Life of Lolita ~ Chapter 12: Discoveries
Aww, second to last chapter! I'm gonna miss this story but can't wait to write the epilogue! This chapter would have been up sooner but I didn't get back to my house until about 7, then I had homework! Urgh. I forgot to mention in the previous chapter, the stereo that Lolita found is actually the one that kills her. And how was the ghostbusting after Zelda and Lolita had the head-on collision? They knocked themselves out ;) I also wanna give a quick shoutout to one of my closest friends, Rachel. She has an account on here, though more active on Wattpad. She dedicated her story 'Disastrophe' to me, giving me a paragraph at the very end of the entire thing. Anyway, her username on both sites is 'rachrock3097'. So, away we go!
A couple of days later
I'm chilling at the Bachelor residence with Jessica, Michael and Bella. Jess is nonstop on her laptop, claiming it's for schoolwork. Mike nudged me and gave me a signal to say that it wasn't that at all. Bella looks fed up with the world, Morty isn't here. He was forced to join the Landgraabs and our parents on some museum trip. I narrowly escaped joining that voyage, but only just. I glanced out of the window and saw Zelda and Kaylynn patrolling past, in a rush. Guess they were late home, they're supposed to be going to some city for the weekend with Iliana, she's on business. They'll be having fun. Not. Holly is also returning home from Europe today, she's been gone for the last three weeks. Touring all over the place. And the Bachelors and I have been stranded in Sunset Valley for all this time, bored out of our minds.
'Jessica! Michael! Come here for a minute!' shouted Jocasta from the stairs. They stood up and walked out, muttering about the dishes, or something. Then I was in the room alone with Bella, she looked itching to say something to me.
'Lolita, can you keep a secret and promise not to tell anybody in the world?' Bells asked, looking at me innocently.
'Sure, kiddo. What is it?'
'Well... Michael.. he likes you, kinda.' That was no surprise, we've been friends for over 10 years now.
'Really? I like him too, he's an awesome friend.'
'No, I mean like as in, he has a crush on you.' Bella stated simply, expressionless.
What? I didn't see that coming at all! Though, that would explain why he wants to hang out with me all the time nowadays, without any of our other friends. But why would be have a crush on ME? I know some girls in our science class that would be a way better fit for him!
'... oh, right.' I managed to reply, becoming distant. I was interrupted by Michael and Jessica re-entering the room, looking annoyed. I had to remember to act natural.
'We're back, it was just a lecture about school shopping, pointless really.' yawned Jessica.
'Yeah, complaining about the stuff that we bought. She seems to forget that Jess is going into university soon.' added Michael. Wow, she is, too! Time flies, huh? I suddenly felt my face flushing, starting to feel claustrophobic. I tensed up, suddenly feeling awkward around Michael.
'Hey, Lolita, are you alright?' he asked, looking concerned.
'Umm. Yeah, I'm fine! But I just remembered, I have to go visit my Aunt Agnes soon! Bye!' I lied, but I desperately needed an excuse to get out. Running through the front foor and heading to Aunt Agnes' house (I wasn't actually going there, but no doubt that the Bachelor siblings would be staring out of the window.), I collided with Holly, just like I did with Zelda the other night.
'Woops! Hey there, Lolita! Glad to be back!' Holly gasped, rubbing her head.
'Yeah, sorry about that. Did you enjoy yourself?' I replied.
'Yeah, it was good. So, where were you off to?'
'Nowhere in particular.'
'Hmm. So, we're going to our place. I need to tell you something.'
'Our place' was behind Stoney Falls. A little noisy and wet, but we had our privacy there. I purposely took Holly away from the Bachelor household, to be on the safe side. Taking care not to slip whilst entering the Falls, I turned towards my best friend.
'Okay, so what I needed to tell you. Don't you dare tell a single fly, alright?' she asked. I spluttered at the saying.
'Okay, though I don't think that any flies would want to hear about it anyway.' I joked.
''Oh, ha ha.' replied Holly, sarcastically. 'So, what I wanna tell you is... I kinda have a crush on Michael.'
WHAT?! ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME? I seriously have the worst luck in the world sometimes.
'Really?'
'Yep. He's cute.'
Aww, this was cut short. Sorry guys, but I needed to get this chapter up. :( One more official chapter, and after the last line there will be no more Lolita POV, not even in the epilogue. The story will be over even sooner now, give about a week D:
SONG FOR THIS CHAPTER: Never Let Me Go - Florence and the Machine (credit goes to PondGirl11 for the suggestion!)
