My Crazy Housemate

3Mira arrived home feeling very grumpy. Everything had taken a toll on her and she just wanted to disappear. She wished someone was taking her side right now. Didn't she have any right to be mad at Mia for ignoring them? Of course she did! She was angry because Mia had been working her ass off for years to pay up a debt she didn't owe and she hadn't told them about it. If they had known, herself and James would have helped her out. But that was what Mia had said she didn't want. She didn't want her friends to help her, she didn't want to be a burden to them so she wanted to handle things herself even though it had broken her completely.      1

If she had known Mary had done so, she wouldn't have stopped with only a few slaps and punches. She would have beaten the hell out of her until she was unconscious.      

"Mira wait!" James had called after her immediately she left his room and was heading outside to where her car was parked.      

"Just wait!" He hurried to stand beside her and held her hand when she didn't turn back to look at him.     

"Do not tell me that I am overreacting!" She stopped to warn him.      

"What's wrong? Why are you both quarreling? You both are going through a lot and shouldn't be doing this to each other." He said sadly.      

"You think I want to do this? No! I don't want to do it. But to think that Mary borrowed so much money and couldn't pay back and Mia had to slave away to pay it back for years is making me so angry. And if it had only been that, I wouldn't be this pissed but there was even a stupid condition saying Mia would be married off to the creditor's sick son if she couldn't pay it up. It makes me so sick and angry! Imagine us oblivious to the whole thing and one day we hear Mia is married to some guy. Why couldn't she trust us?" Mira asked angrily as she tried to pull her hand away from his grasp.      

James looked very surprised. This was the first time he was hearing about this. He could see why Mira was mad at Mia because he was also beginning to get angry but three people getting angry at the same time wasn't going to solve anything.     

"Let's just talk this out okay? You can't leave just like this. Where are you going to?"      

"You don't have to worry. I'll go somewhere." Mira said dismissively.      

"Look Mira, you need to understand that even though we are angry, we have to understand Mia. She has always been like that, you know that, we both know that. Everyone has things they do not want to talk about—"     

"Well, I don't!" Mira snapped.      

"So does she know about your parents' divorce?" James asked her as he raised a brow.     

When Mira remained quiet, he spoke again.. "Everyone has something they do not want to talk about. I know we are all friends, and it hurts me also that we all keep things from each other. But it's also normal."      

"So you're saying I'm wrong?" Mira asked with a disappointed look on her face.      

"I'm saying you are both wrong and right at the same time and need to make up. Imagine what she is going through. You are also going through a lot and this is the least important thing at the moment."      

Regardless of all he had said, she still left him and drove down to her house. It was the only place she had now anyway.      

James had returned to the room to meet Mia who was lying down on the bed and sobbing softly.      

He went to lie down close to her and turned to face her so he was looking into her teary eyes.      

"You are going to fall sick at this rate." He warned softly.     

"She left didn't she?" Mia asked and he nodded slowly.     

He reached for her hair and began to smoothen it while also patting her on the head gently.     

"You've suffered a lot. And I'm proud of you for being able to last this long." He said with a small proud smile which made her eyes water even more.      

She tried to stay something, but she feared she may burst into tears if she said anything. Those words of his touched her deeply.      

"Do not worry, she'll come around. Her emotions are all over the place at the moment. Give her until tomorrow." He assured her.      

"Thank.... you." She managed to say in a choked voice.      

"We are friends. This is what we do for each other." He said with a broad smile which quickly transformed into a frown.     

"I'm really mad at you Mia.."     

"I know.. I'm sorry.. I messed up...."     

"Yea, why didn't you mention you were both dating? My heart stopped when he introduced himself as your boyfriend at the police station yesterday." He said as he narrowed his eyes into a slit.      

Mia was a bit startled that that was what he was talking about.      

"We... aren't dating..."      

"One more lie from you and I'll throw you out through the window." He said before sitting up.     

Mia had stopped sobbing and was now a bit embarrassed to talk about this.      

This was also what James wanted, to make her stop wallowing in sadness for a while.      

"I'm serious... we are both just...."     

"I saw the hickeys on your neck last night" He said with a boyish grin.     

Mia blushed and became self conscious so she touched her neck which was now covered with a turtleneck.     

She had ran out of the house when she heard Mira was in the police station and had forgotten to cover it up. It was until this morning that she remembered she had left the house last night without covering it up and she had prayed and hoped no one had taken note of it last night even though the mark had been glaring.      

She had found it difficult coming here today because she only had the pink turtleneck dress to cover up her neck and she couldn't wear it while coming here.      

Fortunately, Leo had ordered some clothes for her and she had been surprised to see different kinds and colors of highneck and turtleneck tops and gowns arrive in the house for her.     

Leo was so observant and considerate.      

"We... didn't have sex." Mia said with flushed cheeks when she saw the look James was giving her.     

James only smirked at her before climbing down from the bed.     

"Would you like some Pizza? We need to eat and discuss. There are some things your big brother need to talk to you about."      

Mia frowned before throwing a pillow at him. "I am older than you, you bastard."      

He caught the pillow and began to laugh. "I am far bigger than you!" He reminded her with a sly wink.      

   *******     

Chloe checked the time and noticed it was almost time for her meeting with the investor who wanted to stop investing in the mall so she quickly picked up her things and left her office.      

The mall was crowded as usual with people moving about. Even though she didn't like crowds too much, she liked this type of crowd, knowing it brought more money into her bank account.      

She saw a male staff in the mall's uniform directing someone on where to find a certain item and she began to look around for someone else who usually wore that dress but had a longer hair.      

She took out her phone to text him to meet her at the parking lot but kept hesitating. She couldn't believe he was actually snubbing her. Since they arrived there, he just left the car without another word, he didn't come inside her office and neither did he bring her any snacks to eat.      

"What a drama king!" She hissed and was about to walk away when she was suddenly pushed to the side roughly.     

"Move away. Don't just stand there if you are not buying anything." A lady's angry voice said.     

It was one of the staff but she looked new and obviously didn't know who Chloe was since she rarely came down here and she liked to live lowkey, so a lot of people didn't know who she really was except some few gossips or some staff which had worked in the mall for a long time.      

The staff who pushed her was leading two ladies who were dressed to the nines and looked really rich. It was obvious she was trying to suck up to them.     

Chloe quickly checked her nametag to get her name. She was about to say something but noticed Jeremy around the corner so she decided to let it slide for now.     

He was too soft and was probably going to start begging her to not fire the lady. She would just have to do it secretly later.      

She sighed at how stressful she had to live now because of this long–haired homo sapien who was snubbing her.      

They both locked eyes and he quickly looked away as if he hadn't just seen her.      

"What the hell is wrong with him?" Chloe asked herself angrily as she stomped out of the mall.