When Roxy awoke, she was alone. However, there was a vaguely itching thought that she hadn't been when she fell asleep. A soft gray blanket was draped over her, and there was a pounding in her head, courtesy of a hangover. Stupid spiked cupcake. She peered back at the kitchen, pleased when five of the pink and orange cupcakes were deemed missing. Dirk must have taken some home...good. Maybe that means he's feeling better about...about...
The name still sent daggers through her, so she ignored the thought, snagging her phone from under a couch cushion. She minimized her chats with Auto-Responder, and tapped a new message from Jane.
GG: Roxy. Ohhh Ro-lal.
GG: I messed up.
Huh?
TG: wait wut happened?
GG: It was bad Roxy. Really bad.
GG: I am so stupid! I messed up SO bad!
TG: janey
TG: calm urself
TG: what happened?
GG: English!
TG: wut am i speaking german?
GG: No! Jake English!
TG: ohhh
TG: explian
GG: He asked if I liked him and I said no!
TG: uh oh
TG: janey come ovr
TG: liek now. explain here, k?
GG: Okay. :(
Roxy pounced for the door, catching her sobbing bestie in her arms. "Whoaa! Janey!"
"I said no! I can't believe I said no!" She wailed, tears streaming. "Rox, I'm so stupid!"
"You're not stupid Janey," Roxy soothed, "Tell me the whole story?" She handed the anguished brunette a cupcake, knowing it was her second favorite kind of sweet treat. They sat down on the couch, still indented from Roxy's sleep, and the blonde comforted her friend.
"So," sniffed Jane, "He asked me if I liked him. 'Cuz he wanted to make sure that there were no awkward feelings between us! And I freaked out and said no! He was relieved, Rox! Said, 'Oh! Good!' Not only does he not like me, he doesn't know I feel!" She collapsed, sobbing into Roxy's chest, as she stroked Jane's hair comfortingly.
"And the stupid internet douchebag called me fat again," Jane muttered, muffled into Roxy.
She couldn't help giggling. "Janey, you're not fat. But the Jake thing sounds like a problem."
"You haven't even heard the worst part!" Jane burst out, sitting up suddenly, "He's gonna go after Dirk!"
Roxy wasn't sure if she'd just stopped breathing or if her world really had shattered, like how it felt. Go after Dirk...Dirk...Dirk...
"He likes Dirk?" She croaked out, feeling her eyes well.
"I don't even know," Jane whimpered, "But we both know..Dirk likes him..." Roxy nodded wordlessly, as her tears spilled, mingling with Jane's. Were they both going to have to keep secrets? Did Roxy have to keep yet another confession to herself until she couldn't handle it? Until she exploded? Until she rattled out her feelings and they awkwardly stared and said they didn't feel the same? And now Janey had to go through that too!? The world was just too cruel...
"I need a drink," Roxy whispered bitterly.
"C-can I have one too?" Jane sniffed. Roxy nodded bluntly, not surprised. Heartbreak did things to people...
"It's gonna take us a while to get over this, huh?" She murmured, watching her friend curl into a pillow and cry.
Alcohol couldn't fix this, could it?
TT: Hey Roxy. It is I.
TG: hye waz upp?
TT: Whoah. Slumber party or something? Why are you so hammered?
TG: dnot go knnokcing dirnking oke?
TG: hwo colud u efevvn tell?
TT: Just a hunch.
TG: onlye itz not hleping :(
TT: Helping what?
TG: u wlouldnt knoww would u
TG: hartbraek
TG: it fukin sux and noaw jaeny has 2 feal it!
TT: And drinking your brains out helps?
TG: oh plz wut brainz?! im an idiot!
TG: jsut ask DIRK
TG: im defintely an idiot compared to MR LORD ENLGLISH
TG: :(((
TT: What do you even mean? What does Dirk have to do with this?
TG: or ask lord enlgihs yourself, cuz im just patetic lil ro-lal whoo doesnt kno ANTYHTIN about lyfe! who deosn't DESHERVE lyfe!
TG: Drik and jake r gonna be SOOOO hapy together :(((((
TT: Roxy, what are you talking about?
TT: Is Dirk going to make a move on Jake?
TT: Are you admitting you like him?
TT: Roxy, don't leave. It may not seem like it, but robots have feelings too.
TT: Mine are kind of hurting.
TT: Shit, how much have you been drinking?
TT: Roxy, don't go.
TT: Roxy...
She actually looks happy... Dirk pulled a gray blanket over the peacefully sleeping girl and smiled to himself before leaving, glad she couldn't see. He'd broken enough of Bro's unspoken rules already. It was kind of funny, how after only two months and billions of pesterchum messages, he'd grown to care about Roxy. And yet...he didn't know that much about her. Not really. He didn't know all the detailed stories of her exes, how she met Jane, childhood memories of Christmas...All the things friends were supposed to know. Thinking about it, she really didn't talk about herself much. It was al. about him, if he was okay, AR' s latest antics, how he was feeling.
Maybe it's less of her not wanting to talk about herself and more like...she's never had anyone that wanted to listen.
Dirk stretched out on his bed, opening his laptop. Some messages from his internet friends, a 'what cake are you?' quiz from Jane, and a message from..?
yo
little man
im coming back
not sure when but i will
tell rose and dave
Bro?! Dirk's mouth fell open so fast his shades slid down his nose. He's coming back?! A giddy grin brightened his face and he dashed off the message to Rose and Dave, thrilled. They weren't quite as happy as he was, but still, their über busy big brother was coming back!
Did this mean Dave and Rose would move in with them, instead of the aunt they once thought was their mom? Would he have to share a room with Dave? Would they have smuppet battles, like real siblings?!
It took him a seconds of wonder why he was imagine Roxy with the rest of his family. Maybe they were friendlier than he thought, at least in his imagination.
Bro was coming back. This day couldn't get any better!
GT: Hey dirk!
GT: I, um, have something to talk about
Eh? Dirk had practically forgotten about Jake, and a small flash of pain was still present in his heart.
TT: Yeah?
He crossed his fingers tightly. Here's hoping AR won't intervene.
GT: I, um, have got the sense that you, er...
GT: Goodness this is embarrassing!
GT: That maybe your feelings toward me were...well..
Wait.
TT: What are you trying to imply, English?
GT: Ive cobbled together the feeling that maybe you are not as entirely platonic as you seem..?
Shit.
Shit, shit shit.
TT: So what?
GT: Well ive been doing some pondering
GT: And ive also got that feeling from janey
GT: But she says were absolutely platonic, isnt that swell?
TT: Um, yeah, sure dude .
Platonic, yeah right. Not Jane.
GT: So i guess i am entertaining the possibility that maybe we could be...
GT: Boyfriends?
Eyyyy chapter 12 out after forever and a half. Woo hoo. Please review and let me know what you think.