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Kit and I have been best friends sense we were 6 years old. So I know kit and she knows me. I mean she basically knows everything about me. She knows my favorite color my favorite animal all of that nonsense. She knows the weird and the nice, the embarrassing and starnge. And I know everything about kit well I thought I did. I mean kit has her moods and she’s very bossy some times (most of the time) but she’s an amazing friend (best friend) but recently she has been very weird and not the normal amount I mean she has been avoiding me way to often. And when she’s with Erik and his friends she immediately turns away and acts like I’m not there. It’s not like kit like at all.
Sense we started high school she made new friends ,I mean I did too but I would never totally ignore her you know? We live in the same neighborhood I used to ride my bike over to her house. We would hang out all day. But now we barely see each other and it’s not like I haven’t tried to talk to her. I have! But she just smiles and makes some stupid excuse why she has to leave. It’s weird because she was like my other half (cheesy I know) but we literally were like stuck together. We did everything together! So why has it changed.
Yes we have different friend groups , she’s with the more popular snotty kids (which is weird because we used to make fun of those people) and I’m with the sporty kids I guess you could say. I hang out with my basketball team so yeah. So you can see why I’m confused cause we hung out all the time and now all of a sudden it’s like we never knew each other. She was like a sister to me especially cause mine was absent most of my life. I was in the orphanage until I was 5 then Ballantine adopted me which I love him so much, and am so grateful for.
Then last year Scorpia reached out and found me. We got separated when we were kids so she got adopted by some other people. She has an apartment close by and visits me she’s an adult so you know she’s living her life but still hangs out with me when she can, and she tries to be there for me but it’s just hard sometimes. So it’s just me and my dad and it used to be kit cause she would be around a lot Erik too but then we got older I guess. Kit never liked being at her own house her dad left when she was 13 so we would stay up all night watching movies and doing whatever (I wanted to distract her ). And when her dad left , Sorsha became a total ass , understandable but come on. She would yell at kit for no reason tell her , her shirt was too short or when she cut her hair , her hair was too short. I swear nothing pleased that women. Kits growing her hair out now. I wish I could be there for her but she won’t let me.
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I was hanging out with my friends from basketball, we were just talking by one of their cars after practice and that’s when I get the text message. I check my phone expecting it to be Ballantine or Scorpia but no it was Kit.
I’m immediately confused but happy at the same time , I open my phone to see what she said.
Kit <3: hiii, I’m so sory I hvea been not talki ng to you , oh Jade I miss you sonmuch. Call me ;)
That definitely didn’t sound like kit she was drunk she could tell by how she spelled her words wrong (she was a pretty good speller). Also she hadn’t heard from kit since July and it was now late October. I mean they had talked but like a brief ‘hi’ and then she would book it so why the hell was she texting her. The only possible scenario would be that she is drunk.
She sighed before starting to reply.
Before she could one of her friends asked her something she missed it though.
“What?” She asked
“Oh I was just asking if you were ok? You know cause you just took a giant sigh” her friend Jen laughed a bit but was actually sincere. Jen had been one of her close friends recently (well one of them) Jen was one of her teammates and they just enjoyed hanging out together. She honestly felt like she was one of the good ones.
“Oh yeah sorry I’m good , just tired couch worked us to the bone this practice” she gave a reassuring smile. Jen nodded and continued talking with the others.
Jade finally responded to kit.
Me: hey kit , you ok? You don’t sound like yourself
She knew she was drunk but didn’t want to sound rude. Kit responded instantly.
Kit <3: yeah, of course I sjut miss youu jade, please come overrr. I want tou r warm hands on meee
Jades eyes widened and she can feel a blush creep on her face. she dialed her number , wanting to make sure she was ok. It rang then rang again and then it was gone. She tried again but still no answer.
“Hey guys my dad is wanting me home so I’m going to go and head out, see you guys tomorrow! “ she lied then waved them off while walking to her bike and they waved bye.
She was walking distance from her house so she just rode home everyday. She unlocked her bike and got on but then her phone started to buzz. She picked up.
“Hello? This is Jade” she put on her people voice but the line was quiet.
Then she heard a familiar voice.
“Haay jadeee” it was kit I mean she was glad sense she wasn’t answering her phone.
“Hey kit , you ok?” Her voice went soft
“Yeahh ofcourse I am , I miss you Jade, why didn’t you come over for my birthday?” Her words were slurred and they stung Jade like a bee.
It was kits birthday but she didn’t forget she knew but sense they hadn’t been talking she didn’t want to bother her.
“Shit kit I’m sorry I didn’t forget or anything I just didn’t know I was aloud” she chuckled.
“Oh Jade of course you are but I’ve been a jerk, a jerk to my only friend and now you hate me and I’m stuck with a bunch of bitches and my-*she burped*- stooopid mom threw me this party with all the stuck up rich kids but that’s what I am a stupid stuck up rich kid” her words were slurring and it was hard to hear her with the loud music playing in the background.
“Kit ,it’s ok I forgive you and I miss you so much, and you’re not a stuck up rich kid” she laughed trying to had some joy.
“Can you comeover” kit whispered and it gave Jade chills down her back.
“I-uh I’ll have to ask Ballantine but I’ll try. Get some water please and go to your room or something, get away from the noise” she rushed to get on her bike and back home.
“Okkk, whateverrrr” kit slurred then hung up.
She got home and Ballantine wasn’t there. So she called him.
It rang and he picked up.
“Hey kiddo you ok?”
“Yeah I’m ok sorry I was just wondering when you would get back” she asked while getting back on her bike and standing there.
“Oh yeah sorry I forgot to text you , one of my coworkers went home sick so I had to fill in for the next shift I won’t be home until like 1 am” his voice was a bit muffled sounded like he was working.
“Aw , man ok well I actually wanted to ask if I could go over to kit’s?” She asked timidly.
“Sure hun , any reason why?” He questioned
“Um-well you know she’s my best friend so-“ she got cut off
“Yes , I’m aware but she hasn’t been here Jade and you were very upset when she started to ignore you I just don’t want you to get hurt when she ignores you again”
He was right, she was heartbroken and honestly idk if she could take it if kit decided to ignore her again but kit needed her she was drunk and a mess. And she missed her.
“I know it’s just she’s drunk and I’m worried” she said quietly.
Ballantine sighed into the mic “your messing with dangerous territory Jade”
“What do you mean?” She knew what he meant but still wanted him to say it.
“Come on, shes drunk? That’s just a recipe for disaster, I hate to break it to you but your going to get hurt and I don’t want to see that” Ballantine sternly said.
“I know but- Jade let out a sigh- she needs me and I don’t know if there’s anyone that can help her” Jade tried to resin.
“You know what I think but it’s you call, I’ll be home late so if this goes south just give me a call or your sister”
“Ok, thank you dad” she smiled into the phone.
“Don’t thank me, love you kid.”
“Love you too dad”
She hung up and started to ride to kits.
She knew everything her dad was saying was true but it was kit. She loved kit and would do anything for her, even if that meant taking care of her while she was drunk even though she hadn’t heard from her in months.
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She turned the corner to kits and immediately could hear the blasting music. She wondered how they didn’t get a noise complaint already.
Kits house was big. It was one of those perfect rich white people houses with a big yard , a pool which was helpful in the summer, two garages and even a tree house that they would spent their time in. Jade was not rich. She lived in a small two bed apartment with her dad. So when kit would come over (which was a lot ) it would be pretty tight , compared to when Jade went over to her house (which wasn’t a lot) there was plenty of space.
Me and kit would sneak into the kitchen and steal snacks that the maids prepared. Sorsha never really liked it when we would sneak and take food but we did it anyway.
I went around back and set my bike against one of their garages. Their driveway was packed with cars some leaving though. It looked like most of the people Sorsha wanted to show off kit too were gone because annoying music was blasting through -out the house.
She snuck in through the back to try and avoid any people. Right when she entered the house she could feel the air quality change from cool outside to hot and sticky inside. The house was pretty packed with some of Ericks friends and kits ‘friends’ making it very claustrophobic. She ran up the stairs trying to avoid people from coming up to her and wondering why she was in here in the first place. Thankfully there wasn’t anyone up here (probably in locked rooms or something If they were). She went to the end of the hallway, the walls were decorated with this ugly striped wallpaper the kind where you just wanted to rip your eyes out when you saw it. There was pictures of kit and her family planted on the walls. Whenever she saw them it always gave her a sickening feeling in her stomach because the girl she saw in those photos wasn’t the girl she knew. Kit always put on this fake smile and was dressed up in these outfits that she would never where.
She was now standing in front of kits bedroom. She felt weird not nocking but who knows if kit was even awake so she just opened the door.
Kit was laying on her bed arm falling off with a beer bottle in hand.
“Jaaaade, you came” kit smiled and her eyes were threatening to close. She sat up beer still in hand almost toppling over.
“Hey kit, how about we put the beer down and drink some water?” Jade was now in front of the drunk girl. She took the bottle out of kits hand replacing it with a glass of water that was sitting on her night stand.
Jade knew how to deal with drunk people, mostly because of her dad he was a constructer worker so when it was a rough day because someone wasn’t doing their job he was load up on alcohol. She would end up having to take care of him making sure he got to bed safely and drank enough water. So she knew exactly what to do.
“Noooo I don’t want thaaaat” kit pouted, trying to take back the bottle.
“Come on kit you have to drink it please, for me” Jade blinked her eye lashes dramatically trying to get kit on board.
“Fiiinee, only because your just so pretty” kit slurred a bit then booped kit on the nose. The action made her stomach flutter. Something she wasn’t quite used to.
Kit drank the whole glass of water and then zonked out.
Jade couldn’t stay it was getting late and when kit wakes up she won’t remember why Jade was there in the first place so she just grabbed aspirin from kits bathroom cabinet and set the glass of water next to it. She texted kit so she would see it in the morning.
Me: Hey kit , I know you probably won’t remember this but i had to go home I left you an aspirin and a glass of water <3.
She felt sorta stupid for going over to kit’s especially because she wouldint remember anything.
Everything would go back to the same it had been the whole month. Back to kit ignoring her.