"Good," I said when I saw People on the shelves, "Now that little Olivia bitch is gonna be hounded by the press, and she'll end up leaving Logan. I'll swoop in, and we'll all be happy. Except for her."
I was walking through the mall with my best friend, Ashley. She knew about this whole thing, and she hates Olivia too.
"Who does she think she is? Telling you off like that, and stealing your man? Slut." Ashley said.
"Yeah, I know right? Maybe that little paragraph will be the point of her crash and burn." I smirked.
"With luck!" Ash agreed.
"Ucch you're kidding me!"
"What?"
"Look over there. Logan, Olivia, Carlos, and some other chick."
She looked where I was pointing.
"What a bitch! How the hell is she in public?" Ashley asked.
"I don't know, but I don't like it. Logan seems so... Happy. He shouldn't be happy with her."
"And look how that other girl is looking at Carlos!"
Oh, FYI, Ash likes Carlos. A LOT.
"This has gotta be stopped." I stated.
Ashley nodded. I walked over, Ash on my tail.
*Olivia's PoV*
"No! You're kidding!" I gasped.
Carlos nodded. "Yup. Can't stand ketchup."
"Me neither." Krysta agreed.
"What's wrong with you people! I can't have my chicken fingers without ketchup!"
"Chicken fingers?" Logan asked, laughing.
"Yup! I'm a kid on the inside. Whadda you-"
I stopped when someone tapped my shoulder.
"Um, excuse me."
I knew that voice. I rolled my eyes.
"What do you want, Eliza?" I asked, not even turning around.
"You're with OUR boyfriends," stated an unfamiliar voice.
Carlos and Logan both groaned, obviously annoyed.
"Look, Eliza. I'm. Not. With. You," Logan stated clearly, "I'm with Olivia now. And you can't change that. I don't care how hard you try, and if you're mad at me, go ahead. Be mad. But leave Olivia out of this."
"And Ashley, you seem like a great girl, but I'm not interested. Sorry," Carlos said.
"You're ALL gonna regret this! Watch your backs," Eliza threatened. "Come on, Ash. There are MUCH hotter guys in this town."
And with that, they left.
"So I'm guessing that was Olivia's enemy with her little sidekick?" Krysta asked.
Logan, Carlos, and I nodded. Krysta then nodded, piecing things together. We all just went back to our previous conversation.
"You know what my favorite mall food is?" I said.
"Ooh! I know this one!" Krysta laughed.
"What? Chicken fingers?" Carlos teased.
"No! Well, kinda, but that's not my favorite MALL food." I defended.
"Well what is it then?" Logan asked.
"Auntie Anne's Pretzels. Those things are like heaven in a paper bag!"
"I love those!" Krysta commented.
"Is there a stand here?" I asked.
"I'll be right back." Logan said with a smile.
He walked away, and I watched until he turned a corner. Great. Now I feel like a third wheel. Well, Carlos and Krysta aren't together, but there's obvious chemistry between them. Just the way they look at each other, the way Krysta lights up around him. I can tell, she likes him. But does he like her? I kinda hope so. They'd be adorable!
"So... How long are you guys here for?" Carlos asked.
"I'm here for another week, unless I move out here. My mom gave me a 'two week trial period' to make sure I knew I was making the right choice." I answered.
"And I'm here til she leaves, or when my mom forces me to come back." Krysta added.
"Oh ok. How do you guys know each other?"
"Fourth grade." We both answered.
"Long time..."
"Too long," I joked.
"Ok, two comments for that. One: hey! Not nice! And two: that's what she said."
The three of us cracked up. Logan came back with a bag from Auntie Anne's and two lemonades. He saw us laughing, and looked at me curiously.
"Carlos asked us how we knew each other, and we both said fourth grade, and Carlos commented that it was a long time, and I said it was too long. Then Krysta had two comments for that. Tell him," I explained, laughing.
"I was like 'One: hey! Not nice! And two: that's what she said." Krysta finished.
He smiled. "Oh, so you like THOSE kind of jokes. And I thought you were innocent."
I grinned, and said, "Please. You don't know me!"
"It's true. You should've seen her when we were in middle school." Krysta added.
"Hey! I wasn't THAT bad!"
"Everything sounded bad to you!"
"Not nice!"
"Karma, bitch!"
I laughed. Logan handed out the pretzels.
"I got two lemonades. Is that alright with you guys?" he asked.
Krysta and Carlos looked at each other awkwardly.
"I'll go buy another one," Krysta suggested.
"No no. You take that one. I'll go get another one." Carlos insisted.
Krysta shrugged, and Carlos left.
"So why are we in public again? I bet half the world hates me," I said.
"Ya gotta get used to being in the limelight once in a while. With your dreams and all..." Logan answered.
"Oh, do you mean the dream where I was running through a forest of giant candy canes and then some guy was chasing me so I paid Lady Gaga to shoot him in the earlobe?" I joked.
"I don't know what you take before bed, but that's gotta stop," he laughed.
I grinned.
"Seriously though, the press is gonna find us, and ask us 9 bajillion questions, and..." I started.
"No they won't." he assured me.
"How can you be so sure?"
"Um... Well... I'm not."
Carlos came back after that.
"Sorry bout that," Logan said.
"Nah, it's cool. Oh, Olivia, when I was on line, there were two girls who said they knew you..?" Carlos said.
"Really?" I asked, surprised.
"Yeah. Um... Taylor! Jillian!" he called over his shoulder.
They walked up, and I grinned.
"You guys got a hotel room, right? There's no room in my condo," I joked.
"Wow dude. Not even a hey! Or a what are you doing here?" Taylor laughed.
"Oops. What ARE you doing here?"
"Our college let us spend a semester anywhere, so we decided to come out here," Jillian explained.
"Really? You could've gone ANYWHERE in the world, and you chose L.A.?"
"Yeah, not our BEST call... But this is the one place we both agreed on," Taylor laughed.
"Funny how this group expands... Almost a week ago, it was just me and Logan. Then it was me, Logan, and the guys. Then it was the 5 of us and Krysta. And now Taylor and Jill? God, are we importing all of New Jersey over here?" I stated.
"Yeah, Thursday's our one-week-aversary," Logan stated, putting his arm around me.
I smiled, and gave him a quick peck on the lips.
"Get a room!" Taylor and Jillian joked.
"Wow, jealous much?" I teased.
We all laughed, and started walking out of the mall, toward Logan's car.
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OK, this is the end of the chapter-a-day thing.. I'm all caught up with what I wrote so far, so I'll post as I finish chapters.
Much Love,
Olivia :)