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Too Much of Anything: Ch. 9 -- Nothing
King --
I was sitting in the living room when my phone started ringing. Marck's caller ID was flashing on my screen.
"Hello?"
"What's up, man?" He said.
"Nothing much. You?" I switched the channel on the TV and went back to talking to Marck.
"Well, Me and the guys are heading out. You in?"
"It involves underage drinking right?" I asked laughing slightly.
"Heck yes it does! So? You in?" He replied while I heard Renz and James shout in the background, telling me to come.
"Hell to the fucking YES!" I said getting up and I started walking to my room.
"Alright. See you in 10, man."
This is going to be a long night.
***
After a few tequila shots, we are still up. We are currently calling up random numbers and kind of prank calling them.
"Dude, dude. why don't we prank call the girls!?" I asked, slightly tipsy.
"Nah, man. They'll beat us up tomorrow." Renz said. I think he's the only one who's sober.
"Dude! Live a little! Come on!" James said, punching Renz's shoulder slightly.
"Fine. But if you guys get in trouble, I'm out." Renz replied as he shook his head.
"Pussy." Marck muttered slightly as he dialed Elaine's number.
Elaine's sleepy voice answered.
"Hello?"
"Oh, hey there, Elaine!" Marck slurred.
"Hey Elaineeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee." James shouted over the phone while laughing.
"Are you guys drunk?!" She asked with an annoyed voice.
"No, we are not drunk. In fact, here's King. We are not drunk at all, right man?" James put it on speaker phone.
"No, we are not drunk, Elaineeeeeeeeeeeeee. We are just having fun." I said, laughing slightly while drinking another shot.
I grimaced as I felt the burn slide down my throat.
"You guys should stop drinking. Its not good. I swear, you guys. I am so gonna tell the girls about this." She said. Why are you such a party pooper, Elaine?
"No need. We'll be calling them soon. Byee!" James hung up on her and we bursted out laughing.
"You guys are idiots." Renz muttered as he switched the channel.
"Hey, hey, how about Ariel?! Yeah?" Marck suggested.
"Nah." I said hesitating.
"What? You're tuning into a girl now, King? HUH?" James asked as he went all up in my face.
"Nah, man. Its just that--" James interrupted me when he made chicken sounds. Marck stood there laughing.
"Fine. Give me the fucking phone."
Shit's about to go down.
---
Ariel --
"I still love --"
I jolted up and I saw my phone flashing on my bedside table.
'KING"
My knees felt weak and I rubbed my eyes to check if it was really him.
His name was still flashing on my screen and I answered without thinking.
"Hello?" I answered, hesitating slightly.
"Hey, Ariel." His velvet voice replied. I sat up and pulled my knees to my chest. Even his voice could make me melt.
"What are you up to now, King?" A lump started forming in my throat.
"I just wanna tell you, I love you." He slurred.
"What? King, you're drunk! I'm gonna hang up the phone now." I said as my tears fell down my cheeks.
"No, no. Listen, I love you, Ariel. Coleen is a fucking slut. She was cheating on me the whole time. I want you, and only you, Ariel. You are so beautiful and I'm such a fucking idiot that I let you out my grasp. Now you're with Hartley. I love you, Ariel. Do you love me too?" He slurred, again. Tears rolled down my cheeks as he said every word. Every word, they went through me. Its as if he's stabbing me. Killing me softly.
I dropped the phone and sobbed. And the last thing I heard was..
"I love you, Ars."
King --
Kring. Kring. Kring.
"Hello?" A sleepy voice greeted me from the other line. I smiled slightly. Hearing her voice makes me happy. WTF is happening to me?
"Hey, Ariel." I greeted her, dragging out the last syllable of her name.
"What are you up to now, King?" She replied in a hard voice.
"I just wanna tell you, I love you." I slurred and smiled lazily. The guys were looking at me intently.
"What? King, you're drunk! I'm gonna hang up the phone now." She said shouting. What? She doesn't believe me?
"No, no. Listen, I love you, Ariel. Coleen is a fucking slut. She was cheating on me the whole time. I want you, and only you, Ariel. You are so beautiful and I'm such a fucking idiot that I let you out my grasp. Now you're with Hartley. I love you, Ariel. Do you love me too?" I slurred again. The guys went from quiet to mute. Their eyes were wide. Never in my life I have done this for or to a girl.
I heard some noise I think the phone dropped. I heard her crying... This made my heart break. Black spots are now crowding my vision that's why I told her the only thing that I know and I won't forget.
"I love you, Ars."
And all I heard was nothing.
Too Much of Anything: Ch. 8 -- Save Me.
King --
She's so beautiful.
I was admiring her perfect features when her eyes suddenly went all glassy and she ran for out of the cafeteria.
The doors closed with a slam and a very awkward silence settled in our table which was broken by none other than Coleen.
"So anyway, how about you guys? What are you gonna do this summer?" As she turned her attention towards James, Renz, and Marck like nothing happened.
"YOU FUCKING BITCH! How can you even stand this girl, King? She's dumb, she never cares about anything but herself, and she's a fucking slut for Pete's sake!" Leira shouted, throwing her hands in the air in frustration.
"I AM NOT A SLUT!" Coleen shouted back at her.
"YEAH? Then what do you call this?!" She brought her cellphone out and shoved it on Coleen's face.
"Wha-. WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU GET THIS!?" Coleen's face was red as a tomato from the anger and Leira was just there, smirking.
I grabbed the cellphone from Coleen and saw something that made my world crumble into pieces.
I just ran out of the cafeteria and went to the field. I sat on one of the bleachers and held my head in my hands.
I am such an idiot.
Ariel --
"He's an idiot, Ars." Bree muttered silently beside me as she held me close to her.
"I know. But I just can't handle everything. I always have those flashbacks and they always make me tear up. It hurts. So fucking much.
"You need to move on, Ariel. He's not the only guy in the world, right?" Elaine added as she rubbed my back in comfort. I just sniffled in reply and Leira sighed sadly.
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door that made everyone jump.
"Elysse? Are you in there?" Only one person can call me that.
I walked over and opened the door and my face broke into a grin. I tackled him into a hug and we fell on the floor.
"LEOOOOOOOOOOOO!" I shouted
"Aye. What's up?" He replied casually as I helped him up.
"Nothing much. Just hanging in the restroom with my girls. Right?" I looked at Leira, Elaine, and Bree with a 'Just-say-Yes' stare.
"Uh, er. Yeah." Bree stuttered and faked a smile. "We were just talking about you know, boys." Elaine added giggling nervously.
Leo looked at me with raised eyebrows and pulled me, scratch that, dragged me to the field.
"Seriously, What happened? I know you were crying. Your eyes are like so red. Tell me, please?" He begged as he pulled me into a hug.
My tears betrayed me and I found myself reminiscing every good and bad memories King and I had with Leo.
Can someone please save me?
King --
"In a scale of 1 to 10, how much did I fuck up?" I asked Renz with my head still in my hands. Renz, James, and Marck soon followed me after I stormed out of the cafeteria.
"In what I'm seeing? Maybe 15?" Marck muttered. I looked at the place he's staring at and I saw none other than Leonard fucking Hartley hugging my Ariel.
I still love her. She needs to know.
Too Much of Anything: Ch. 7 -- Key to my heart.
Ariel --
Days turned into weeks, and weeks turned in to months.
My 'friendship' with King progressed throughout the whole school year.
Yes, I may have feelings for King but that doesn't really matter because I'm happy, he's happy and everyone's happy.
Well, the only thing that really holds me back from being really contented is that King still holds a part of me. Scratch that, A huge part of me.
I wouldn't know what to do if I ever lost him but I still keep distance between us and I always know where I stand, I always know where to place myself in his life.
So here I am, in the cafeteria with James, Renz, Marck, Bree, King, Coleen, Janine, Leira, and Elaine. They were talking about what they're gonna do on Summer.
I was just listening to their mindless chatter and suddenly, King turned to me and asked,
"How about you, Ars? What are you gon' do this summer?" Everyone on the table became quiet and waited for my answer.
"Maybe, murder your girlfriend, throw you in a wagon and run off to Vegas." I muttered under my breath.
"What's that?" Coleen asked with her snotty little voice. Oh puh-lease. I glowered at her slightly and shifted my gaze on King.
"Oh, I'm gonna find a summer job" I answered with a fake smile.
"That's nice." He said, giving me a toothy grin.
I turned my attention on the charm that's hanging from my silver bracelet.
I remember the day when King gave me this charm.
*Flashback*
Me and King were sitting on the park, just staring at random people and making fun of them.
Suddenly, he grabbed my hand and attached something on my bracelet.
"King, you didn't have to." I said, studying the silver heart shaped padlock that's currently hanging on my charm bracelet.
"But I wanted to and the key is with me so when you open it," he opened it with the key and I saw a picture of me and him.
"Plus, just say thank you" he said poking his tongue out at me.
I rolled my eyes and hugged him anyways,
"Thank you." I said, staring up at him.
"You're always welcome, Ars." As he kissed my forehead.
***
I felt salty tears flood my vision and I just ran to the comfort room, leaving the bracelet on the table.
No matter how much everything around me evolved, one thing only remained in my life that tainted my very soul,
King still holds the key to my heart.
Too Much of Anything: Ch. 6 -- I still love you.
Ariel --
You know that feeling when you want somebody back so bad that you'd take any place in their life just to be close to them?
Yeah, I'm kind of in the middle of doing that now.
So here I am, sitting in my Biology period listening to my teacher how deforestation affects and hurts Mother Nature.
Everyone jumped in surprise when my teacher, Ms. T, slammed a thick folder on her desk.
"Okay. Everyone, listen up! I know you guys are bored with this lesson that's why I'm assigning you with someone to search on how deforestation affects not only our nature but also, us." Everyone in the room groaned in frustration.
"Do we even get to choose our partners?" I heard Matthew, the geek of the class, ask Ms. T.
"No. As I said earlier, I'm gonna assign you to your respective partners now, let's start." As she walked around the class, Leira and I looked at each other and crossed our fingers.
Ms. T mentioned everyone's respective partner and the only persons who aren't called are Leira, me, Coleen, King, James, and Bree.
"Leira and Coleen" I looked at Leira and we frowned.
"James and.." Please let it be me. Pretty, Pretty, Pretty, Pleaaase?
"Bree" My head immediately shot up and I just stared at Ms. T with my face blank.
Is she fucking insane?
"And last, but not the least, King and Ariel. Any questions?" She said looking around the class as she went to her desk.
"Can we change partners?" King and me asked at the same time. We looked at each other and we pretty much had a stare down.
"No." Ms. T said, breaking us out of our reverie. "You cannot exchange partners." She said smiling apologetically.
"But, But, Bu--" King cut me off.
"But I can't work with her. Can I just work with Coleen and she can work with Leira, over there?" King protested.
"I'm afraid not, Mr. Anderson." Ms. T replied with a tone that says, 'don't you dare argue with me!' so he just shut up and nodded.
King walked up to me casually and sat on the empty seat beside me.
"So, where do we start?" I normally would've gave him a smart ass reply but I'm just not in the mood.
"Maybe I could start bashing you face with a hammer.." I muttered while I brought out my notebook to take down notes on what are we gon' do about this shitty project.
"What's that?" He asked in confusion.
"Oh nothing. I told you, I'll just take down notes on what're we gon' do and distribute the tasks." I replied with a fake smile.
"Oh, okay." He said looking around.
I finished taking down notes and I tore a paper from my notebook and tapped him on the shoulder.
I handed him the paper, "Here are your tasks. They're not that many so, let's just piece them together and I'll edit them, okay? Okay. Bye." I stood up and picked up my bag.
I was about to go out of the classroom when someone pulled me by the arm.
"Ariel, can we talk?" he asked quietly.
"I gave you your task already. Are they too much? I'll just take two." I said, alarmed.
"No, no. Its not about the project, Its about us?" He said looking down.
"Us? The 'Us' your talking about was gone 5 months ago, King. Plus, wouldn't Coleen get mad if she caught us talking?" I said. Bitch mode activated.
"I just wanna clear everything." He said, avoiding my eyes.
"Clear what? I think you made it pretty clear that we're done 5 months ago when you swapped STD's with Coleen." I said, irritated. What does he want, anyways?
"Look, I just wanna be friends. Maybe best friends but nothing more than that." He said, looking right through my eyes.
My heart dropped on the last phrase and I could feel the salty tears coming up but I composed myself quickly and gave him a fake smile.
"Well, uh. Sure." I felt a lump in my throat and just coughed it down.
"Sooo, We cool?" He asked. Slightly unsure.
"We're cool." I replied.
The next move he made didn't make anything better.
He hugged me tight and I just hugged back.
"I missed you, Ars. I'm sorry." He whispered in my ear as a tear fell down my cheek.
"I missed you too." I said wiping the tear that fell down.
Oh, and I still love you.
Too Much of Anything: Ch. 5 -- Don't Forget.
Ariel --
Its been 5 months.
5 months since I saw King cheat on me with Coleen right before my eyes.
*Flashback*
I was on my way to King's house with movies tucked under my right arm and some chips on the other.
Apparently, he was sick and he told me that I don't need to come over because I'll just 'catch' his germs.
Neh, I don't care. It is, indeed, our tenth monthsary. So what, right?
As I approached his front porch, I saw their door slightly open. My eyebrows knit in confusion and I just walked in.
What I saw in the living room made my heart break in a million pieces. You could probably hear it from China.
There on the couch were Coleen and King, swapping spit. I dropped everything I was holding.
All I wanted to do was run out of the house but I just can't. I feel like I was glued on my place. I was not on the right mind to move or to even breathe.
King immediately pulled away from Coleen and stood up when he saw me.
"Babe, its not what it looks like. I swear, she came to me and I told her that I'm with you and --" My hand flew up to his face and I heard a smack echo through the house.
"Since when?" I croaked out. Tears were threatening to roll down my cheeks. I felt numb. I felt like I was dipped into below freezing water.
He muttered something I couldn't quite catch as he stood there staring at the ground like its the most interesting thing in the entire fucking universe.
"Since when, King?! Please, enlighten me with your fucking lies and tell me since when were you swapping STD's with this bitch!" I yelled. Anger, jealousy, hurt, and mostly sadness swept through me.
I heard Coleen slightly protest on the couch when I called her a bitch. I just gave her a cold stare that could make a grown man cower and run for his life and she immediately shut up and shrank on her seat.
I tapped my foot impatiently as I waited for King's answer. His eyes were darting from corner to corner.
"Since the party." I heard another smack echo through the house. I felt the salty tears betray me as they ran down my cheeks and I just ran to the place where I know I'll feel safe.
***
"Hello!? Earth to Ariel?" Bree snapped her fingers in front of my face trying to pull me out of my reverie.
"Huh? Wha? What did you just say?" I said, shaking my head trying to take my mind off the break up.
"Well, Leira said that we're gon' have a sleepover tomorrow, since its the last day of school and its the last time were gon' be able to hang out 'coz Claire here, is leaving us!" Bree said, updating me on what they're talking about while I was zoning out.
"Well, are you coming?" Leira asked me while she scribbled down on her notebook. Probably taking notes on what're we gon' do tomorrow.
"Well, I don't know." I replied, merely shrugging.
"You have to! Its the last sleepover of our posse before your lovable bestfriend leaves." Claire said on a pleading tone.
"Loveable. Yeah, right." I scoffed at her playfully. She punched me on the arms playfully and laughed.
"So, are you coming or what?" Elaine asked.
"Yup, I'm coming." I confirmed to them as I looked down on my wrist. I took off the silver bracelet and put it on the table. The charms on it were not that many but they were really visible.
On the corner of my eye, I saw King and Coleen sitting next to each other on the other side of the cafeteria.
King whispered something in Coleen's ear that made her giggle and she smacked his shoulder playfully. King gave her a smile that can make any girl melt on her place and an unanswered question popped into my head.
Has he forgotten about us?
Too Much of Anything: Ch. 4 -- Jealous.
Ariel --
'Party at my house. 10pm onwards. See you there. -King.'
I just sighed and shut my phone and continued talking to Leira via iChat. She is currently in Paris with her family for the week. She said it was her father's gift to them since they get straight A's.
"Who was that?" She asked painting her nails.
"T'was King. There will be a party in his house later at 10." I said frowning.
"Then why are you frowning?" She asked looking at the screen.
"Its just that, I'm not really into parties. You know that, right? Especially now that King might have invited the whole student body of Leighton High." I replied biting my lip.
"Then why are you even nervous? King is the host of the party and apparently, King is your boyfriend, right?" She said as her eyebrows knit together.
"Right." I said nodding.
"Its not like he's gonna leave you alone the whole night. So don't be nervous. Just turn on your swag and be awesome. Those are the only things you need to do before you march in to that party." She said.
I just laughed at my best friend's antics. Oh, how I wish she was here.
---
The party was full blown when I got to King's house because according to Janine, we have to be fashionably late. I just rolled my eyes at her and just followed her because I'm really not up for her wrath.
I saw James, Marck, and Renz with their respective partners. Well, in Marck and Renz's case, girlfriends. Lorraine was with Marck, Alyssa was with Renz, and James was with some girl with red hair.
They saw me and waved while smiling. I waved back and smiled.
The dance floor is really big since they used King's terrace at the back of their house. I can see people grinding against each other which makes me wanna puke. Others were just chilling in the living room, watching football and others were making out. Normal party, as usual.
I wandered around the house, looking for King. I made my way to King's room with these killer heels I'm in clicking.
I opened his door and looked around. His bed was made. The room was empty.
Where could he be?
I went to the kitchen and I saw other students making body shots and I just grimaced. I told you I'm not into parties.
I bumped on Ernst on my way to the garage.
"Hey, bitch. What's up?" He asked as we did our awesome handshake. Ernst is one my best friends when I was still on Elementary. He was a shoulder to cry on, a buddy I can goof off with, a person who can truly understand me and he's also my personal clown whenever I'm down.
"Nothin' much. Just looking for King. Have you seen him?" I said while scanning the whole room.
"Yeah. I think he's out back with Coleen." Coleen? As in, his ex?! I just nodded to Ernst and we parted.
I was on my way to the garden when I saw King and some girl talking. So that's Coleen. She 's pretty compared to me. She's petite and her voice is child-like. I see her frequently but I don't really pay that much attention to her since she is King's past and I'm his present.
King told Coleen something that made her laugh and touch his arm a bit. King just smiled and I just stood there staring at them. I know it was just nothing but it made my blood boil a little bit. Knowing that she is his ex and they're kind of flirting like that, I don't think I can handle this.
I just made my way outside when James saw me.
"Ariel? Is that you?" As he walked closer.
"Yeah." I said looking up at him.
"Are you going home already?" He said confusion written on his face.
"Kind of. I'm not really the party kind of person. Oh, and please do tell King that I couldn't find him and I just went home. Please tell him to call me if ever he has time." I said smiling weakly.
"Well, do you have a ride home?" He questioned.
"Not really. I think I'm just gonna call a cab. So, please just relay my message to King and I'll see you tomorrow." I said while I was about to walk away, he kind of tugged on my arm.
"Just let me drive you home?" He offered.
"No, its okay. You don't have to. I'll just call a cab. Just enjoy the party." I said grimacing slightly when I remembered what I saw in the garden.
"No, I need to get you home safe. You're one of my close friends and I treat you like you're my lil' sis and I wouldn't want you to get in trouble." He stated.
"D'aawww. Fine." I said, following him as we went to his car.
James dropped me off in my house and I thanked him.
I got in my room, changed to my PJs and checked my phone for messages.
I saw the date and time. 1:00 am, May 24, 2011 -- Mine and King's monthsary.
I hope he remembers.
