Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Under a Raincloud- Part 12

It was the day I was suppose to meet Justine and I would have rather thrown myself into a pool of razor blades than go to lunch with them. It was going to be extremely awkward and I had no idea what Toby was thinking when he asked me to come. But, being the nice girlfriend that I was, all I wanted to do was make him happy.
Toby and I walked around town hand-in-hand until it was time to meet Justine. We didn’t have to look very far because there she was, waiting for us at a table. However, she wasn’t alone. Another girl sat next to her with her legs crossed, talking to Justine. She looked at me, then eyed our hands that were entangled so delicately.
“Hey Toby!” Justine noticed the other girls gaze and stood up to hug him.
“Hey Justine, how’ve you been?” he chuckled as they separated.
“I’ve been great!”
“Hi I’m—”
“I wanted you to meet someone!” she interrupted me and took Toby’s hand to lead him to the table leaving me behind.
I gave a heavy sigh that no one seemed to notice, then followed behind the two best friends.
“Toby, this is Olga, Olga this is Toby.” The brown-haired girl uncrossed her legs and stood up.
“Hey there! I’ve heard a lot about you. Been watching your videos ever since Justine mentioned them to me.” she had a slight Russian accent.
“Hi, I’m Rain!” I shouted out from behind Toby and they turned around.
Toby smiled and reached out to take my hand. I took it (quite smugly) and stepped up in between Justine and him.
“Oh yeah, this is my beautiful girlfriend Rain! I thought she’d want to meet you Justine. Sorry…Olga is it?” the girl nodded a little too harshly. “I didn’t know you were going to be here. But it was nice to meet you anyway!”
I didn’t know if it was because he was a clueless boy or because he wanted to avoid drama but I was surprised at how he ignored the tension between Olga and I. She practically threw daggers at me by her mere stare alone.
“Um..Justine? Can I talk to you real quick?” she motioned Justine to the side as Toby and I took a seat at the round table barely big enough for the four of us.
I tried my best to over hear what they were whispering.
Can’t believe…..why didn’t you tell me?....you didn’t know?....he’s suppose to be…how can you...?” Olga was almost hissing at Justine and I could tell by her expression she was more than angry. She was furious.
I turned to Toby and he looked at me. He smiled and leaned in to give me a quick kiss on the mouth.
“You’re amazing.” I whispered out of instinct.
He stared at me with his piercing green eyes before saying, “You make me so happy.”
We kissed again and looked up just in time to see the two girls walking back to the table. Justine bit her lip before sitting down and Olga joined.
“Soooo… how long’s it been since we’ve hung out?” I could tell her and Olga had gotten into a small argument. Her ears were red and her voice shook as she turned to address Toby.
“I don’t know, like half a year at the most!” They both chuckled.
I tried my best not to look even in the direction of the Russian chick. Her eyes were big and outlined in black and I could tell when she was looking at me. I got chills whenever she did.
So instead, I just snuggled under Toby’s arm and kept my eyes on the beautiful blonde girl that seemed more friendly.
“What’ve you been up to lately?” Justine interrupted my thoughts.
“Nothing really, just making videos as usual; and of course I met this beautiful girl.” Toby entangled his hands in mine and I beamed in delight.
That was when Olga suddenly stood up and caused me to look over at her with the other two.
“Sorry guys, I just got a text from my friend. She wants me to meet her for an emergency.” She pretended to text back on her phone that hadn’t even rung or buzzed.
“Oh, okay. Call me and let me know what’s goin’ on.” Justine chuckled nervously.
“Nice to meet you, Olga!” Toby was still clueless at what had just happened. He waved at her with the hand that was around me and she winced as he did; but waved back as politely as she could and sprinted down the parking lot to her car. I noticed right then that she was wearing high heels which were something I learned from Toby that he liked. He thought it was sexy when I wore my red pumps and the shoes she was racing in looked almost identical. I’m glad he didn’t notice.
“She seems nice.” I said, trying not to laugh.
“Didn’t really get to talk to her much. That’s too bad. She seemed like a cool girl.” Toby puckered out his lips to the side in a “oh-well” face.

We spent the rest of the day with Justine. She was very nice, friendly, gorgeous and hilarious. Her and Toby were so much alike, it kind of freaked me out. But she didn’t seem interested in him and vice versa. So I came to the conclusion that they really were just best friends and the past was behind them. I had a feeling I was gonna become her friend as well.