Becoming Shadows ***Kesha's POV***

It has already been two freaking months since Sebastian became my next-door neighbor and my routined life completely changed. He was everywhere I went and he has made me do things I would never do, blackmailing me to talk to him, all because I cannot resist the amazing goodness of cheesecake. I could cry if I knew how to.

I really miss my routined life where I had only three expressions to show the public, my angry side, my intimidating side, and my plain face when I felt numb. And the secret ones only my mom and Regina knew, the sarcastic me and the me I hated 'the joyful me' but Sebastian was making me express more feelings and I do not want that

Ignoring Sebastian is not easy especially when I am with Regina, I have been trying to ignore him all day and I have made progress.

Regina said she wanted us to talk, I cannot believe I agreed to it, now she is dragging me while everyone else is either gossiping or minding their business

"Regina we can talk here, I want to go home and eat baked food" I whined

"To the bench, I don't know how you are still so healthy and sexy when all you do is eat calories" she complained

"Well I am not a cheerleader and I will eat any amount of calories I want. My body is the effect of exercise" I said in a duh tone

"When has being a cheerleader ever stopped you from eating?" She asked me, well she knows me well

"Food is important, it is totes not my fault," I said in a high pitched voice, we both burst out laughing, I tried to run to my car when I saw Sebastian but Regina held me tight, I had no idea she was strong

"Hey Sebastian over here," Regina said waving at him with her free hand

"You are hurting me," I told her

"You are lying" she caught me, this is why I hate friends. Sebastian walked over to us, Regina's grasp loosened and I saw the perfect escape but Sebastian followed me

"What do you want Sebastian?" I asked

"Let's be friends," he said holding my hand preventing me from walking away. Us holding hands is becoming too often and I really do not feel comfortable about it

"I do not want a friend," I said trying to remove my hand from his grasp

"But you have friends although I don't see them around you," he said

"I do not have friends, I have a friend and that is Regina" I sighed and sat down like he wanted me to. I cannot believe he is actually smart when he is not behaving so stupid like right now

"Yup, just me, I'm her one and only bitch" Regina squeaked and sat beside me, she reminds me of my overly happy mother

"But girls like you have minions," he said in a duh tone

"What do you mean girls like me?" I asked getting offended, he was stereotyping

"You know the whole cheerleader captain, bad bitch, whore kinda person," he said nonchalantly, why did he call me a whore, I was used to the name but he makes me feel like a bad person

"I only have a friend which I do not want," I said and turned to my friend who was staring at her nails "And I am definitely not the whole cheerleader captain whore who cheats on my boyfriend person, so stop stereotyping" I snapped

"Sorry, I did not plan on offending you. But you know I thought you would have minions who hate you but pretend to love you" he said

'this boy is annoying' i gritted "well firstly, your presence alone annoys me and I am not stupid. I do not want friends cause I do not want to drag them into my mess. I have one cause she forced me to" I said pointing to Regina

"Well I had no choice, first week of freshman year, when we came back from Christmas break, you were worst than you were when we newly became freshmen and I thought you needed a friend and I became one. It was so" Regina said. I closed her mouth with my palm, she was about to say the embarrassing story of when we met

"Do not even think about it Regina" I said glaring at her and removing my hand slowly

"Okay," she said and put her hands in the air in fake defeat

"But I want to know," Sebastian said and stared at Regina, I tried to read their eye discussion but I was too late, Sebastian hugged me from behind trapping my hands in the hug. Regina stood up and did a victory dance then she sat down  to tell Sebastian the story

"I promise I will not hurt you just let me go" I lied. Regina waved her index in front of my face telling me no

"You can't trick me," she said and looked at Sebastian to continue her story "Where did I stop?" She asked rhetorically, rubbing her jaw like she was thinking

"You stopped at" Sebastian tried to cut her due to his impatience but she was fast to cut him off

"I know where I stopped, I was being dramatic" she yelled with her hands in the air adding more drama to her anger "Anyway she wouldn't talk to anyone, she completely ignored everyone. I tried every day to talk to her and then she started ignoring me. I invited her to all the parties to get her a little fame but she was way more famous than I thought, five weeks after resumption her uniform changed and the whole school found out she was sleeping around with different boys" I cleared my throat to interrupt her, she shot me a glare

"I relied on my instincts which told me she wouldn't fuck a girl. Then I blackmailed her. I told her I would tell the whole school we had sex and that she does girls if she doesn't become my friend and I got what I wanted, we became friends. Although she cringed at my touch from freshman year till the end of the sophomore year but we are good now" she said and hugged me, Sebastian finally left me. I was not really a hugger so Regina hugged me tight while I just leaned into her

"Maybe I should blackmail you," Sebastian said running his fingers through his hair

"No you cannot, I already know it is blackmail," I said and held Regina's hand ready to drag her along with me

"Come on"I interrupted Sebastian before he could beg me

"Friends? They are like our shadows and you cannot be one" I said looking at him "Have you ever wondered what our shadows hold? They were and are with us through our past, present, and future. our shadows hold all this. I can not let you know that much about me. I am not a people's person. I do not make friends" I said and walked away dragging Regina