21

"Melissa you...you are kissing him?".

  Molly forced the words out her mouth, even as she tried not to make it sound jealous or painful, she still felt every bit of, pain.




   At first felt guilty, she pushed Williams like his skin contained venom. Her bruised lips opened and closed without letting out a word. Then it got notified to her, that Molly doesn't care about her, she might just be jealous.




   "I like your lips melissa" Williams interrupted moving close to Melissa "How would you like your next kiss in front of your ex".




   Like Molly wished, melissa's palm connected to Williams's left cheek. She pushed him aside and walked out of the dressing room without changing as she had wanted.




    "Nice to see you too. Ex". She let pure hate and sarcasm trace every edge of the last word she said.




  Without turning she walked away, hoping she walked away from their life, hoping to give Williams the disgrace he needed and  Molly the pain she deserved. It was just a kiss, she wished she had kissed Williams back and made out with him in front of her ex.




  The idea of kissing him back make her knees weak, she touched her bruised lips, knowing fully well she must have a cut on it. With her index finger on her face at the corner of her lips, something cold swept through her spine.




    'why does she have to earn bruises whenever Williams kiss her?'. She wondered.




    Something deep wanted her to go back yell the hell out of Molly, kiss Williams back and probably give him a bruised lips too and slap him harder. But another thing deep, really very deep need her to maintain her consciousness and head home.




   "Hop in melissa" Leah drove in front of melissa "You need to come along, let's act mature".




  Absolutely true, they need to act mature! Like how she need to grow up and face Molly and Williams. She sluggishly walk in the car killing the vibes they had.




   Sam and Leah exchanged look before Leah drove away.

   All through the ride melissa ignored them, looking at the window.




   "Melissa we had no idea you were dating Molly" sam started "If not-".




   Melissa straightened, looked at Sam who was avoiding her eye contact. Leah was honestly not planning to look at her and she wasn't prepared to lie either.




   "If not what?".she asked.




   "We would have warned you about her love life" sam continued.




  Melissa scoffed, she rolled her eyes and crossed her arms under her breast.

    "Do you want to keep going round the bush or just fucking go straight to the point".




  "You won't understand Mel". Sam muttered.

  

   "Call me melissa or miss Hart's". Melissa blurted




   "Why? Mel?".




  "Because you don't have to call me that, we are not friends".




  Sam scoffed this time, she looked straight into Melissa's eyes like the spell she was avoiding was broken suddenly.




    Luckily they just arrived at melissa's apartment.




  "What did you just fucking say?". She sound pissed.




  "I say we are not longer friends". Melissa replied calmly.




   Leah just got off the car without saying a word, opened the door widely for melissa and pointed at the entrance of the building.




   Melissa hesitated, she felt shocked, hurt, angry and embarrassed.




  "What?".




  "I thought you said we are no longer friends?". Leah half-shouted.




   She walked away, far a little, her palms on her forehead.




   "You know I am sick and tired about all this stuff" She yelled "When we saw you, we like you. We knew you would be lonely and we planned to help you cope with mean girls especially Karen" she walked closer to Melissa that they could feel their breath "We offered all we could so you would feel among".




   "What are you talking about Leah" melissa asked confused.




    Leah's mouth went open, she smiled as a dry chuckle escaped her lungs.

   "You are bluffing, right?" She walked to the car and and rested in it "We take you everywhere we go, you still decided to keep secret until it ate you up" she wiped her eyes angrily "You were dating Molly, even when you know 'we' are all 'we' gat, we never need anything from you yet you decide to act like a child".




   Melissa blinked back the tears trying to make her look like a pathetic fool, she held her bag tight, pressed against her chest.

   "Leah stop!".




  "Stop what Mel? I mean Melissa" she yelled "everything we do we make sure we tag you along, we make sure you are never left behind. Ok. I don't blame you for falling in love but when you fall out of love you don't hurt people too".




   "This has nothing to do with you Leah". Melissa said sadly, she looked at both of her friends and turned to leave.




   "Is that what you have to do?" Leah chuckled "Fine! Walk away like you always do". She yelled angrily.




   "What are you doing Leah?" Sam hush, she pulled Leah back as Leah matched towards melissa few steps "Put it together, Leah!". She said through clenched teeth.




  Leah sniffed, she didn't try to wipe the tears away from her eyes. She chew on her lower lips, thinking of the less hurtful words to say.




   "If you go Miss Harts no turning back".




   "Gladly!" Melissa's stern voice replied immediately, her blurt reply made her look back and a smirk displayed on her face. She looked like a villain in an horror movie, her red hair went messy with the wind and her eyes dark.




  "Is that what you are gonna say melissa?" Sam intoned "Remember you are still young!". She nodded "We are still fucking young".




   "So are you". Melissa stopped.




  "You need us melissa" Sam forced herself to say calmly If you would swallow your pride you would see you need us , Now more than ever".




    Melissa turned to look at Sam, then Leah. Although she felt what she was doing was wrong and she was taking it all too far, after all, they have been good friends to her but she couldn't just let herself loose her pride to them for the second time.




   "Like I care Sam" melissa said "Look, I appreciate you guys think you helped me but we can't work well together".




  "Fine" Sam said "Just know we are not enemies but we don't know each other no matter what happens".




   "I won't act like I have ever seen you in my life either". Melissa walked in.




   The elevator seemed too slow as it went up, maybe it was trying to tell her to rush down and apologize for what she said.

   Every other person would say she over reacted, because what happened wasn't the first when friends would turn lovers and break up. 

     Not actually all because enemies.




   Blinking vigorously and cleaning the tears away from her face furiously. She hate to feel like she was at fault, like she had done something bad or made the wrong choice.

  Even when her instinct kept on telling her to grew mature like the adult like she had always want to be.




   Although she was just a young adult, making a very costly mistake that she could regret.




    As she settled, changed her clothes and sat on her bed, she took her laptop and began to search for job opportunities.

  "Boom!" She happily.




   She just noticed a vacancy not too far from where she leave, She applied and got a reply instantly. She grabbed her shoes and ran out the door.




   "I can do this! I can do this!! I can do this!!". She kept telling herself.




   She walked into the store slightly shaking, she had never worked in her life and she doesn't know what to say first or ask.




   "Hi?". She smiled.




  A blonde hair girl raised her head slowly, she twisted her hair in her fingers and chew gum loudly.




   Melissa stopped for a while like something out from a movie, she wanted to go out, like it entered by mistake. Originally, she knew the job was too cheap for her and she wouldn't cope a week with the job much more paying for her rents.




    "I show a vacancy notice online and applied".




   "Oh!" The girl smile, she pointed towards a door "Go ask my dad for details".




  Melissa hesitated before walking towards the direction. She muttered something she knew only she heard, hoping she could connect her palm to the blonde's face. 




   "Ewww! Why do I hate blondes so badly?". She asked her self.




   On reaching the door she knocked gently, then harder, but still no reply. She went back to the blonde.




    "Uhmm. I knock but no response".




  "Go in, he might have covered his ears with his boring country side music again" the blonde chuckled "Just push the door open and introduce your self".




   She nodded awkwardly, muttering lots of 'thank you' before walking back to the door, with one heavy breath, she grabbed lots of courage before pushing the door open.




   "Karen?". She gasped.




   Karen jumped off a man's body, a man old enough to be her father or almost like her father's age. So disgusting!

    She tried to cover the lower part of her body, it was obvious they were having sex in his office.




   "What the fuck is she doing here Coffee?". Karen asked surprise.




   "I came here to apply for the vacancy" melissa answered the question"I saw the notice and....".




  Karen scoffed as she walked to the door, no longer trying to cover herself.




    "Well, you got fired before you got the job!". She bang the door against Melissa's face.