friendship on the line

chapter 1

-Minnie's story-

*yawn*
What time is it?
ITS ALREADY 10?!?
I'm late I'm late I'm late
I put on the first outfit I saw and brushed my teeth as fast as lightning before rushing out of the house half ready, As I ran through my neighborhood I put on my jacket and fixed my hair, I suddenly came to a halt when I realized I didn't have my phone,

I had a mini heart attack patting my pockets and my pants.
I took the biggest sigh of relief when I found my phone in my back pocket. I was about to run when I tripped over my shoelace, I caught myself before totally embarrassing myself to the whole street.

I quickly kneeled down and tied my  shoelaces in the quickest and messiest way possible, I finished tying my shoelace before standing up and brushing my knees, I took a deep breath before getting ready to run again as I was late to the job interview I had.

As I was getting ready to run I heard something fall but I didn't take any notice of it and starting running again, as I was running again I heard someone yell out from a distance
"LADY SLOW DOWN YOU DROPPED SOMETHING!"
I didn't think they were talking to me so I kept running, after a while I got tired and started walking

While I was walking I remembered I never put on my makeup so I pulled out my compact mirror and powder, I starting fixing my face and starting covering my eye bags from the lack of sleep I got that night

While I was walking I saw a weird man around my age following me,
I didn't think he was following me at first and I thought he was going the same way as me so I continued walking, as I kept walking on the street I could feel his presence get closer and closer to me,
I started walking slightly faster and faster, whatever pace I was going at, so was he. I opened my purse and pulled out my pepper spray.

I turned around, pointed my spray and closed my eyes before shouting out, "stop following me! I can spray you."

The guy was out of breath as he burst out laughing

The laughter of the man caused me to open my eyes out of curiosity, the man looked at me still laughing and pointed at my phone which was in his hands.
"You dropped your phone lady, I've been trying to talk to you for the past 20 minutes."

I stuttered out of embarrassment before snatching the phone from his hand and walking off covering my face

*Shit I can't believe I embarrassed myself infront of someone*

I kept walking to my job interview before I reached the building, it was so big I was gobsmacked by the size of it. I walked inside after fixing my hair and brushing my clothes. I walked over to the desk and started talking to the lady

"Do you know where the job interview is taking place?" I asked with a smile

"It's over there ma'am." The nice lady said.

I thanked her before heading over to a seating area where a bunch of other people were seated

I sat down and placed my bag on my lap, I pulled out my makeup and started applying my makeup and I then I checked the time on my phone.

It was already 10:55 my interview was at 11:00, while I was checking my phone I saw I had 30+ messages from my friends.
*Seriously they can't live without me* I said to myself before turning off my phone.

I looked around the place and noticed everyone was dressed in suits and fancy dresses while I was here in jeans, a crop top and a leather jacket.

I ignored it and started fixing up my hair, before I knew it, it was my turn to go up.

I walked to the door and stood there nervously and taking a deep breath before reaching for the handle. As I was reaching for the handle I saw a man reach for the handle before me. I looked up at the man,

It was the man from earlier that day,
I looked at the guy with a confused face and asked him why he was there. As I thought he was also here for an interview and that he was skipping me in line.

"I'm the CEO?" The guy says with a confused look.

I smacked my mouth with my hands before apologizing to the man.
*Did I lose my chance to the job before I even tried?* I said to myself knowing I screwed up.
The guy laughed again before telling me to go in.
I walked in and stood infront of the desk,
I handed him my resume and started my interview. I was doing pretty good on the interview and he said he would think about it,

I did feel like I had a pretty decent chance, I was leaving the building when I got a call from my friend, it was Sara.
"Hi Sara wassup."
"Can we meet up." She said as she sniffled, I could tell either she was crying cause of something bad,she was crying over her favorite artist or she was sick. I cut the call and rushed off to her house, I had her favorite lunch with me. I rang the doorbell and waited for her to answer the door, she wouldn't answer

I rang again
No answer

I gave in and put in the code of the room as I knew her code off by heart but I never used it since it felt weird. I opened the door and walked in,
"Sara???" I shouted while looking around
"Where are you??" I shouted.
"I walked into her bedroom to see her lying down absolutely drowning in tears,she had tissues left and right and her phone thrown on the floor.

She was crying in her bed all day,
*Is that why she texted me so much in the morning* I said to myself

I walked over to her bed and sat down, she looked up at me and burst out crying even more.
"Your here" she said before hugging me.
"Your ruining my brand new jacket" I said trying to get her to get off of me.

she was so sad for something i didnt know about and i felt terrible for her, shes known as the strong one in the goup, shes the best at controlling her feelings, you never see her crying she always holds back her tears and is there for the rest of the girls, this is such a new experience, i  sat by her bed holding her tight while her tears ran down her cold cheeks and landed on my jacket. I sat there patting her back unsure of what to do for her. I reached into my purse and pulled out a packet of tissues that i always carry around with me. i wiped the tears flowing down her face as she sniffled, she stared at me with teary eyes. i looked at her and smiled before hugging her again. i really didnt know what to do in this setting. I asked her what happened while tears fell down her face more and more.
"This really cute guy that I was dating dumped me." She said crying even more.
"Seriously? She's crying over a boy?" I sighed that it wasn't something too serious. While she was hugging me and crying on my new jacket I pulled out my phone and called the rest of the girls..