How To Be The Best Third Wheel

Original Edition - Tip 37: Don't Faint During Marriage Talk

My eyes fly open on Sunday morning, and as I look around my room in confusion, I realize that I have no clue as to how I got to the safety of my bed. I look down at my clothes and see that I'm wearing the same outfit that I wore on the date. The last thing I remember was falling asleep in the car...

And then James trying to wake me up...

I think I might've slapped him when he tried to.

I groan as I turn myself over, reaching to unplug my cellphone from the wall. When my hand gets to the socket, I feel nothing. I squint, looking over there with super blurred vision. Of course, I didn't charge my cellphone since I was asleep.

I lazily get up, then put my eyeglasses on my face. Looking horrid as usual, I walk across the hallway and down the stairs to where our home phone is located. I pick up the phone and look through the contact list for the Bryer family.

I hold the phone to my ear, waiting for the ringing to end and someone to answer the phone. Finally, somebody picks up.

"Hello?" a tiny voice answers, and I'm assuming that it's Seb.

"Hi Seb! It's Ate Lara-" I start.

"Oh! Hi Ate Lara! When are you coming over again? You see, I got this new helicopter and I'm sure you'd really like it. It's almost as cool as a real one! It's red and white and it comes with a remote control and everything!" Seb tells me, adorably excited. The kid's absolutely amazing. He's literally sunshine in human form. 

"Well...then I guess I have to come over sometime soon! I have to see that helicopter for myself." I tell him. Truth be told, I actually want to see that helicopter because I still act like a little kid that gets excited over toys and cartoons.

"Awesome!" he exclaims.

"Seb, do you think you could give the phone to your Kuya James? I need to tell him something." I ask, hoping that Seb will let me off the line and pass the phone to his brother. (Funny, I'd rather talk to Seb than my actual boy-fry.)

"Sure!"

I wait for the phone to be passed to James but instead hear some background voices.

"Seb, who are you talking to?" I presume it's Gabe's voice, because it has that fancy ring to it. Y'know, the "polite people" voice.

"Ate Lara!" Seb tells him.

"Oh I would like to talk to her!" I hear Gabe say, and realize that it might take a little longer to get to James than I initially thought.

"Sure!"

"Hello Ate Lara!" Gabe greets me.

"Hi Gabe! How's it going?"

"I'm fine, but I'd like to ask a favour if I may?" he poses the question in such a way that you'd be embarrassed to say no.

"Shoot!"

"Alright then. I was wondering if you knew what kind of slime Illa wants? She asked me to pick up the most 'glorious' looking slime for her, but I don't know what colour she wants. What do you think?"

Okay, I love my sister, no doubt. But, why is this girl asking sweet, innocent, polite, gentle, Gabriel, for slime? I am one hundred percent sure that Illa uses slime for nothing else but evil. A few months sgo, I woke up to a bucket of blue slime being poured down on my face.

"She would probably want a greenish-bluish kind...but why is she asking you for slime?" I wonder.

"She said something about revenge on Kaden Lee, and I've always really hated that guy, so I'm helping her out." he answers and immediately my eyes widen.