Chapter 16 - True Friend

Jade reluctantly went into the bathroom, she really wasn't up for going out or having any kind of fun, but she also knew she had to, when there were a lot of people making effort to cheer her up.

After taking her bath, she put on a blue jean and a white shirt. She dried her hair and pulled it into a messy bun. She wasn't a fan of much makeup, so she just dapped her face with a bit of powder and applied her favorite strawberry lip balm on her lips.

"So where are we going?" She asked Amy who was currently drooling over the picture of a man in her phone.

"It's Karaoke night baby" Amy said putting away her phone as she stood up from the bed and gave Jade an approving look. She was pleased to see her looking much better than a mummified queen of Egypt.

"Why karaoke?" Jade asked with a confused frown. She wasn't really up for singing.

"Because you baby have to sing till you feel better. Trust me music is therapeutic" She said as she picked up her bag and led them out of the room.

"But Amy..."

"Just listen to me. Let's go" Amy said leading them out of the room. Jade knew she couldn't argue with Amy so she just had to concur to her arrangements.

They were both surprised to find Kevin all dressed up, eagerly waiting for them by the door.

"And where are you going?" Amy asked with cocked brows.

"Out with you guys of course. I also need to cheer my sister up and protect her. You don't know when that Jerk might show his ugly face" He said with a serious look.

"No way. You're not going with us. I'm more than enough to take care of 10 Cale's. And I don't think that moron will ever show his face again"

"But I want to go too" Kelvin insisted with a light frown.

"Come on kiddo, hurry up and go do what ever it is you high schoolers do when you are at home and leave us girls to go out" Amy said as she teasefully ruffled his hair with her hand making him frown.

"Stop calling me kiddo and I'll be in college soon" He said as he angrily stomped his feet.

"Whatever kiddo" Amy teased with a smile as she waved at him before walking out of the house with Jade.

"You really should stop teasing him that much" Jade told her as they boarded a taxi.

"Then how would my day be complete" Amy said before bursting out in laughter. She really couldn't stop pissing Kelvin off. The feeling was just too epic. Jade could only shake her head at her friend childishness.

Amy is Jade's best and only friend. They had met about the same time Jade met Cale in college. Cale and Amy were both her seniors in college.They had studied in same faculty but Jade and Cale studied same courses. Though Cale was Jade's senior, Jade was an exceptionally bright student so she always helped with his assignments and projects which had always made Amy angry. Amy was fully in the know of how Jade had helped Cale get his present job at one of the prestigious gaming company and she had studied hard day and night, burning her midnight candles to land an internship in the same company, so they could see each other more and so she could have more of his time.

Amy had always adviced Jade against her relationship with Cale and she totally despised Cale for using Jade and she knew he didn't like her too, but the more he despised her, the more her proximity with Jade grew closer. She knew she had to stay by Jade's side to keep her away from doing something stupid for Cale. Little did she know Jade already did.

Jade noticed Amy scrolling through the same pictures of the man she had been drooling over earlier at her place.

"Amy who's that?" Jade asked making Amy put away her phone immediately.

"No one" Amy denied.

"That's not true. He's definitely someone or else you wouldn't be drooling over his picture for such a long time" Jade said. She really wanted to divert her attention away from all the Cale drama and there's no better way to do that than with Amy.

"I said it's no one" Amy said avoiding Jade's look.

"He's cute" Jade said.

"I know right" She said with a shy smile, bringing her phone and showing the pictures to Jade.

"Are you not going to ask me about it?" Jade asked looking at Amy. She knew Kelvin or her mother might have told about her situation with Cale.

"About what?" Amy asked with an innocent expression.

"Cale and i" She said dully.

"I don't need to. It'll only make you sulk more, so I'll just keep you company till you completely get over it, and then we can talk when you no longer feel hurt talking about it" Amy said with a small smile making Jade sigh. This was one of the reasons why she loved Amy.. Amy was the true definition of a friend.