Best Friends

He used a finger and lifted my chin , looking into my eyes, seeking for permission.

I gave a curt nod and that beautiful smile of his came out, his face glowed with happiness and his eyes twinkled like a little child who was given his favourite candy.

He leaned in to kiss me, his lips brushed mine when side we heard a voice and I jerked apart from him

"What are the two of you doing under there?" Rosetta's voice rang out and I scrambled out of Asher's arms dusting my clothes and sitting in one of the stools.

I was still frazzled and I'm pretty sure I was red either from the embarrassment of having almost getting caught by Rosetta or the heat that Asher made me feel.

" What were the two of you doing?" Blake asked me with a raised of his eyebrows

"Uhm, what..." I stuttered

"I asked..." Blake started

"Nothing, if you must know. Although I reckon that it is none of your business." Blake interrupted with a huge smile on his face. "Now, Rosetta, I'm quite famished, do you have anything for us to eat and Audrey does need to eat more, I think she's all bones " he said to arosetta appraising me from head to toe.

I scowled at him. "What is with everyone and telling me that I need to eat more" I whined like a child.

"Because you do" both Asher and Blake said in Unison and burst out laughing.

I rolled my eyes at them whilst Rosetta shook her head fondly.

"Don't mind them, they are very used to doing that" She said as she set out some plates in front of us

"What?. Completing each other's statements or saying things in unison" I asked her as I bit into an apple

"Both of them, they've known each other for so long that they are literally part of each other " She continued dishing some spicy chicken enchiladas casserole into the plates.

" How did they meet" I asked her ignoring the boys who were bickering like children beside me.

"You could just ask us that question" Asher said as he rounded the island to my other side leaving me enclosed in their middle.

He grabbed my apple taking a huge bite and I swatted his head , making him let out a mischievous grin, my heart thumped at the sight, I rolled my eyes playfully at him.

"I will leave them to tell you about it, this old woman needs to get done some rest" Rosetta says with a wink as she dries her hand on her apron and leaves the kitchen to us.

" Ohhh, let me tell this story" Blake started.

I turned towards him , all ears to hear the story of how they became best friends.

"We were in what? Pre school?" Blake asked.

" No, Elementary school, in grade four" Asher said smiling.

"Yes, so get this. It was the end of the school year and honestly before then, I had actually never noticed this punk before but here, school is about to let out and I'm waiting patiently for the driver to come pick me and this idiot who has no manners walks up to me and says. 'Hey! Jerk! Wanna be my friend?' and I just stare at him dumbfoundedly" I interrupt Blake's story as I burst out into laughter.

"Are you serious?" I ask in-between laughter. "Oh my Gosh! . How old were you guys?" I ask them

"We were like nine,yeah? " Blake asks Asher who nods in-between bites

"Yes, so I tell him that I would not be his friend and he should piss off, because what kind of offer of friendship is that anyway. Then he makes this expression on his face and let's out a roar." Blake continued laughing hard.

"A roar? " I ask in confusion.

"Yes, Asher let's out an actual roar that everybody actually turns to look at us, even the teachers and I am left so embarrassed because I hated the spot light being on me" Blake answers me whilst Asher just chuckles.

"Then here comes theain deal, he grabs a girl, who you know now as Tasha, and who was my best friend " Blake said

"What!" I cut his sentence short. "Your what!!!, You are joking right???. Tasha, like the queen bee, rude, awful Tasha was your best friend?" I gape at him as he nods in affirmation.

I turn to Asher who shrugs at me.

"Wait, why is this so normal to you, being friends with such an ass. I thought you were a good person Blake" I murmur shovelling a fork of enchiladas into my mouth.

"Tasha has actually not always been this awful, in middle school, I ,Asher and Tasha were actually best friends till Tasha developed a notion in her head that she owns Asher and Asher couldn't care less about our feelings , so she made it a goal of hers to prevent Asher from getting with any other girl that is not her. " He paused

"Anyways , so,Asher grabs Tasha by her pony tail and she is screaming and crying , he pulls her to the water fountain using her hair. Asher was such a mean child " Blake chuckles.

"He then threatens to push her into the fountain if I do not agree to be his friend. And I am very ready to call his bluff when he actually puts her head into the fountain like he is about to drown her and pulls her out and the teachers are not even doing anything to stop it because Asher's parents were really really powerful people. No one could ever cross them. It was at that point that I realise how serious he is , so I finally agree to be his friend. Then get this" Blake pauses again and grins looking at Asher.

"Asher pushes Tasha away who slips and falls into the fountain and everyone laughs, he does even look back at her. He walks up to me shakes my hand and says, 'Your agreement has been accepted and you will get the contract soon for your signature.' then he smiles and walks away".

"You have to be kidding me" I sputter

"I'm serious, he actually made me sign a contract to be his friend with alot of clauses that at that point, I knew nothing about" Blake says whilst chewing.

"You can't blame me, my lawyer parents were always going on and on about how in life I should never allow anyone make a gentleman's agreement with me and I should always back it up with evidence by making them sign a contract, I was just young" Asher shrugs innocently

"And you almost drowned Tasha" I asked with a raise of my brow.

"I wouldn't have drowned her and anyways, it worked for good. She deserved him" he murmurs.

"This is the weirdest friendship I have ever come across " I say swallowing my food. "Do you guys still abide by the contract " I ask them and they look at each other and burst out laughing .

"What? , Why are you guys laughing?" I ask them confusedly.

" Ohh there's an amended version of the contract" Asher says with a smile

"Uhn?" I ask

"Yes, Blake felt he was getting cheated by the clauses I had inserted in the contract and by middle school, he had his lawyers draw up another one, which I had reviewed too and we settled with it" Asher answered me downing a whole cup of juice in a go.

"Gosh, you rich people are weird" I murmur, stuffing my mouth with food.

They burst out laughing as we all finish up our plate of food, making small talks about things.

"Are you going to come for the game?" Blake asks me

"Uhn" I ask him back

" I asked if you were coming for the game" he replied.

" Ohh, I don't know, it is not really my scene" , I murmur.

" You should try it. I bet you'd enjoy it, plus ai and Asher would be playing and we would really want you to be there, and not holed up at home alone "

" Okay, I will think about it" I say turning back to my food.

Blake murmurs and excuse and leaves.

Suddenly I feel an arm wrap around my waist and hot hair fan my neck.

"So Audrey, where did we stop?" Asher asks me