Moments

“Oh my fucking god! You guyss!” Angelica shrieked as I pulled her into the bathroom along with Charlie.

“This can’t be happening,” I said, leaning myself against the bathroom wall and sitting down. Charlie sat down with me and held my hand.

“Nicole, this may be a lot to take on right now, but just listen. You are the strongest person I know, so don’t let Harry get to you like he did a year ago,” said Charlie.

Charlie knows about what happened that night, as she forced it out of me the next day after the concert. Angelica doesn’t know though. She would just run off and tell the world about it.

“Wait,” exclaimed Angelica, “What happened with Harry? Did something happen when you two dissapeared?”

“NO! No of course not,” I looked at Charlie asking her for backup.

“Yeah what I meant was she has had an obsession,” explained Charlie. I nodded my head sticking to this story. “Ever since that one night she has spent her days searching him up on youtube, stalking him, the whole package.”

“Ya, I admit I have a pretty big obsession”

“Ya so Nicole, being so obsessed, started to become depressed about never seeing him again,” said Charlie

“NICOLE! Why have you never told me about this? I could have set you to up my daddy knows the manager. Well anyways, he goes to school with us now so now you have a chance! I swear I will do everything to get him with you” yelled Angelica. I sat up and covered her mouth.

“No, well now my obsession is over and I hate him so that is that” I said to Angelica

Then suddenly I heard the bathroom stall door open and out came Audrey.

Ew. Audrey.

“Hey Audrey!” Angelica shrieked. Angelica gave Audrey a hug and Audrey rolled her eyes.

Ugh. I hate when Angelica tries to be popular. It annoys the shit out of me.

“Where’s your sidekick Sabrina?” Charlie snapped at Audrey.

“She’s outside talking to Harry, oh and speaking about Harry, hows your little obsession going?”

Shit. If only she knows that I hate him.

“That’s none of your business Audrey,” Charlie said, putting on an aggressive attitude.

“Whatever,” Audrey pushed away Charlie and looked at me, “I think this will be a great time for a trade,” Audrey said smirking.

Oh no, I know what is coming next.

“What are you trying to say Audrey?” Charlie proclaimed.

Trade is one of Audrey’s nasty games. It’s where you trade in your virginity for money. And since Audrey has a lot of money, she usually initiates the trade.

Charlie got her virginity taken in trade. We were desperate. Charlie’s parents left her a long time ago and my parents just died. We had no other source to get money except our low paying jobs at a restaurant.

That’s when Audrey offered a trade. Money for her virginity. Charlie never told me about her trade with Audrey until the night of when she had sex with Jake. Charlie, would never agree to have sex with a random stranger, but since it was her boyfriend Jake, and she was desperate, she agreed to the trade.

Angelica does these trades just to mess with people. Since her parents are so rich she doesn’t need to get good grades or take life seriously. Instead, she makes other people’s life miserable.

After Charlie had sex with Jake, she left his house and came into our apartment bawling. I saw her and she fell to her feet. Apparently Jake kicked her out and was using her this whole time just to take her virginity.

Dick.

I never knew that she never made the trade with Audrey until she came home that night and explained everything. Now we hate Audrey. But, the money started to run out and these last two months we barely made it to pay rent.

“Let’s see…” Audrey started to walk around us. “I will trade you a million dollars for losing your virginity with Harry. And it has to be done by his birthday”

I looked over to Charlie. She was shaking her head at me. Audrey has never offered that much money for a trade.

“There’s a lot you can do with a milion dollars,” Audrey said, “You can buy a house, get an agent for modeling, you know you have always wanted to be an model”

Audrey was right. I have always wanted to be a model, but I have never had the time. This could change my life.

“Nicole,” Charlie said to me, “Don’t do it,” she said pleadingly.

“Char you know I have to, it’s a million dollars,” I said to her.

Charlie knew how much this could benefit us.

“Deal,” I said, shaking Audrey’s hand.

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