#Friends
CHAPTER FOUR
#FRIENDS
Sounds of typing and clicking sounds are heard from Alexa's keyboard.
#Friends
ONE— How big is your circle of friends?
TWO— Male or female friends, which is preferable to you?
THREE— Calling or texting friends?
FOUR— Have you ever broken up with your best friend and why?
FIVE— Are you consistent and dependable as a friend?
SIX— Do you tell your best friend everything?
SEVEN— What is that one thing your friend will never expect you to do?
EIGHT— Hashtag the name of your best friend.
(Flashes a wide smile)
(A knock was heard on Alexa's door)
ALEXA: Come in!
(She closes the laptop keeps it beside the lampstand and looks up)
Mom, good morning.
STELLA: (Enters the room but stands by the door) It's time for breakfast. Clean up quickly and come downstairs. You have five minutes.
ALEXA: (Nods) Yes, Mom! (Gets out of bed and enters the bathroom)
STELLA: (Sighs and walks out)
REPLIES:-
CHARITY: (Sandwiched in between her siblings as she taps her reply)
Well...my circle of friends isn't that big. I'm quite shy. Um! I don't even have many friends.
(Sighs)
Female friends.
(Slaps her cheeks with her tongue)
I hardly call or text because I have no one to talk to.
I broke up with my best friend only because I was jealous of her. Yeah!
I'm not consistent and I'm not dependable.
Yes!
I don't tell anybody anything.
Lol! My friend will never believe that a boy fingered me...back then in junior grade...(raises an eyebrow, smiling)
#myself.
ERICA: (Sitting on the toilet seat)
I don't have friends.
(Blinks)
Male friends and a few female friends.
I like calling my friends...checking up on them from time to time. And I haven't broken apart with any of my friends.
(Pauses)
I'm kind of consistent, and not dependable.
I don't open up to my friends that much.
I don't have anyone to share my experiences with.
#myself. I'm being selfish, right?
(Purses her lips)
ANNABEL: (On the sitting room sofa)
Quite a handful of friends.
Female friends.
I prefer texting.
I broke up with a best friend back then in High School because she betrayed my trust and had a thing for a guy we both hated. Can you imagine?
(Scoffs)
Yeah! I am both consistent and dependable.
I tell my friend everything including my whole plans.
I still have a big, big-time crush on our High School head boy. I've never said that shit to anyone.
(Laughs)
#Nens baby.
MABEL: (Lying on a bed)
I have a LOT of friends.
I don't know. Both males and females are friends.
I don't call...I text.
My best friend spilled a secret about my ex-boyfriend, my current boyfriend, who nearly cost me my relationship, and we broke apart.
I can't say for sure but I don't think I'm consistent or dependable.
Yeah...sometimes...if I'm in the mood to open up...I don't trust people nowadays.
I bedwet sometimes...sounds crazy...
#myself (Smirks)
LARA: (In a bathtub)
(Sighs)
My circle of friends is quite big and yet small at the same time.
I prefer male friends. Girls are a hassle.
(Typing...)
I don't call or text.
My best friend and I are still best friends.
(Entwines her pinky fingers and winks)
I am consistent. I am dependable. Just a call or text away.
I tell my friend everything...love life, the next move and so on.
I please myself whenever I'm horny and keep an innocent face during conversations. I'm changed tho.
#Angel...she's 😘
(Laughs)
WENDY: (In the bathroom, under the shower)
Not many friends.
Female friends.
I don't call but I try texting...sometimes.
My best friend betrayed me by sleeping with my boyfriend behind my back. Yeah! Seriously, the crap!!!
I'm consistent and dependable.
I'm a very secretive person. I don't share words.
(Shrugs)
My friend doesn't know that I sleep with anything on trousers...guys I mean. Just look good.
#Nina...she's the best
(Shakes her head)
GRACIE: (By the verandah of a two-story building, sipping tea)
My circle of friends is extra large...I even lost count.
Mmmm! Tough question but I prefer male friends.
I call and I text.
(Smiles cheekily)
Not really. My best friend and I are still intact.
I'm dependable but not consistent.
I tell my friend things...everything, to be exact.
(Looks around)
I bedwet sometimes.
(Laughs)
#Lovelyn...I love her
(Giggles)
TIARA: (Walking down the stairs still wearing her night robe with a hot cup of coffee and a book in hand)
My circle of friends is little...small...tiny
(Shrugs)
Male friends.
I text only...when I'm in the mood
I don't have a best friend...trusting someone is work.
I'm kind of dependable but not consistent.
I'm secretive. I tell myself everything.
(Twitches her left brow)
I masturbate big time, tho; I have no one to tell them to except myself.
#Myself...I love myself.
(Click her tongue as she rolls her eyes)
KATHERINE: (In the garden, watering plants)
I'm an outgoing person, so I have a lot of friends...like, a lot, LOT!!!
I prefer female friends.
I call, I text, I disturb...typical me.
I'm still friends with my best friend.
I am consistent and I am dependable. Anytime, anywhere.
I don't like keeping secrets. So I tend to open up well to my friend. I tell her my plans, love life, family issues...just stuff, you know.
Gosh!! Tricky but funny. I love pleasing my easy-getting-horny hormones.
Hello!! Who doesn't?
(Giggles)
#Maddie_for_life
#We_go_girls!!
KENDRA: (In front of a mirror, admiring her face)
Friends—circle...few.
Male besties.
I prefer texting—calls are tiring especially with the wrong person.
Still good with my best friend.
I'm dependable but ain't consistent, nah!
I keep secrets. I don't tatter.
I give random BJs to random guys I meet at every single club I attend. In secret too.
#Miranda...love you
(Throws air kisses)
CYNTHIA: (Opening a wardrobe)
I just have two friends. One on my right side and the other on my left.
I prefer none. Male or female.
I don't call or text unless you are family.
I don't have a best friend.
I'm not dependable, I'm not consistent.
I keep secrets.
It's not like I have any friends to find out the skeletons in my cupboard. I do girls.
(Pauses—blinks) Yeah!
#me_myself_I...DND
(Sneers)
KIM: (Cleaning plates and arranging them in order on the plates rack)
I have friends...period.
Both male and female friends are okay. As long as you don't cross boundaries, we are good.
I call and I text. Depends.
My best friend and I are still friends.
I'm dependable and consistent.
I am mostly secretive. I don't talk much.
I cry at every breakup I have and give strong men-debasing advice to my friends whenever they are in the same situation.
#I don't know. MYB nosey poker
(Eyes no one in particular)
JESSICA: (Leaning by the window)
I just have A friend.
I would prefer male friends but they don't come to me. Pathetic, right?
(Sighs)
I have nobody to call or text.
No bestie.
My secrets are mine.
I don't even know...
(Covers her face)
I cry..so hard my eyes hurt.
#I
(Waves off invisible stuff)
RUTH: (By the bathroom sink holding a toothbrush)
I have friends.
Female friends.
I call and I text.
A very good bestow since childhood. No spoils.
(Smiles)
We share many things in common so I do tell my friend things...she knows virtually everything about me. Ha! Ha! She doesn't know that I'm a badass lap dancer at clubs I attend secretly. And also I'm self-taught.
(Laughs)
#Nancy...I love you
(Giggles)
CHLOE: (Sitting up on the bed)
I have three friends...
(Raises her right-hand fingers and counts with the left)
Left, middle, and right.
Male and female...I'm confused.
I try to call...no, text.
I don't have any best friends...not anymore.
I'm very, very secretive. I don't want anyone loitering around me, trying to think they know something or a lot about me... it's tiring.
I'm a very good seductress. I've seduced so many than you can ever imagine. Um! I'll let you guys in on this one. I once had someone who considered me her best friend, and...I'm sorry but I have to confess this here. I slept with her dad and elder brother. She doesn't know till date. And I'm sorry about it cos I feel guilty...sometimes.
#NoneOfYourBusiness
(Closes her eyes and sighs)
Just in, Alexa entered the room and sauntered towards her bed. Wore her glasses and turned on the laptop as she scrolled down to view the replies.
ALEXA: (Giggles)
Charity is still immature.
Mabel the talkative...lol
Lara, I'm sorry, but girlllllll
Wendy is a hot sauce...oops...sorry
(Giggles again)
Tiara, please be kind.
(Mumbles incoherent words as she keeps scrolling)
Katherine...you are quite the storyteller.
Kendra's...Mmmmm!
Cynthia's mean.
Jessica... you are lonely. I wish...
(Sighs)
I don't wish.
Chloe, this revelation is a huge step. I pray you find healing.
(Places her left palm on her chest)