Chapter 7

Bright and early, but it was only Saturday.

Am I the only person in town to complain that the weekend was getting long and draggy?

I never saw Kenneth going home that night because I fell asleep soon after I sent the text message to Mike last night. Apparently, I was more tired than I thought.

Zon dropped by with a couple of bottles of what she calls 'Manuka Honey'.

I admitted to her about what happened the night before. Better me to let her know than to let Kenneth recount his version of the story.

"Hon, Kenneth seems to be in the wrong this time round." Zon said thoughtfully.

I nodded, and then realized what she said. "Wait. What do you mean by this time round!"

I was considerately ignored as Zon continued "I mean, this is your happiness at stake! Kenneth has no hand in this. How could he force you to go out with Sean instead, though the guy's cute."

"Something tells me I have to drop some sort of warning to Rick about his potential rival for attention." I said, and she rolled her eyes at me.

"I've given some very slight thought about it. Maybe I should go and tell Sophie. Since our Kenneth obviously has no guts to confess, I am so going to do it for him." I resolved.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Zon warned.

"Why not?"

"If it backfires, she's just going to ignore Kenneth and it's going to make their interaction really awkward."

I nodded slowly. Zon had a point there.

"But what if Sophie feels the same about Ken?" I asked. "There's always that very slight possibility right?"

"Very, very, slight. But if she likes him then all's well. But either way I still think that she should hear it from the horse's mouth, and not from people like us no matter how close we are to Ken." She insisted. "Besides, Ken isn't exactly someone whom a girl would consider as boyfriend material."

"Zon, not everyone has a boyfriend that fits Rick's standard, okay? Get a grip on reality. People like me are not going to have a partner who is anywhere as near as Rick."

I was mildly annoyed by Zon's smug face at my comment.

After a few more seconds of consideration, I added, "Anyway, if Kenneth was not my best friend for the last couple of years and just a random guy that likes me, I would seriously consider getting together with him."

This was as close to a confession as I could get. I had hoped that I hadn't sound out my real feelings with it. But Zon was not responding, meaning to say she hadn't latched onto the hint underneath my sentence; you know how dramatic she is. If she had heard and understood me, she would have started going on and on about it.

"Lenore?" She began.

"What?" I asked, probably sounding a little too rude than I should.

"Seriously, don't do anything stupid." She advised.

Now, I was sure the girl didn't hear my indirect confession. But that wasn't my utmost concern.

I didn't reply to her because I was having mixed emotions within me fighting some sort of warped battle.

First, the guy I like didn't like me.

Secondly, not only that, he insists that I stay away from my 2nd best alternative, Mike.

Thirdly, the solution that I came up with myself (which was to confess on his behalf to Sophie) was shot down by my best friend.

What was I supposed to do?