50 Ways To Spend Your Christmas, Stuck With an Annoyingly Hot Emo Delinquent [13]

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My mom left a note on the fridge when I went downstairs.

She said she was going to the community hall to meet up with her friends, do charity works, plan the christmas party and she also wrote to defrost the lunch she prepared for us and "your father went outstation for a couple of days. Lunch is in the fridge. I love you xoxo."

I missed breakfast.

The most important meal of the day.

And I missed it.

I stuck the plates inside the microwave then poured myself a glass of juice.

Scratching the back of my head, I heard the doorbell rang. Impossible, I thought. Mom can't be back this early. I placed my glass on top of a coaster and rushed to the door. Whoever it was on the other side couldn't wait to get inside.

"Lottie Cassity!" Keira Newbury exclaimed, throwing her arms around me. "Oh how glad I am to see you," she said, sounding cheerful as ever. "Keira," I giggled. "Did you hear? Our darling Scott is in a beauty pageant."

I did. He called me first a few hours ago.

"Where's your parents? I'm dying to meet them," Keira said, grinning. I shook my head solemnly and said, "I'm sorry. My father's at work and my mom...she's keeping herself busy," I said, returning her cheerful grin.

"I'm defrosting lunch right now, so come on in."

She laughed. "Oh? Aren't you worried it would increase your blood sugar level or something?"

Why did everyone thought it was so bad to be concerned about your health? I shot her a look. "It's not TV dinner or anything."

"I was...just joking," she replied, looking at me as if I grew bald in a split second.

A few minutes later, we were in front of the TV with a bowl of chicken salad each, watching a marathon of American Idol. "What's new?" I asked. "I broke up with my boyfriend," she said, looking depressed. "Or rather, he died."

My jaw dropped. "You have a boyfriend and he died?! Oh Keira! Why didn't you tell me this earlier?!"

"He did," she said. "And it's all Suki's fault."

I wrapped my arm around her shoulder. "Suki?" I asked. She nodded. "My uncle's dog."

Er...?

"She bit his ear off and cotton flew everywhere!"

Wait a minute. Were we on the same page?

"And then he was beheaded!" she groaned.

"B-beheaded?"

"Yes, his red head was chewed on violently."

"Keira? What are you talking about?"

"My plushie, Elmo!"

I didn't know if I should laugh or cry in relief. Back in school, she always joked that one day she would marry her plush, Elmo. Yeah, the exact one from Sesame Street.

No. I couldn't believe it either.

"I didn't know we were having visitors," Nathan spat angrily. God, he was already in a bad mood. Keira went all wide-eyed. "OH MY GOD THERE'S A PERVERTED EMO IN YOUR HOUSE!"

"Keira--"

"Call the cops! I'm going to attack him!"

"Keira--!"

She grabbed a fork. "With what? A fork?" Nathan said, rolling his eyes. "Ooh, I'm so scared. I'm cowering at the sight of a redheaded, crazy girl with a fork."

"Don't tempt me, mister!"

And folks, that was the exact reason why I should explain things to Keira beforehand. She could act so crazy sometimes. "Keira, he's not--"

"I'm not perverted," he said. "Who the hell are you?"

"I'm Keira!"

"Joy. One of your crazy friends, Carrot?" he sighed. Keira stopped shouting, giving me a puzzled expression. "Sorry, I forgot about him for a moment there..."

"I'm hurt," Nate said sarcastically. "We spent the night together and you've already forgot about me?"

"Ooh, Lottie, I didn't know you were that kind of person," Keira said, nudging me and giggling. I blushed. "It's not like that!"

And for the next 10 minutes, I explained about Nathan to a starry-eyed Keira.

After the ooh-ing and aah-ing, Nathan decided to play with Helios (his shoe was forever lost, so he said he would buy one online or something like that). Before he went outside though, he whispered to me, "After your friend leaves, and god let's hope it would be soon, I need to talk to you."