Novels by somi.benedicta

CHAPTER 34 : WORST PLANCHARLOTTE'S POV I woke up with my stomach doing nervous gymnastics. Party tonight, basement, Max, possibly loud music, definitely potential embarrassment.Before I even rolled out of bed, Maya burst into my room without knocking, classic Maya.“There she issss,” she sang, yanking open my wardrobe. “We’re picking an outfit. No objections. No ugly choices. No panicking clothes that overstimulates you.”“I never wear panic clothes,” I protested.She held up a shirt I’d worn at least eight times this month. “Really? Explain this then.” her eyebrows narrowing towards each other I threw a pillow at her. She dodged like she’d been training for this.My phone buzzed on my nightstand.SOPHIE: Good morning lottie. what are you up to today?My heart did an Olympic level flip.Of all the days, why today?I typed with my thumbs shaking:LOTTIE : hey!! I've got a birthday thing later tonight. nothing major, might sneak out of the party lol.Maya glanced over. “Who’re you

CHAPTER 33: DOUBLE TROUBLE CHARLOTTE'S POV My heart didn’t just drop it fell through the floorboards, took a bus, and left the country.Sophie’s voice came through the phone again, sharp and confused.“Charlotte?? Who’s Charlotte?”I stared at my screen like it had personally betrayed me.No. No. No. Universe, why??Before I could even react, my bedroom door swung open and Maya popped her head in holding her phone, “found my phone but do you have a charg..”“Maya get out,” I whisper yelled, eyes wide.She blinked. “But my..”“out!! out!!out!!!!out!!!Right now.”“…okay, jeez,” she muttered, backing out slowly. “Drama queen.”I shut the door so fast the air pressure changed.Now it was just me. Ohhh no me and Sophie and a mountain of panic big enough to have its own postcode.I unmuted the call with a shaky breath.“Sorry!” I said, trying to sound normal. “Um yeah! That was my.. my baby sister.”A pause followed, a very long uncomfortable pause .“…your sister?” Sophie echoed.“Yes!

CHAPTER 32 : DATE NIGHT WITH THE DUDECHARLOTTE’S POV Yesterday absolutely drained the life out of me. I mean, who knew selling cookies for six hours straight could feel like running an emotional marathon? Mrs. Cater was so sweet, but that woman had energy. She could probably run a small kingdom with the way she organized cupcake boxes and yelled, “SMILE, GIRLS!” every ten minutes.By the time Maya and I finally left the community center, my feet were crying. Not hurting, crying. They had emotions, they had opinions, they were judging me.When I finally got home, I kicked my shoes off like they were enemies and face planted onto my bed. My entire brain went blank for a moment until I remembered something.Sophie!!We hadn’t talked in a while. Not for any major reason, just life happening. School, drama with stalker girl, bakery chaos, and Sienna being Sienna. But still we were technically dating online, I don't think it's normal for couples not to talk, except lesbian couples do th

CHAPTER 31: MISERY OR MYSTERY CHARLOTTE'S POV Maya and I stared at the three new voice notes from Sienna, sitting unopened like tiny bombs on my screen. She always sent dramatic messages, but something about the way the first one cut off mid sentence had both of us sitting up straighter.“Okay,” Maya whispered. “Let’s just listen.”I tapped the first one. Sienna’s voice exploded through the speaker like she was running a marathon and gossiping at the same time.“Guyssss!!!!!you will not believe who I just saw at the rink this GIRL, this menace, this absolute spawn of chaos”Maya snorted. “Oh God. It’s her.”I nodded. “ wait who, Olivia ??? ”“Keep it up Charlotte, it's sienna nemesis”Ohhhh wow thank you for yelling for no absolute reason.The second voice note autoplayed.“She showed up with her stupid shiny skates acting like she invented skating like girl please, your technique is trash and your attitude is worse and she had the audacity to look me up and down like I was the one

CHAPTER 30: SEXY STALKER CHARLOTTE’S POV “She has pictures and videos of you, all this was taken unaware” “wait is that a picture of you during prom when you didn't win prom queen” Maya exclaimed.“Damnnnn why don't I have a stalker” Sienna yelled “having a stalker is soooo sexy gosh”“Wait”“Wait for what Maya?”“Shush I have a theory” Maya said while striking her chin “Nobody was talking, just talk already Maya”“What If, what if she rigged the vote, cause there's no way Sophie could have won it, you were top on the list”“But why would she rig it?”Maya kept scrolling through the phone like she was searching for buried treasure, her eyebrows practically touching her hairline. “Okay, this is already insane, but let’s see what else she was hiding,” she muttered, thumb flicking faster than my heartbeat.Sienna leaned so close I thought she’d crawl out of the screen. “If she has an unflattering picture of me, delete it. I need to maintain my mysterious aura.”“No one is thinking ab

CHAPTER 29 : GUESS WHAT BITCH?CHARLOTTE'S POV “That little ass arghhhh BUTT HOLE!” Maya screamed into the phone so loudly I had to pull it away from my ear. “I knew that bitch was behind it!”“No liar,” I said, pacing back and forth, “you obviously didn’t know. You were blaming somebody else yesterday.”“That was yesterday babe!” Maya snapped. “Situations evolve!”I stared at the phone in my hand, the one sitting on my desk like it was glowing with evil energy. Olivia’s phone! Olivia’s actual freaking phone. Her wallpaper, her lockscreen, her name at the top. Everything.Bro.!How did she drop it…there? I still couldn’t believe it.I sat on the edge of my bed, holding the thing with two fingers like it was a cursed object. “Maya, why would she… how would she even…” My brain did a backflip. “This doesn’t make sense.”“Charlotte.” Maya said my name like she was about to announce her death. “Don’t be slow. The girl is obsessed with you and she probably didn't know she dropped it but th