Five

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Chapter Five

I walked slowly toward the car as I observed John and the girl in the front seat talking. The girl was laughing really hard and she was constantly touching her blonde hair while looking at John.

She's a flirt, I thought to myself. She can't do that, John is mine. Well, he's my best friend but that already means he belongs to me, right?

I hid behind one car so that I can stare and see more on what they are doing. I was crouching so that they will not see me while I'm looking at them. They were laughing so hard and John was the one who was talking. I bet the girl is loving this, I said.

"You think so?" A voice from behind said. I was so surprised that I stood up immediately and accidentally kicked the rear of the car I was hiding. The kick activated the car's alarm and it was so loud that it resounded in the whole parking lot. I made a quick glance on John and the girl and they were now looking at our direction. I immediately turned to around so that they won't see my face and I saw that the security guard was fronting me.

My eyes widened and I blushed, in embarrassment.

"What were you doing young lady?" The guard asked. "Are you stalking?" he asked again.  I was shocked to know what he thinks and I said immediately, "Of course not!"

"Then what are you doing there, hiding behind this car?" The car alarm was still going on and I pretend to not hear him. I said, "Well, I can't really hear you but uhm..I was...uhm..."

"Sam? Is that you?" I heard John's voice behind me, even though that car alarm was loud. I closed my eyes shut, Fudge! I was still fronting the guard when I felt some hand holding my wrist. I opened my eyes and saw that it was the guard who was holding my wrist. He immediately pulled me so that I am now fronting John.

"You know this girl?" the guard asked.

I awkwardly looked at John and smiled, "Hi!" I said softly.

"Of course, I know that girl! She's my best friend." John said as he walked towards us. I gave the guard a see-I'm-not-a-stalker look. He immediately released my wrist from his strong hold and I immediately touched my it, trying to release the tension that remained. John was now beside me and said, "I know this girl sir. Don't worry." The guard then nodded and radioed the front desk to announce that the car alarm of plate number LUT785 was activated.

I immediately walked towards John's car and looked at the girl sitting in the front seat. The moment I looked at her, I saw her smiling a mocking smile, as if she is telling me I'm a loser. I didn't realized that I stopped walking when John took my hand and pulled me to walk again. I looked at our hands that was intertwined and I blushed. I immediately looked at the girl, but I saw that she was looking at John.

Ugh. I thought.

John opened the back door seat for me and I climbed in. The moment I sat down, there was an awkward silence and tension. John opened the door and climbed in.

"Hey, Lorraine, this is my best friend, Samantha." John said. Lorraine, I thought. Lorraine then shifted so she can see me at the backseat and said, "Hi! I've heard a lot about you." She was pretty, with her blonde hair and her business attire. I can even see her red pumps from where I was seating. John started the engine and drove. I smiled back and said, "Nice meeting you. I'm sorry but I haven't heard about you." The words came out before I can stop it. Her eyes widened and then smiled. "Maybe because John just doesn't want to tell you everything" she said.

What? I thought.

I smiled and pretended to looked at my phone. I pressed the fake call button and my phone rang. "Excuse me, I need to answer this." I said and I answered the fake call. It was Justin's recording and pretended to converse with him. Lorraine was now looking at the road while  John was driving. John glanced at me through the rear view mirror. I looked at him and stuck my tongue out. He giggled and Lorraine looked at him. "What's wrong?" she asked.

Do you need to know everything? I thought.

I placed my phone down and John immediately asked me, "So, where are we eating our dinner?" Lorraine immediately said, "I was thinking we should try some Chinese food." Oh, so you get to decide now? I thought

"What did you said?" John asked and I looked at him at the rear view mirror. He was smiling and I know exactly that he was laughing inside because I mumbled. I rolled my eyes and said, "I said whatever you choose." I looked out the window and saw other cars passing by.

Who is this Lorraine? Why didn't John told me about her? I thought.