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Chapter 7 - The Amusement Park

"WAIT, DID I HEAR YOU RIGHT?"

Looking shocked, Annika placed her right palm directly on my head, maybe checking if I had a fever or something. I was sitting on the bed while she was standing right in front of me. On top of that, she looks so crazy with the expression that she's giving me right now.

I don't know what got her today but she visited me in my messy apartment. I am not even able to clean my apartment as of now because she disrupted my peaceful slumber. She was wearing a plain white t-shirt, a pink jumpsuit, and white bowling shoes, while I was still wearing my black nighties. I am not even wearing a bra.

Well, she doesn't mind it because, just like what she always said, she also has boobs and hers are even way bigger than mine.

I rolled my eyes at that thought.

On top of that, she really looks cool with that blonde hair. I’ll never stop complimenting her hair.

Damn, I look like a mess. Drake savored me until we got exhausted last night. I can't even remember how many rounds we had. All I know is that we did it on the dining table, in the bathroom, and on the bed. Drake filling me was the best thing that I'll ever have. I feel sore, but I am not complaining.

I am even requesting another round, but unfortunately, he needs to get back to work. Oh well, I am now satisfied that we had some quality time with each other, and maybe some quickies?

"Oh my gosh, you don't even have a fever!" she exaggerated as she removed her hand on my forehead. "Are you sure you are not hallucinating? Are you really fine? Did you hit your head on the floor or something?"

I frowned as I looked into her face. She's surprisingly confused. Is it too hard for her to believe that Drake came home yesterday?

"Are you nuts?" I asked annoyingly as I rolled my eyes. "Of course, I'm not hallucinating. Drake really came home yesterday."

"Maybe you created an imaginary boyfriend or something, or you ordered some men?" she tried to say it in a whispered tone, but gladly enough, I heard it.

"Get out of my house," I demanded, getting pissed now. My peaceful morning is now gone.

I was sleeping peacefully when this girl knocked loudly at my door. She didn't even bother to use the doorbell, and now, she's pissing me off. She's my best friend, but I don't wanna get annoyed, especially when my sleep is interrupted.

"Just kidding." She laughed as she sat beside me. "But, you know, I'm proud of you. Feeling good, huh? How was it? What positions did you take? How many rounds? With protection or not? Did you try a.nal s.ex?!"

"What the hell, how did you even know that I had s.ex?" I asked while massaging my head. Annika's voice really makes me lose my sanity. It was just so loud to the point that I wanted to throw her away.

Still, I love her.

"Look at yourself, missy. You look like a whole hot mess, especially with your hickeys," she answered and pulled off my nighties a bit to take a closer look at my hickeys.

Drake decided to create love marks at the most visible part of my body, which is my neck. He told me that he wants to show the world that he owns me.

Man, that's crazy. He already owns me even without these freakin' hickeys. Men and their mindset, ugh.

I need to wear a turtleneck again, f.uck Drake.

"Looks like you really got a good s.ex last night," Annika complimented. "I was even thinking earlier about whether you cheated on Drake since he rarely goes home-"

I cut her off. Annika was always like this but I really cannot tolerate her this time because I am still sleepy. I am tired and sleepy.

"Please shut up before I seriously drag you right out of my house," I warned her.

Annika chuckled as she raised both hands as a sign of surrender. "Chill, missy. We had a wild night and a grumpy morning right here, didn't we?"

"I'm not grumpy!" I defended myself and she just laughed, teasing me.

That's the time that I realized that, oh, I am really grumpy today. But who wouldn't? I'm still tired and sore.

I stood up and went to our water container to get a cup of water. I'm thirsty. I didn't even bother to ask Annika if she wanted water because she could get water there if she was thirsty. I'm not her maid, and she's an unwanted guest.

"Anyway, why are you here? It's only seven o'clock for f**k's sake," I complained. I placed my empty cup on the sink and went to bed again to sleep.

"Because I missed you. Don't you wanna see me?" she asked, pretending that she's hurt even when she's not.

"Nope," I answered as I stuck my tongue out while looking at her.

"Meanie!" she replied. "Don't you wanna go to a party today? Like, meet hot boys-"

She stopped talking when I glared at her. If my glare could kill, she would be dead by now.

"-Oops, I'm sorry, I forgot that you have a boyfriend already," she said, nervously, as she raised her right hand to give me a peace sign.

I scoffed because of her sentence.

"A party?" I asked sarcastically as I sat on the bed, not minding her last sentence. "Seriously, at seven in the morning?"

"Don't get me wrong! We're going to the amusement park!" she shouted. I covered my ears in shock. Why does she have a high-pitched voice, by the way? Why did I even have her as a friend?

"Wow, amusement park?" I tried to look so excited so that I could deceive her, and when she smiled at me, getting excited, I bluntly declined her offer. "No, thanks. I'm not in the mood today."

Or more like, I just want to read the accidental mistress today. I wasn't able to read the update last night because of Drake, but again, I am not complaining. I just played the game because Drake was not there, but when Drake comes home, I'll never doubt choosing him between everything.

"Why do you want to go to an amusement park today? Are you really the Annika I know?" I questioned her.

The Annika I know only knows how to party and to make out with her sneaky links. The amusement park is a no-no for her.

"Wow, thank you for judging me. I really appreciate it," she answered sarcastically as she rolled her eyes. "My sneaky link suggested that I go to an amusement park today."

"Suggested, huh?" I replied, suspiciously. "Since when did you have a conversation with one of your sneaky links?"

She laughed nervously. Something's wrong with her but I cannot figure it out.

"Just... now!" she clamored. Her voice will really be the death of me. "You ask so many questions, you know. Let's just go."

After she said that, I immediately went back to lie in my bed, again. I even covered myself with a comforter so that she wouldn't be able to bother me. I don't even have the energy to stand up. What more if I go to the amusement park? I'll lose my remaining energy for sure.

"No, thank you. I am not really in the mood today. I just wanna rest," I said as I positioned myself to sleep. "Don't forget to turn off the lights when you leave."

I was supposed to be ready to sleep when Annika pulled my comforter and stared at me.

"What are you doing?" I asked when Annika flashed a horrific smile. She looks so cute but that smile... that smile looks like she had something bad to do with me.

The last time that I declined her invitation for no valid reason, she hired her bouncers at the bar to carry me in her car. If she wants to party, she can invite some of her sneaky links!

"Do you think that you can make excuses for my invitation?" she asked in a threatening tone. She's smiling like a cute puppy but her voice is threatening.

"Of course... not," I sighed as a sign of surrender. This is Annika, my best friend, and just like me, what she wants is what she gets.

"Fine! Let me go with you. Give me an hour," I said as I walked into the bathroom.

Annika giggled at my answer. "Yay! I know that you can't resist me!"

"Yay! I know that you can't resist me!" I mimicked her tone and she just laughed at what I did.

I really finished preparing after an hour. That was the average time for me to prepare before I got out of the house. I was just wearing a plain turtleneck shirt, a denim jacket, denim shorts, and white bowling shoes. I also wore my red lipstick so it would compliment my white complexion and my black hair.

For my hickeys, I soaked them using my toothpaste since it is an effective hickey remover. It didn't fully remove the hickeys but at least, the redness already faded. This technique was taught to me by no other than Annika.

"I'm done," I said to Annika, but I guess she didn't hear me because she was sitting at the edge of the bed while busy chatting with someone.

"Who's that, your sneaky link?" I asked and that's the time that she heard me. She immediately hid her phone in her pink Gucci shoulder bag as she looked at me like she had just seen a ghost.

"Yes, he's the one who recommended that I should go to a park to relieve my... stress," she responded nervously.

It wasn't obvious but we've been together for years. I know if she's hiding something. Maybe there's a problem at the bar?

It's highly unlikely. If there's a problem at the bar, I am the one who will know it first, since I am the largest shareholder.

"Wait, are you pregnant?" I suddenly asked. Is that the reason why she has mood swings today?

"I am not, what the f.uck?" she immediately responded and stared at me as if I had just said a prohibited topic.

"You know that I always use protection, missy," she added. "Why did you even think about that? You know what? Let's just go."

After that, she didn't even let me walk by myself as she pulled me outside my apartment and pushed me inside her car, a Lamborghini one.

"This is hella expensive-" I stopped talking when I bumped my head on the car roof. Annika pushed me a little too far.

"Don't you know how to be gentle, Annika?!" I shouted because I even hit my bed on the car roof because of her pushing me. Goodness.

"Nope," she answered as she showed me her tongue.

I rolled my eyes because of her maturity. Note the sarcasm.

"I love wild, rough, and steamy hot s.ex. You can ask my sneaky links for reference," she added as she winked at me before walking onto the driver's seat.

I just massaged my forehead because of what she had just said. Oh my goodness, what a sinful mouth. I admit that I am not a v.irgin anymore, but Annika's open-mindedness is literally on a higher level.

I put on my seatbelt as Annika started to drive. She seems in a good mood, huh? She was even smiling the whole ride while humming her favorite song, 34+35 by Ariana Grande. The only thing that I could do was to shake my head while listening to her horrible voice... or maybe that word was an underestimation.

"Are you sure that this amusement park is open at this hour? It's only seven o'clock, Annika," I asked as we arrived at the amusement park Annika wanted to go to.

It looks like it was not yet open, since there are no other people here except us. Maybe Annika just got really excited to be here at this hour? That's rare. She's usually bored, just like me.

"Stop asking questions, okay? Just shoo," she said as she opened the car door and pushed me outside. I almost slipped into my shoes because of that!

She loves pushing me, huh? And what? Shoo? I'm not a dog, my goodness.

"Wait, are you sure that we'll go inside?" I asked. No guards are there.

There's really something fishy right here. At first, I thought that she was just pregnant, but now that I’m here, I can sense that there will be a surprise. I just don't want to tell her that I already know it, since I don't want Annika to be frustrated about it. I can see how much she tries to hide it from me, it's just that I have a great instinct when it comes to this.

What I'm confused about is that it's not Christmas day, and it's not my birthday as well. If this was a surprise party for me, what would it be all about? I can't think of any ideas.

"Alexandria Brielle."

I immediately frowned and turned my body in the direction where someone was calling me by my full name. I don't want my full name because I just don't want it!

I was supposed to trash talk him when I noticed who he was, a man standing with a bouquet of blue roses in his hand.

"Drake?" I asked, confused.

What is he doing here?