After the date, she went straight to her room and collapsed on the bed, fully clothed, shoes still on.
Raye sighed standing up from the bed slowly , she decided to take her clothes off before slipping into a nice pajamas , it was already eight and Jane was sleeping in the couch when she stepped in .
Maybe she was waiting for me before she fell asleep Raye thought sitting down on her bed .
She didn't mean to check her phone.
But her thumb betrayed her.
There it was.
One message.
Sent while she was out.
Mystery Boy:
"Are you alright , just wanted to ask ??
She stared.
She blinked.
Her heart did that stupid flutter again.
"Why are you ruining me," she whispered, forehead to pillow.
She didn't know what to say but she ended up just replying with a simple ' mhm '.
Too exhausted she slumped back on her bed tired and confused .
She almost didn't do it.
But something about his text felt so real.
She opened the mic.
Recorded her shaky voice:
"Hey…hi I am alright what about you . I…don't even know your name, and somehow I trust you more than people I see every day. Am I crazy?"
Send.
She instantly screamed into the pillow.
Then she heard a knock from the door , Raye sighed before standing up to open the door to meet Jane .
Jane who has just woken up from sleep after waiting for her for a couple of minutes she got worried .
The date or whatever it was called was suppose to end at seven , but then it was eight ...she decided to wait for a few minutes and maybe then go check on her but then she slept off on the couch .
"I am sorry I slept off , " Jane said yawning stretching her hand as she blinked twice before setting her eyes on a tired Raye , she grew alarm .
"What happened , hope he didn't touch you _ oh if he did " Jane was about to say already cracking her finger and folding them into a tight fist ...
Raye chuckled softly stopping Jane before she killed Joshua in her mind .
"um nothing happened , just a change of plan ".
Jane frowned dropping her hands down she asked " and is it good ?".
Raye smiled shrugging before saying .
"Depending on how you see it Jane ".
Instead of her to explaining , she gave Jane her phone who looked at her suspiciously before playing the video .
Jane watched for a while clearly disgusted as she turned to Raye " are you trying to get on my skin or just make me puke , this is you guys acting lovey dovey and all ...don't tell me you change your mind ".
"Oh sorry I forgot the video was very long , don't forward it just watch my dear " Raye said skipping the video a little to when he tried to kiss her .
"He wanted to ..WOW " Jane screamed eyes coming alive as she glanced at Raye who burst out laughing falling back down on her bed .
" You _ ," Jane looked at Raye and then at the phone " wait I got to watch this again " .
"Oh my gurl give me a five " Jane said eyes not leaving the phone she high five Raye who was still laughing .
"He had the gut to try to kiss you, though I didn't expect a slap or anything come on ..girl ,you bad " Jane praise giving Raye another high five who said .
"Keep watching ".
"Is there more, tell me he cried ".
Raye laughed out shaking her head in a no to see Jane shoulder slump down before she said .
"But he snapped ".
Jane shrugged before saying " I could manage snapping " she pressed play as she continue to watch the video again .
" Fuck _ damn girl another one " Jane asked muffling a laugh by covering her mouth .
"Geez girl I love you so much , remind me not to sass you up tomorrow " Jane said hugging Raye while crying dramatically .
Raye rolled her eyes but still asked " why are you crying now ".
"Don't mind me , " Jane said sniffling dramatically, cleaning the corner of her eyes . " This is the moment were a mom cries , seeing her daughter has grown so much ".
Wow Raye thought sniffling too before they both hugged each other crying fakely they burst out laughing .
Raye gave a long sigh , a perfect smile on her lips as she asked casually " Soo , whats next ".
"We sleep the night off happily , prepare for school tomorrow and then watch Joshua grit his teeth in anger for the first time ".
"I likey " Raye said giving jane a thumbs up who nodded slowly .
After a while she asked " so should I delete the video or something ?".
"No no need this is comedy gold , if he does tries to do something foolish we would post it ".
"And why would we do that ," Raye asked with a frown . " If we post it we won't get much support cause, he has a wide range of fan girl who don't mind sharing ....gosh I can't still believe I liked that guy ,was I possessed or something " Raye asked a huge frown while biting her upper lips .
She couldn't still believe she actually liked this guy , she was sad and disappointed that he had a girlfriend , she didn't know it was something that was benefitting her .
"Yeah instead of me to make a comment or insult on that I would say , girl that's just the way life tries to teach a person a lesson ," Jane said patting her shoulder, she continue to talk like a mom " it's throws easy one , then medium , then super hard ...that's maybe if you married Joshua and he started cheating ".
"Wow " Raye muttered shivering at the thought .
" Yeah even I can't pray such for my enemy , so you need to thank and apologize to some people , one me , Two nature you blamed it a lot that day " Jane said giving Raye a knowingly look before she laughed out .
Raye clasped her hand together like she was about to pray , eye closed she said " oh nature forgive me , you threw something good at me but I was to blind to notice it " . Her eyelashes fluttered open as she turned to Jane looking at her sincerely" Jane I promise to listen to you ok and not disobey ".
"Mhm , but there are sometimes I might be wrong so don't always listen too , just try to pick what's right and listen to advise ok " Jane said before whispering like as if they weren't the only one in the room .
"Don't tell anybody I said that now .... But am always right , anyways back to your earlier question yes it would be bad in our side , cause I love attention not the _ fan girl - chase - anti - fan attention but just normal attention ," Jane said pausing for a minute she continued . " But Joshua like always is too dumb to think through that direction , I wonder why he is even so smart in maths ....so he might not notice it at all he would think about us not ruining his reputation ". Jane ended using air quote in the reputation part .
"Look he cares about how girls sees him , in his sicked up mind he would be like gosh a girl couldn't see him lose his cool and all , so he wouldn't want us to post and that would keep up free from his claws ".
Raye thought about what Jane said and she couldn't agree more .
She nodded yes as a yawn slipped out of her lips .
Jane looked at her for a couple of minutes " you must be tired get some sleep tomorrow would be a long day , rest those hands of yours they were the heroes today ".
Raye nodded slipping inside her duvet as she watched Jane stand up from her bed before walking slowly to the door .
"Good night Raye ".
"Yes Jane, good night " Raye whispered hearing the door shut she quickly picked her phone up which she had turned off the volume earlier during the whole date thing.
She clicked the message icon before reading the message which just came in a few minutes ago .
Jane must have not notice it since she was busy laughing at the slap thing Raye thought with a small smile , she quickly tapped it and then ...
Mystery Boy:
"You're not crazy. You're just looking in the wrong direction."
Her heart skipped a beat in a weird way .
She didn't know what to say anymore .
And with that, she dropped her phone.
Because what the hell does that even mean??