Chapter 10

Hold a true friend with both your hands-Anais Nin

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Be Careful about what you say, People will never forget what you say to them. Be it Good or Bad. I knew the moment I said the words, there was no going back and for the first time in my life I didn't want to think about the risk or consequences of my actions. I just wanted to do it.

"What's your plan, Isa?" The girl in question didn't even let me utter another word, Isa sprang out of the bed and jumped on top of me. I was not ready for her advances ,and we both fell on the ground. My head was hurt since I banged the door in the process of falling, but I couldn't feel it due to Isa's kisses on my cheeks.

"I am so happy you decided.'' she shouted in my ears. Of course she is happy; I am the one carrying 100 pounds. I pushed her off me, groaning. "Sorry." Isa noticed our position and she got off me while pulling me up with her. Penny, always the considerate and the mother figure of this group, didn't say anything, seeing me in clear discomfort rubbing my throbbing head. I think she is shocked by my revelation. Once Isa was sure I was ok, if you call rubbing my head fiercely and kissing it better a way to make sure someone is fine, she continued. "You have no idea how long I waited to do this." she giggled while clapping her hands.

"Do what exactly?" asked Sam, playing with a pen between her fingers.

"Help someone to make their crushes fall in love." Isa replied. She guided me towards the bed and after making sure I was comfortable at the bedpost, she sat facing me.

"You're like what ,real life Hitch now?" said Sam sarcastically. Isa glared at her

"You have so much negative energy for this little body." Sam stood up straight and dusted her black crop top, as if that would make her any bigger. "So Cassi! We need a plan." grinned Isa. She is so excited, even more than me, and I am the one who will get the boy at the end of the day.

"Are you sure about this?" asked Penny for the first time. I am not sure about this ,but I am not sure about anything in my life, about my future, my feelings, who I am, but before I reply.

"Stop harassing her!" complained Isa. "She is sure." she said pointing at me. "Do something in your life. Something fun, at least once! What is the worst that could happen?" and without waiting for any reply, Isa continued. "Listen, I have thought about the entire thing."

"How would you know I would say yes?" I asked.

"Nobody could resist me." Isa winked at me. That's correct, at least for me. I couldn't resist her attempts and here we were, plotting against the love of my life. "We need to write this down, Do you have a paper or something?" she asked, seemingly searching for a paper.

"I have." I said and got up from my comfortable spot. In my first drawer, I found a pink notebook that was gifted to me by my aunt last year with my short black dress. I didn't even open it ;I had nothing to write, no interesting stories to pour out, but the notebook will serve its job properly now. "There you go." I gave Isa the medium sized notebook with the purple pen that comes with it.

"Perfect!" Isa said and wasted no time to rip the plastic off and open the first pink page, which was adored with small hearts. It made me smile, the notebook was indeed perfect. "Crap." Isa whispered. "My handwriting is bad, like really bad. We won't be able to read it another time if I write this." she said, handing me the notebook .My handwriting is bad too, not as bad as Isa's I am sure ,but I know someone with a romantic and cursive handwriting ,and she was standing braiding her red hair. Penny looked at us for a moment ,and I pointed to the notebook opened in the bed calling her to write on it.

"No. I won't be part of this craziness." Penny said and returned to what she was doing. When I said nothing, she stared at me, and I gave her a sad face, tilting my lips down.

"Please." I whispered using my smallest voice, and Isa got my game and also gave Penny a sad face. Isa even made a crying eyes. Penny huffed in frustration and came sitting beside me on the bed.

"I am doing this because only I can seem to write the language we all speak, but I am not part of this." Penny warned while grabbing the pen and notebook ,putting it in her lap and getting ready to write. We all turned our attention to Sam.

"Don't be a sore thumb, Come here." Isa petted the spot beside her. Sam just rolled her eyes and dragged a chair with her. She may have thought that not sitting in the bed will keep her out of this plot, but she has never been more wrong. Maybe she has been more wrong; I don't know. "Now every one's here, let's classify our roles in this so we won't be confused later." Isa laughed nervously. "Cassi," she said, stretching her limbs to touch my shoulders. "Is the Subject. Me," she pointed her fingers to herself "the mastermind, who will introduce you guys to greater things in life, Penny like your name, will be the pen guy or girl." All of us were staring at her with an open mouth. "Penny start writing." Scolded Isa. "And Sam," she put her head on Sam's shoulder and held her tight. "You know I adore you, right?" she asked, picking at Sam behind her lashes. Sam scowled at her and shrugged her shoulders in an attempt to push Isa off her. "You will be our reality check. Now let's start!" Isa clapped her hands. "The Plan" she said ,but Penny was not writing, which made Isa mad "You have to take your job seriously Pen Pen." She sang "I don't want to fire you." she whispered ,but I heard it. "First Who is Justin Black?" I scoffed.

"I know Justin better than anyone." I said confidently.

"That's where you are wrong." Isa said. I gave her a confused look. What does she mean I don't know him? I have been obsessed with him for 3 years 11 months and 13 days at this moment. "You know what he shows to the world. Knowing him includes finding out who he is when he is not with anyone, what made him like this, We need to know his secrets." Isa said and it makes sense. Only someone really close to him can answer those questions accurately.

"How do you plan to do that?" asked Sam ,Uninterestedly.

"We will stalk him, obviously." Isa replied, touching her nails. I got out of bed to retrieve the chips and soda under it and threw it at the bed. "No wine?" asked Isa.

"Not when mom is home, Even If she was not home ,no wine in my house. Not now, Not ever." I said and gave her an orange soda. I reserved the pink ones for myself.

"You liked the wine though," Isa teased. I didn't answer. I returned to my original position with 2 bags of chips in my hands. I have a feeling this conversation demands energy, and everyone knows food is energy.

"Stalk him you say?" I needed to hear more about this ,and I am not opposed to the idea.

"Yes, We will figure out what he does, where he goes out of school, what he is like to people other than students." Isa held my hand. "We will bond." her eyes twinkle ,and she had a beautiful grin on her face.

"Bonding while staking someone like a psycho. Great." muttered Sam, sipping her coca. Isa just ignored her.

"The other thing is, What does Justin want in women?" Isa asked and answered her own question "Pretty, smart ,and a challenge. So we have to create her." she said. "You are pretty Cassi ,but you need a haircut ,some makeup, and most of all you seriously need a change of clothes." Isa finished and put two chips in her mouth.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Asked Penny again, from my side.

"Are you writing everything?" asked Isa. She looked annoyed and snatched the notebook from Penny's hands. Isa's eyes got wide. "Pen Pen, I underestimated you. Good Job." She praised her and handed me the notebook. It was really good. Penny wrote everything in steps ,and her next title reads 'Changing The Subject'. "I would love it if you would add a tick box besides every activity."

"You mean plot." chimed in Sam.

"Activity." emphasized Isa. "So that we can follow our progress." she gave a sweet smile to Penny ,who started to do what was instructed and dropped her thought. "We need to do this in two weeks." Said Isa. "Justin is in desperate need of a girlfriend, and we need to act fast. He has many candidates who know he wants a girlfriend." That scared me. I can't compete with his 'Candidates'. "Don't worry though," said Isa, sensing my distress. "We have the upper hand in this. We know what he wants." she grinned at the end. "For the time being, we need to separate him from anyone who might hold his interest."

"So we are going to scare off people now?" laughed Sam.

"Yes! If it comes to that, we will scare them off." Isa pinned Sam in an angry stare. "We are in this together ,and there is no going back." Isa offered her hand, placing her palm outward. I instantly knew what she was doing, and I placed my hand on top of hers in the same manner. We both looked at Penny, who hesitantly put her pen down, and I felt the weight of her hands on mine. At last it was Sam's turn, she is very realistic and hates this idea thinking it's dumb, but I know she will never turn her back on the Horsemen tradition. Sam put her hand inwardly on Penny ,which implies a closed seal.

"No matter where we go, no matter where we are."

"Deep in an ocean, or up in a star."

"We The Horsemen, we will stick together."

"Today and tomorrow, Forever Forever." We chanted our mantra with a smile on our respective faces, and I know the words were true from the bottom of my heart.