Chapter Seven

"Oh my God. Where was I ?" Lucy exclaims turning on her truck and it rumbles to life. I just told her about last night.

"Now that I think about it, I think I saw you dry humping Lucas" I say placing my thumb and index finger under my chin. If looks could kill, I would have been six feet under. Lucy glares so hard at me and it causes me to shudder. Note the sarcasm.

"Today is your lucky day Tatiana. we both know what I would have done if wasn't behind the wheel" she threatens. I bring out my tongue and mock."You can do me nothing" I laugh pounding my fist on the dashboard until it hurts.

"Tatiana are you okay?" Lucy asks with concern. I nod and smile. I know it is weird seeing your friend punching the dashboard of a truck with no reason at all, I just happen to be in a sour mood. Recently, my mood changes so fast. This minute I am happy, the next minute I am in tears. It's so frustrating but I can't seem to get a hold on my self.

"Bye bitch" I place a small kiss on her cheek and climb out from her truck. It is an old 1980 Chevy truck given to her by her uncle who lives in Sandusky. I have to admit for a truck like hers, it runs so smooth and gives her hardly any trouble. She calls the truck Martin and I do wonder why.

I open the door and climb up the stairs to my room. The bed is calling out to me. I pull off my shoes and dive into the bed. Not like it was possible but with the way I jumped, I can call it diving. My eyelids her heavy as it droops slowly and I turn finding a perfect and comfortable position to sleep.

"I really can't believe you slept for 11 hours" Dad says and sit on the edge of my bed. Yesterday mom woke me up 8 for dinner, and immediately after dinner I went back to bed. I stifle a yawn turning to the clock on my night stand. It is 8:23 AM. I indeed slept for 11 hours.

"Morning dad" I hug him and slide off the bed. It is Sunday and mom was probably off to church.

"Where is mom?" I ask just to confirm.

"Today is Sunday, where else would she be" I thought as much.

" Anyway, I have to pick up something at the station. it might take two or three hours before I am back" he gets up from my bed and place a kiss on my forehead, ruffling my hair. I pout "Dad" I have always told him I was no longer a kid thereby, I don't need my hair to be ruffled I glare at him and run my hands through the lock.

"Have a nice day angel" he walks out of the room. Soon after, the front door closes signalling he left already.I walk to the bathroom and wash my hair with my favorite strawberry shampoo. I take a quick shower brushing my teeth in between. I have a lot of homework to do but I am not really in the mood for that right now.

I take out my purple sundress and wear a black leather jacket over it . The weather looks promising. I don't want to stay in today and I make up my mind to call Lucy to see if she is up for watching a movie at the movie theater that Jake's Mom owns. it is on the other side of the mall. Lucy answers at the first ring

"Hey babe" her cheery voice comes through. I guess she is in a good mood.

"Good morning" I say and grab the Cheerios from the cabinet and pour some into a bowl.

"I am thinking of going to the cinema to watch a movie. Do you mind coming along?" I ask and shove a spoonful of Cheerios into my mouth munching noisily

"of course not. I will be at your house in the next twenty minutes" she says and I hear a distant voice protesting about something. it sounds like a guy's voice.

"Lucy , where are you?"

" Nowhere. I am on my bed studying my chemistry textbook" I know she is lying. Lucy hardly studies.

"Lucy.." I drawl and I hear the sound of someone shuffling around.

"Hey Tatiana" a voice that is too deep to be Lucy's greets.

"move away dickhead" I hear her whisper. I get it. She is with a boy, no wonder she sounded so enthusiastic when she picked up the phone.

"Is it Lucas?" I ask her. please don't lie, I silently pray.

"It is Oliver. Don't you dare call me Lucas"

"Fuck off Olly" Lucy says. Oliver. Oliver Johnson. I don't think so.

"Who is Oliver? "

"Same Oliver" she mutters loud enough for me to hear.

"You are kidding me right? Oliver? The asshole that also happens to be a nerd?"

"Yeah Oliver" I can't believe Lucy is...oh my. Oliver is your typical nerd with long ass necktie on those awkward shirts always tucked into Trousers that's two sizes bigger than him and of course the big rimmed eye glasses. But one thing you will never expect, is how much of a jerk Oliver is. We call him Mr-know-it-all. Anybody that doesn't get an A in their papers gets insults like 'During my presidential campaign in a few years to come, I won't be surprised to find you in a dumpster' hurled at them. All in courtesy of Oliver. I detest him so much and now he is screwing Lucy. so annoying.

"See you in a bit" I hang up picking up the empty bowl and drop it in the sink.

"You are just using that as an excuse to see Jake" Lucy argues. It doesn't matter that Jake's Mom owns the movie house, Jake doesn't go there. I have been trying to explain this to Lucy since the past twenty minutes but Lucy being Lucy ignores me completely.

"Fine. after all, I am not the one shagging Oliver" I change the subject and her face flushes red. payback is a bitch darling. She coughs and focuses her gaze on the road.

"When did it start between you two?" I ask her. it is clear she isn't comfortable with the conversation but I really don't care.

"The party, Friday night" she replies but doesn't look at me.

" I thought you did it with Lucas"

"No. We only you know..."she coughs probably embarrassed.

"it is called dry- humping" I say winking at her. Her face goes redder than it was.

"I was drunk and I almost passed out on Lucas but then he had to go to the restroom to take care of his little man"I laugh at her description of his possible hard-on.

"I was alone drinking every goddamn alcohol I set my eyes upon but then I got interrupted by Oliver. We chatted for about two hours and he offered to drop me home and we ended up having sex in his car just outside my house" real smooth Lucy. A car fuck, I guess that's what Oliver see her as.

"I don't think screwing around with Oliver is a good idea. it is going to come back biting you hard in the hand" I tell her which is true. Oliver is no good story.

"I know but I really do like him. After Friday's night, I think I am beginning to like him. Besides, we've got a lot in common" she says a genuine smile on her lips. I smile sweetly back. if she thinks he's good enough for her, then I am with her all the way.

We pull into the cinema carpark and climb out from the truck. We walk side by side munching at the snacks we got at the drive thru.

"There he is" Lucy says in between a bite of burger I turn around to see the god-like face I miss so much. Jake is walking towards his mom SUV but his eyes found mine and he changes his course of direction.

"What did your mom say about your drunken state?" Lucy asks me and snatch away my ice-tea.

"Let me guess, she said you will never ever go to a party again"Jake says as he finally approaches us.

"No she didn't say that besides,she can't stop me from having fun"

"Oh you've forgotten so quick but I still remember that the first house party you went to was in Junior year" Lucy remarks. Bitch.

"That's not true!"I whine.

"it is true. You wouldn't even have gone to that party if it wasn't for me" Jake glorifies himself. He is right. I remember that night so much. I mean I can never forget the night I gave up my v-card right? of course it was Jake and I don't regret anything about that night. We may not be together anymore but I won't stop cherishing those moments.

"Who is up for a game of..." Lucy starts to say but Jake cuts her off

"If you are going to suggest playing video games, count me out"

"You guys are mood spoilers" she says and frowns.

"You don't need us no more. you already found yourself a nice partner to play all sort of games with."I say trying to hold back a laugh.

"New partner? whatever that is" Jake asks, confusion written all over his face. I move closer to him and whisper to him how I found out that Oliver and Lucy now share a bedroom relationship.

"Oliver?" I like the way he pronounced it, his voice laced with a tint of British accent. He spent his younger years in London, he moved here when he was 11 and now his accent is beginning to fade but if you listen well enough, you can still hear it.

"The douchebag?" he says and we both laugh as we fist bump.

"Since when did the both of you start agreeing on something? or you guys are back together? why didn't you tell me!" Lucy says in one breath hitting me on my arm.

"What was that for?"

"you guys are back together and you kept it from me!" she exclaims. Way to go Lucy. I stare at Jake awkwardly.

"oh...you guys are not together? sorry" she finally feels the tension around.

"You guys are here to watch a movie right?"

"Of course" Lucy says poking Jake who tries to shield his face away from her fingers. Thank goodness everything is back to normal.

"I have an idea, we are going to have a nice time playing.."

"Lucy if what you want to say have anything to do with video games, don't bother" I warn her and she snickers . I do wonder at her obsession with video games. Isn't it a guy thing?. That's Lucy for you.

"Is your mom in ?"I turn to Jake. His mom doesn't really like me and I have this weird assumption that she's going to hit my head with a baseball bat once she sees me. She is beautiful but she has this intimidating look that scares the shit out of me whenever I see her.

"Nah.. she's on a stupid date with Watson. I think they went cruising or so"

"That's because Valentine's day is in three days" Lucy says bouncing in happiness.

"And let me guess, you have a date with Oliver that day" I grin at her. she rolls her eyes and wrap her hand round Jake's waist. what the fuck!

"It's been so long you threw a party Jake, why don't you throw a Valentine's party and as fate would have it, your mom is out of town" Lucy bats her eyelashes trying to convince Jake . Jake gently pushes Lucy away and grin like a Cheshire cat. He's damn cute.

"I don't need permission from my mom to have a party and I am not up for cleaning the next morning"

"Since when have you ever cleaned up after a party? Your mom always have the housekeeper cleaning up" I remind his lazy ass.

" that's because the next morning, I am either too drunk or have to go to practice" he defends.

"stop arguing you two. Let's just go watch a movie and munch on a big bowl of popcorn" Lucy drags the both of us with her. More like pull just me because her small stature definitely can't pull Jake.