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For an anon who asked for "Irma" and "third wheel".

Left Out

And again, they had taken off without her. Irma watched Casey and April running down the street because of some emergency at home, but Irma had the bad feeling that this was a lie. There most probably was no emergency at home.

Heck, they hadn't even said at whose home the emergency had occurred! April's or Casey's? Oh, who cared!?

The truth was that they had left her behind again.

Irma lowered her gaze and started walking down the street. This was so unfair! Why didn't they let her in on the fun?

Okay, maybe it wasn't fun, maybe it was dangerous, but she didn't care! She was sick of being left behind. She was forced to miss out and she didn't even know why!

And she was even sure what made her angrier – the fact that her friends – if Casey could be called a friend, that was, which she highly doubted – lied to her or her lack of knowledge of what really was going on? Both hurt, the lack of knowledge maybe a little more. She had always been a curious person.

Plus, Casey's comment about the "third wheel" was still ringing in her head.

It hurt, yes, but what hurt even more was that he was right. She was the third wheel, she truly was!

A cold shiver ran down her spine and she suddenly felt very cold. She crossed her arms over her chest, rubbing her upper arms with her hands, but it didn't help.

She felt so alone, so left out, so very much like the third wheel.

She growled.

It just wasn't fair!

She took out her phone and texted a message to April. She somehow had to phrase her anger.

Wasn't very nice to ditch me. Again!

The reply came in the middle of the night.

Sorry, Irma, it was an emergency. Had no choice. Wanna watch a movie tomorrow night? To make up for it, the popcorn is on me.

And although Irma was angry and a bit cranky because the message's beep had woken her up and she had hit her hand on the bedside table when she had reached for her glasses, she couldn't help, but smile a little.

At least April still cared about her. She didn't feel that left out any longer.

Plus, she could deal with her lack of knowledge later. She was so going to find out what was going on here!