Even a Moment/ Ch. 5 "Until"
Seaford High School/ ~ Friday
Kaylee stood against her locker as her friends continued talking around her. She watched as Kim walked over to the guys, a smile on her face. Why aren't they giving their attention to her? The guys glanced at Kim for a moment, some waved, some of the guys just sat there, and looked away from her again as soon as another girl arrived. Alexa…
"Kaylee?" It was one of her friends. "Are you even listening?"
"Huh? Oh, I was…I'm just tired." Kaylee smiled. "I'm listening now." She glanced one last time at her sister's place, but she was gone. What does this…Alexa do?
Kim sighed as she walked up to the guys. "Hey, guys."
"Hey Kim." They spoke in unison, all smiling softly at her, and then continuing to sit quietly.
"So, I need to talk to you guys." Kim said. "It's about A—"
"Guess who's parents is allowing her to have a party soon?" It was Alexa. Kim glanced over as Alexa interrupted, stepping into the center. "This girl!" She giggled. "And all of you guys are invited." She smirked, and looked over at Kim. "And…I guess you can go if you want." She shrugged. "Nobody's stopping you."
Kim took a breath, and walked away. It's always Alexa.
Crawford Residence/ ~ Friday Afternoon
Kim and Kaylee walked into the house, Kaylee shutting the door behind her. Kim ran her fingers through her hair, sighing. "What's wrong with you?" Kaylee glanced at Kim, who sighed.
"Nothing." Kim walked up to her room, Kaylee following her. "What do you need?" Kim asked, stopping in front of her closet, and turning to Kaylee.
"Nothing." Kaylee shrugged. "Who's Alexa?"
Kim opened her closet, stopping after walking in. "None of your business." Kim shrugged. Kaylee followed, pressing a button to close the door.
"None of my business?"
"Exactly." Kim said, opening a drawer, looking at the clothes in it. She looked over at Kaylee. "So, may you please leave?" Kaylee took a breath, turning and pressing the 'open' button.
"Uh…Kim, it's not opening." Kaylee said.
"What?"
"It's not opening!" Kaylee turned to Kim. "Why isn't it opening?"
"Kaylee." Kim said gently. "What button did you press when you came in?"
"I don't know, I pressed a random one and it closed the door behind us." She shrugged.
"You pressed the lock! I can only open that on the outside!" Kim groaned.
"Why do you have a lock on the inside?" Kaylee asked.
"To get away from you." Kim said, arms crossed.
"Uh, how do you get out?" Kaylee asked.
"I have a key, but I left it in my drawer by my bed." Kim said, glaring at Kaylee. "This is all your fault."
"Whatever." Kaylee rolled her eyes. "Since when did you care about your closet anyway?" Kaylee asked, arms crossed, looking around. "You don't wear half of these clothes!" She continued. "Because the guys don't like these clothes, remember?" She rolled her eyes. "And you didn't have karate today either." Kaylee continued. "I don't get why you decided to go into here."
"I plan on wearing these clothes." Kim said, glaring at Kaylee. "I plan on wearing these tomorrow and the day after, and forever." She said.
"Is it because of Alexa?"
"Excuse me?" Kim asked.
"Alexa. The girl who's been…" Kaylee sighed, "taking the guys?"
"How do you know about her?" Kim asked.
"I just do, okay." Kaylee rolled her eyes. "Is this why you're going to start wearing all this?" Kaylee asked. "Because you want all these guys?" She asked. "It's really pathetic."
"Why are you be judging me?" Kim asked. "You don't have the right to do that."
"I'm not judging you, I'm just telling you this isn't right." Kaylee said.
"Why would you tell me that?" Kim asked, looking over at Kaylee.
"Because you're my sister." Kaylee sighed. "Kim, I look up to you." She continued. "You're my older sister." She said gently. "And I love you." She smiled. "I don't like seeing some new girl take away your friends."
"Really?" Kim asked gently, smiling.
"Really." Kaylee sighed. "I just…it's my job to be mean to you." She giggled softly. "But when I saw this new girl…" She shook her head, "I thought I should stop." Kaylee said. "I don't like seeing you get hurt." She continued. "You don't need to change yourself for them, Kim." She smiled.
"Thanks." Kim smiled.
Kaylee smiled back, and Kim took a breath. "We still need to get out of here." She laughed.
"Glass!" Kaylee said. "Isn't your door glass?"
"Kaylee, if we break that—"
"Dad will buy another one." Kaylee said. "Do you have anything to knock the glass out to the other side?"
"No, I don't—"
"These boots!" Kaylee picked up a pair of boots. "They're hard, and look, wait is this gold?" She looked over at Kim.
"Yeah, uh…mom bought those." Kim sighed.
"Alright, let's get out of here."
Seaford High School/ ~ Monday
"Hey guys." Kim smiled, walking over to the group.
"Oh, hey." They looked over at her.
"Where's Alexa?" Kim asked.
"Since when did you care about her?" Jack asked.
"I was just—"
"Kim, how come you haven't been hanging out with us recently?" Milton asks. "You're always with the cheerleaders."
"It's because—"
"Don't blame it on Alexa." Jerry sighed. "Alexa told us what you did to her."
"What did I—"
"I can't believe you don't even know what you had done to her." Eddie said. "That's cruel."
"But I—"
"Kim, I don't think I can be your friend anymore." Jack said gently. "We…we can't be your friends anymore." He continued. "To think you'd do what you did to Alexa, it's just…messed up." He sighed.
"Yeah." Jerry said. "It'd be best if you went back to your cheerleaders." He said.
"But I didn't—"
"We don't want to hear it." Milton said.
Kim took a breath, turning away. She stopped as she walked, taking one last look at the guys. "You know I thought we all promised we'd help each other out." She began. "But it looks like you guys are letting go of our promise." She glared at them, walking towards her lockers.
Until I get rid of Alexa, I need to find a way to get on the guys' good side.