea are already waiting at the fountain when I get there. Shit. Lea has her signature pissed off face on. It doesn't look too serious though, kinda like she's just irritated.

"Damn girl! How are you going to be late to your own meeting?" Lea says with her arms crossed. I bow my head in shame.

"Lea don't be so mean to her. She could have had something important come up or something." Lilly scolds.

"Sorry, there was something that I had to take care of..." I say half heartedly. Lea just sighs and starts walking towards the stores.

"Whatever. Come on."

"So what's the emergency, Ky?" Lilly asks while browsing the stores' windows.

"Lets's do some shopping first, then we'll talk about it over lunch." That should give me some time to think about what I'm going to say. Lea and Lilly both nod.

"We'll I guess there's nothing else to do but shop til we drop." Lea exclaims happily.

"Or until you run out of money." I chime in. They look so happy and worry free. I almost feel too guilty to put this all on them, but I need help dealing with both the situation and the dream.

"That too. Ooh, let's go in Hot Topic first!" Lilly and I groan.

"Lea, I don't like anything in that store and everyone scares me." Lilly complains. Lea shrugs and continues walking towards Hot Topic anyway.

"Just because you don't like the store doesn't mean that I don't want to go in. Besides, you always drag me into Aeropostale and Forever 21 when I don't want to go, so I think that it's my turn" Lea firmly states. Lilly groans again but reluctantly follows Lea into Hot Topic because she knows that she's right. Once we get to Hot Topic, Lea is like a 10 year-old again. Squealing and gazing at all the different clothes and accessories in her particular style. I like Hot Topic too, but not at Lea's level. She eats, sleeps and breathes all things Hot Topic. She has the store's website as her homepage and all the employees know her by name. She gets special discounts and is treated like a VIP when she walks into the store. The negative part about being friends with a Hot Topic junkie? Lea takes forever to get out of the store. She can literally shop for hours in no other place but Hot Topic. I'm not even kidding. It's both ridiculous and admirable, seeing as I don't like to stay in one place for more that ten minutes. I like to go in for what I came for and leave. Quick and easy. Today was a good day though, Lea only shopped for 40 minutes. Swinging her bags like a child, Lea skips (yes, she literally freaking skips) out of the store.

"Ready to talk yet, Ky?" She says over her shoulder.I shake my head.

"No, let's go into Marc Jacobs first." Lilly squeals once she hears me say Marc Jacobs.

"Oh no." Lea groans and her mood instantly plummets. I chuckle and tap her under her chin.

"You got to go in your store, so it's only fair if she gets to go in her's." I turn to address Lilly but she's already halfway to the store. I smile and follow her with Lea dragging behind me.
I know what you're thinking, Marc Jacobs is expensive. Right? But Lilly's family is really loaded. Lilly is also spoiled rotten by her dad, so even if they weren't rich he would still go out of his way to get her whatever she wanted. She'd never had to worry about money the way normal people like us do. Which is why she can shop in stores like Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren and Chanel. The negative thing about being friends with a rich person is that she throws money around like it's nothing. I don't know about her but if I had that kind of money, I wouldn't spend all of it on shopping. Okay, I lied, maybe a little of it would go into shopping. Like only 50%.

"I don't know how you can shop with those preppy, snobby rich people." Lea grumbles when we get out of the store.

"Hey! You don't hear me calling your friends at Hot Topic emotionally unstable freaks, so I'd appreciate it if you'd not say that about my friends at Marc Jacobss."

"But you just said it!" Lea exclaims loudly. Lilly just shrugs her shoulders and smirks.

"You started it first."

"Very mature, Lilly. I'm sure your parents will be so proud of your very lady-like behavior."

"Oh, and you are?" Lilly retaliates with a raised eyebrow. When Lea remains in silence she smirks and holds her head up triumphantly. Lilly may be a rich preppy girl, but she can be cocky and arrogant too. We all walk to the nearest food court and place our orders and Dairy Queen. Once our orders were served, we take a seat at the table farthest away from all the others.

"So what's up, Ky? What's the emergency?" Lea says after taking a bite of her burger.

"God, Lea, will you at least swallow before you talk. It's disgusting." Lilly says with a disgusted look on her face.

"Get used to it, princess" Lea smiles and sticks out her tongue.

"Guys! Do you want to know the emergency or not?" I snap my fingers, trying to get their attention. Their bickering is seriously starting to get on my nerves. They both look at each other and shut their mouths.

"Kay, We're listening."

"Okay. You remember when we went to that club for Mason's birthday?" I say looking a Lilly. She nods

"Yeah, the one that I pretended to be busy to avoid." Lea says as she nods.

"You told me that you couldn't make it!" Lilly gasps at Lea.

"Well, you can't blame me for not wanting to be around the douche bag."

"Mason is not a douche bag! What is your problem?!" Lilly says loudly.

"You know exactly what my problem is!" Lea snaps back at her. "If he did it once, he'll do it again and that's not someone you deserve. He may be an angel to you but don't forget that I know who he really is." Okay. Time to brake this up.

"Sorry if this comes off a little conceited, but this isn't about you guys' little feud." Although they both glare at me like they would gladly cut my head off, the fight is stopped." As I was saying, we were at the club for Mason's birthday party and Alex shows up. I was pretty confused, you know since he never told me that he was coming, and it turns out that Lilly invited him without bothering to tell me." I give Lilly a (suppose to be) menacing look and she ducks her head in shame. "So we're dancing and singing together like we usually do, right? After a while we stop dancing and go to the bar when Alex starts talking about this girl that he likes. So of course I'm like, okay this is good. He's finally found someone to love. It turns out that the girl is me." I finish looking directly at them. I expected them to be all 'oh my god' and 'really', but they just sit there like it's a ordinary day. That's not supposed to happen. "That's not even all of it. The next day he dedicated a song to me."

"This is unusual how?" Lea asks. Is she kidding me?!

"Since when does he dedicate a song, publicly if I might add, to me at all?! And to make it even more weird, it was a song about sex. He dedicated a song about having sex to me, Lea" I frantically say to her.

"Calm down, Ky. We don't want the whole mall to know your problems." I didn't even realize I was yelling.

"Okay I admit that the public dedication is a little unusual."

"A little?" Lily says in disbelief.

"Okay, more than a little but you had to have seen this coming. The signs have always been there" Lea admits.

"Did you not hear me?! He sang a song to me about having HAVING SEX to me! You know, making love? Fucking? Doing the dirty?"

"So he's a horny teenage boy, what else is new?"

"In what world is Alex a normal teenage boy? Since when does Alex sing songs about sex to me? You must be on drugs to think thats normal."

"As much as you wish she was, it's true. I'm actually surprised that he waited this long to tell you." Lily says truthfully.

"You can't tell me that you haven't seen it, Ky. You're supposed to be the smart one. I mean they the way that he always has to be near you, always has to have you in sight." Lea points out.

"The way his eyes eyes always seem to find you where ever you are in the room, the lingering stares. It's all there, Ky. Even when we in junior high. You can't tell me that you didn't catch on.." Lilly continues. When I just stare at her in revelation, her mouth opens in disbelief. "Oh my hod! You really didn't know."

"How dense are you, Ky? Anyone with eyes and a brain could have seen it." Lea says

"So what did you say?" Lilly asks. I blush and look down at my hands.

"I kind of just made an excuse and ran off with this dude that I met earlier that day."

"Now that is unusual. What the fuck, Ky?!" Lea almost shouts.

"Yeah, what the fuck?! He could have been a serial killer or something!" Lilly repeats. I hold up my hands to them.

"Believe me, I thought the same thing, but we talked and he's actually a really nice guy."

"Of course a stranger that you've just met once is a nice guys and can't possibly be lying to you just to get in your pants." Lea says sarcastically.

"We'll he can't be a serial killer because he's apparently in a famous band." Lea opens her mouth to retaliate but I cut her off. " I know what you're going to say, how do I know that he's telling the truth? I was dragged into an alleyway by one of his band mates because some paparazzi was chasing him, then brought to his house where I met all the other band mates. But this is not about him. I came here because I need help with the Alex situation.What should I do?"

"Obviously, we think that you should give him a chance. He really likes you Ky, probably to the point of love." Lilly says softly.

"Who knows, maybe you might have some feeling for him. You could just be blocking it all out because he's your friend." Lea agrees. Maybe they're right. I mean, I must have some kind of feeling for him according to what happened at work.

"Okay, I'll give him a chance. You could be right." I smile and nod. As Lilly and Lea grab me into a group hug, I can't help but to think of a certain blue/green eyed boy. I wonder what he's doing now.

Notes

I know that I probably sound like a broken record right now, but I'm sorry for taking so long to update. Between cheer practice and state testing I've been really busy. Sorry guys, I honestly didn't think that I would be this busy when I started it. All I can say is don't expect regular updates, but I'll try to get them up sooner. Vote, comment, and subscribe please. Again, thank you for those of you who waited. Love you guys!