Chapter 35

After telling Margie (and not waiting for a yes or no), they moved in officially. Scarlett cried a little, she had been living there for a few months and got attached to it. But the best part was she got a new kitchen and a drain that didn't clog for every five minutes.

Anastasia and Scarlett had roast sessions at home and the cafe (which unfortunately Scarlett lost, as always). Margie didn't seem so down anymore because she laughed her ass off at them. The best one according to her was not a roast. It was when Scarlett was wrapping them up in tens of clothes. Anastasia spoke, "girl, chill. We aren't dying any day." Anna and Margret laughed themselves into Jupiter. Scarlett never got why they thought it was funny. They got a weird sense of humor. Yeah, everything was going great. Or not.

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Scarlett never wanted to come back to school anymore. Her best friend was running towards her, waving his phone and yelling her name at the top of his lungs. All the eyes went on them. It was so embarrassing! He was oblivious to it.

"He asked me out!" Michael squealed. Scarlett took the time to process the information.

"Who asked you out?"

"Ugh! My crush asked me out!" crush? Which one asked him out? She never heard from Michael by texting. Did she forget something? She had been so tired of all the pressure that she kept forgetting important things. Since it was the holiday, the population went blue whale at the cafe. Let's pretend to know this crush of his.

"Oh~! I remember! Good for you! What was his name again?"

"His name is Ye Manchu and just like his name, he's so pure for the world! He's a transfer student. "

"Did he tell you this?"

"Obviously, duh! We have been talking to each other in school and texting. He is so open! We met-" the bell rang and Scarlett thanked the gods. "Ugh! I'll tell you later! In that cafe, you work in okay?! For group 'study!'" saying that, he left. Scarlett walked to her class with her eyes close, something she mastered in case she came late to school.

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"So you're telling me, you got a group project with your friend?"

"Yup!"

"So you can't come for… whatever we do?"

"Is it okay?"

"It's okay, go on." Margret yawned before plopping on the nearest chairs and laying her head on the table. "Also tell that other idiot to not burn this place down."

"Okay!" Scarlett looked at the snoozing bear (vampire hon) and shook her head in disbelief. 'Idiot.'

The door opened, and she turned around to see Michael. She smiled "Michael!" she ran up to him and hugged him. "Hey! You are more energetic than before!"

"I know! I was so sleepy, I slept during class." She exasperated, looking like she sinned. He let out a laugh. "It's normal." They didn't realize someone was watching them, just a few meters away. They kept talking among themselves while holding hands. Anyone would mistake them for a couple. People kept coming in, but they were in their world.

Scarlett remembered she had something to do "ah wait!" She turned and bumped into her friend. She was standing there, leaning against the next table with her arms folded. She stared at Michael as if he had offended her.

Scarlett's brain had a little siren going off, "ahh! This is my friend from school, he's Michael, the guy I told you about." Anna nodded "mm-hmm."

"Hi!" Michael lifted his hand and Anna shook his hand too hard. Scarlett panicked if he thought her as rude and whispered into his ear, "it's okay, she's like that with people she doesn't know well." If she said strangers, he would cry easily.

"Um anna, we both have a project to do, so I won't be doing what we do every day. Also, if you don't remember which to put first, mix them all up. It'll taste the same."

"Hmm, okay" with that she left, leaving them both awkward. "Uh, she's *clears throat* nice."

"Yeah, she is. Just she takes time to warm up to you." Both of them kept staring at Anastasia. She hit Margret on the head to wake her up and she woke up with a jolt. Margret rubbed her head while squinting her eyes.

"O~kay! Let's start!" They both sat down and he kept babbling about him. Scarlett kept nodding and spoke a few, 'yeah', 'okay', 'I get it', 'oh no' etc. In reality, she wasn't listening at all. Anna kept yelling at the table number that the food's ready and Scarlett couldn't concentrate. She breathed in sharply and stood up. "I got to go pee."

"Oh, okay!" with that she ran to anna and dragged her into the storage room. "What's up with you!?"

"What?"

"You're being weird.

"You lied." that made Scarlett look away.

"Yes, I did." She spoke in a meek voice.

"Why did you lie?"

"Because Michael's crush asked him out and we are discussing him."

"It was about a crush?"

"Yes." Is she mad?

"Then why didn't you tell me!?" Anastasia paused. She's mad. Scarlett closed her eyes and the next thing she heard wasn't what she was expecting. "Go make that relationship cannon! What are you doing here?!"

"Eh? What?" anna didn't answer but pushed her out of the storage room and locked the door behind her. Scarlett took that as 'okay go on with your business". Michael was smiling at his phone. "Sorry, it took so long."

"You peed in the storage room?" She scrunched up her nose in anger. "No!"

"Okay whatever, so let's go on then!" He kept the phone down and started talking again. This time she could concentrate on what was he saying. Anna wasn't yelling at all and Margret was again snoozing.