Undercover

Girls Day

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NATALIE POV
Saturday
10:03 am

I am snuggled comfy in my sheets, happy to finally sleep in.

Saturdays are the best days.

Thump.
Thump.
Clack.
Laughter.

What the heck? I put my hands over my ears to block the noise, but it wouldn't work.

What the heck was happening? Frustrated, I get out of bed and rub my eyes. I check the time on my clock to see it was 10 am.

Ugh. So much for sleeping in.

I put my hair in a messy bun and brush my teeth and wash my face before heading to the noise downstairs. I make my way to the living room.

"Grace, why is there sounds coming-"

There I see Sarah, my best friend since childhood holding a bag full of...magazines?
Not just magazines...

"Morning Natii !" she says excitedly clothing her tote bag.

"Sarah, what the heck are you doing here at 10 am?"

"Well, you were ignoring my calls and you didn't say anything when Val and I asked you to hang so I decided to come here!"

"Ugh, I'm sorry Sarah I've just been really busy."

"Yeah, we have noticed." I suddenly felt guilty.

I can't just tell them ya know?

"Well, anyway we are having a girls day, so grab your cutest PJs and we are gonna watch movies, eat and gossip all day", she says happiness spreading around her face.

I laugh. How can I say no to that?

Sarah and I head to the local mart to get some chocolate and candy. We change into comfy fuzzy sweats and tees and blast 2009 pop songs while doing our nails.

There is no rule for not having acrylics, but it is much better to keep your nails short or at least natural. As we dry our freshly done nails, we watch a movie and my eyes divert to my phone that lights up. Lucas was calling me.  I quickly pick up, Sarah's eyes still on the TV.

"Hey", I say.

"Hey what are you up to?"

"Nothing, having a girls day watching a movie."

"Ah. That's probably the incessant chatter I hear in the background."

Oh no he didn't.

"Legally Blonde is never incessant chatter take that back." A chuckle echoes through the phone and Sarah raises a brow at me.

"I said take that back."

"No, I won't. I still stand my case."

"Speaking of case, I have some things to show you."

Sarah, now being annoying attempts to grab the phone.

"Alright, when?"

"Can you do tonight?"

"No, maybe tomorrow after-" I trail off, not wanting to finish the sentence in front of Sarah.

"Uh, I got to go I'll update you about it soon."

I swiftly end the call before Sarah grabs my phone.

"Who was that?"

"No one."

She rolls her eyes. "It was someone. Was it Lucas?"

"You always think it's Lucas."

"Yeah, but this time I know I'm right because your eyes are sparkling."

I laugh. "Sparkling? Sarah are you ok?"

"Yes I'm okay, stop teasing me. "

After killing her suspicion, we finish the movie and I head into my room for a relaxing shower before school tomorrow. I still need to call Lucas.

I get into comfy pajamas after moisturizing my freshly shaved legs. All clean and comfy I head into my light grey sheets and head to sleep. I needed a long relaxing day like this. I just wish it could have lasted longer.
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1:30 am

I shuffle in my sheets.
Thrashing.
I think I am speaking but my body is on stress mode that I cannot tell. I can feel my freshly washed hair get matted at the back of my neck.

"no. No. NO!"
"Don't take them"
"Leave them alone!"

I'm still thrashing when I feel a pair of hands on both my arms. I continue thrashing against the hands and wake up.
Breathing hard.
Grace says something soft but I couldn't quite register it because of the post-panic mode my body was in.  Grace puts a glass of water to my mouth and rubs my back.

"Hey, it's ok your awake now", Grace's voice full of concern.

I close my eyes to the events that happened in the past 30 minutes.

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