“Alfred, crank the mother-fcking car! Did it break down again? It’s the kids first day in a new school. They cannot be late.” Alice's mom Sandara bugged her husband repeatedly making sure everything is in order for the kids special first day in saint Carolina high school.
Although it’s not a special occasion, she is highly superstitious and places importance on firsts. Alice stood calmly at the side watching her parents.She is already 18 years old and these two never stop treating her like a kid and in reality they are the ones with characters akin to kids. “Aiyah! Aunty ! Uncle! If you keep this up we are really going to be late” Camilla shouts as she approaches them running. “Thump thump thump thump. . .” Alice watches Camilla's approaching figure and her heartbeats intensifies. She has been feeling out of it lately, whenever she sees Camilla, thinks of her or catches a whiff of her scent, her face flushes and her breathing intensifies.They have been close friends ever since birth as their parents had moved into Beaufort, South Carolina while their mothers were still pregnant. Although the two were close friends, they have never really had a discussion on their sexual orientation, Alice has always known she had zero interest in the males. She couldn’t say much about her attraction to females but when you have an attraction to rainbows and Lady Gaga I guess there’s nothing much to say.Moreover, only one person interests her.Her affection for Camilla grew and she came to be certain of her feelings a few days before their high school transfer to this new school. They both went to a park a few blocks to their house.They ran into a few students in their previous school who often bullied Camilla.Since Camilla has a petite figure and Alice was the tall one. She always had the urge to protect her.Like a reflex action, Alice rushes and stands in front of Camilla protecting her from the crowd. “Who do we have here” The bully’s ringleader exclaimed “The protector of the galaxy ‘’Haha haha ‘’The other girls laughed hysterically, a sickening sound to the ears. Alice has always had a cold and aloof image. She seemed like the type that didn’t care about anyone or anything and doesn’t have interest in anything or someone in particular but she has a button.Camilla!No one touches or messes with Camilla. Alice once beat up a group of boys for making fun of Camilla for failing a test. Camilla on the other hand is a trouble attractor which is only normal for someone as social as she is. Alice takes on the ringleader and beats her to a pulp. Camilla notices that some of the other girls had gone to call the ring leader’s parents, as she sees the approaching figures of their parents, she grabs Alice by the wrist and runs as fast as her legs could. They ran so fast to a far distance till they were short of breath and found somewhere to hide. It was an enclosed space barely enough for two people to fit in but they hid there, their faces close enough to feel their breath on each other’s faces. Alice looked down and her eyes made contact with Camilla’s probably because they ran for so long Camilla looked out of breath, breathing heavily with her face flushed, and her doe eyes glistening as large beads of sweat trickled down her face. ‘’Thump thump thump . . .’’ Alice felt as though the whole world had stopped and all she could see was Camilla, for the first time in her life she understood what it meant to love someone, she felt it unlike the theoretical love she reads about all the time, for the first time she felt this euphoric strange feeling in her heart. Strange but soft and harmless. That was when Alice knew she was in love with her best friend. “Hi hi” Camilla approaches Alice and nudges her gently on the shoulder. “Hey” Alice snapped out of it and regained her normal aloof look but with a tinge of warmth in her eyes.She reached out for Camilla’s bag, dropped it in the car and opened the door for her while Camilla complied naturally as if she was used to Alice’s actions. Alfred soon starts the car and drives Camilla and Alice to school. It’s their first day in high school, Camilla is overly excited and psyched so she decided to shoot a vlog to upload on her YouTube channel. While Alice sat on the side watching her Camilla as if she was the only one that exists in her world. ‘’Hii y'all it’s my first day in high school and I’m here with my one and only Alice” She moves the camera towards Alice's face. “Bestie say hi” ‘’En” Alice replied dryly, clearly uninterested in the video and this was mainly because it takes too much of the time Camilla is supposed to spend with her.Inwardly she thought- “Why! Does it take so long to edit and upload a video that is barely 15 minutes long!” Camilla, used to Alice's character, continues with the vlog while pestering Alfred who seems to be enjoying it. Alice watched Camilla silently, registering every action in her heart, her smile, unique gesture and the beautiful dents in her cheeks whenever she beams a smile. Alice smiles unconsciously when Camilla smiles or makes a funny face or gesture. Watching her made her heart so warm, the butterflies in her stomach could escape and sour high to the skies.She felt her heart rate increasing and her oxytocin level increasing to the brim. She just loves Camilla too much, too much it might be unhealthy.Camilla, oblivious to Alice's feelings and thoughts at the moment, was currently strolling through her social media feed.She sees one of her competitors and shows Alice, her face scrunched up in disdain.As Alice dotes on Camilla dearly, she looks up the other girl’s social media handle and reports the account immediately.Alice doesn’t use social media a lot but opened an account to follow Camilla.She had several other accounts she created just to boost Camilla’s followers.Since Camilla’s Internet personality name is Cammy, a cute nickname from her parents, Alice used it to create cute and funny account names like,‘Cammy’s candy plum’‘Cammy’s eyeball’‘Cammy’s biggest fan’‘Cammy’s one and only person’‘Cammy’s ….’ The list went on and on and on.Till date Camilla doesn’t know Alice created the account.The car moved smoothly and quickly towards their school while the two girls at the back sat peacefully with one occasionally talking while the other looked at her with a doting gaze and uncanny infatuation. Quote for this episode: “One of the greatest pain and agony is being in one-sided love with someone. Break my face, my back, my arms, my neck. But please don't break my heart. Even if you tear me to pieces or even if you reduce me to ashes, I would still go back and give you my heart.”Alfred drops Alice and Cammy at the school gate,tells them to be good girls and tries to make them less nervous. Alice, accustomed to her dad's behaviour nods,grabs their bags from the car .She looks ahead at the big school,sighs and walks ahead following in Cammy’s footsteps as her dad drives away. As they were new students,introduction is a necessity and this is the part Alice hates the most but Cammy seem to be having the best time of her life so Alice's mood was lifted a little. ‘Good morning students’ Mrs Camila walked in greeting the students. ‘Good morning ma’am’ They all echoed. ‘I trust you are having a great morning, we have 3 new students,let’s have a short introduction before we proceed with the morning lecture.’ Mrs Camila looked at Cammy signifying she was to go first. ‘Hello everyone I’m Cammy Jones,18 years old,I love sports especially basketball and I run a YouTube channel where I post blogs and sports tips.’ ‘. . .’ ‘That’s pretty much it’ Camm
After the school hours,Alice and Jasmine were on the way home when Jake approached them again.‘Hi,we are having a basketball practice tomorrow,do you wanna hangout’‘I mean to play basketball’He said playfully‘Sure , I wou
Second day at school,The morning class went as usual,they were given a group assignment and the group members were to be picked at random the next day.The class was dismissed and everyone dispersed for lunch.A eating,Jake invited Cammy to the basketball team and naturally Alice tagged along as she walks side by side with Cammy.Jake has been wanting to take a step ahead towards courting Cammy but Alice is always in his way.in the morning when they were coming to class he has wanted to go meet her but someone when he was so close to reaching her ,Alice held her in the hand and ran fast,he found
‘Alice come here’Cammy calls from a distance .Alice walks over meekly looking like a child that has been wronged.Cammy smiles and tosses the ball to Alice‘Here try to bounce the ball,let’s start from here’.Alice collects the ball and bounces it skilfully as though she has been playing basketball all her life.
After the game,Cammy goes into the locker room to take a bath and freshen up,she felt refreshed after the game,she hadn’t played a game that thrilling and competitive in months.She felt an immense amount of butterflies when Jake hugged her suddenly.she was so surprised her body stood there like a log of wood,she couldn’t move,it was like her whole world stopped.She was enveloped in his warm embrace and even when she’s standing in the cold shower her body still remembers the warmth.She washed herself feeling indescribable amount of happiness.
On getting home, Alice walks straight up to her room and slams the door.‘She must have gotten into a fight with Cammy’Alfred thought. Alice would only show such emotions towards Cammy.Alice buries herself into her pillow and sobs profusely. She couldn’t bring herself to imagine what those two are up to and she knows they would definitely be a step closer to being together.
Cammy soaked herself in the bathtub reminiscing the sweet heart fluttering moments she spent with Jake. She felt so warm,so warm she could feel the butterflies in her stomach going crazy from the heat. She sat there with her flushed cheeks,wet hair and damped eyelashes looking ethereal. She stares into space digesting each and everything that had happened with Jake. Her love for him drove her crazy to tears. Cammy cried softly as she felt so happy,so happy she could die. Her love was worth it,
Few hours later… Alice woke up, She felt someone wrap her in a soft embrace. She turned slightly and saw Cammy sleeping so peacefully. Afraid to wake her up, Alice stayed there just like that. Cammy is a light sleeper so she noticed Alice movement ‘Ugh… don’t move’ She whispered in her ears as she hugged her even tighter. ‘Nng…mmh’ Alice suppressed the moan threatening to come out in her throat. It’s like Cammy is after her life today, she thought.