Frenemy

👩‍⚕️Charlotte Meyers👩‍⚕️

🎶"Rain on me, rain rain! rain on me!"🎶

My phone is ringing, I was enjoying my sleep, why did you have to call just this moment? I was about to kiss Jake Reid in my dreams!

Urghh! who the fuck is calling me this early in the morning😪😪

"What is it!!" I said grumpily into the phone after picking up.

The person on the other end of the call chuckled, I looked at my phone screen to see who it was that called to make jest of me this early on a Saturday morning, the only day in the week that I'm off duty. Oh guess what? UNKNOWN NUMBER was boldly written on the screen as the caller ID. Is this a prank call? Seriously?

"Hey are you crazy? did you call to make fun of me?" I'm getting so annoyed right now, what right does this person have to wake me up? I deserve rest and not to be disturbed by a prank caller early on a Saturday morning.

"Calm down!" It's a masculine and it sounds so cool, Oh soothing and familiar!

"Who are you?" I asked, not so calm now but curious to find out who it was that called

"Jake Reid" the caller said. Wait!

What? Jake called me? I should just jump on the roof and scream for joy or something close. Oh wait! I'm mad at him for being arrogant and rude at the hospital the other day, I feign an annoyed and disturbed voice, I asked again "What is it?"

"I know I annoyed you yesterday, can I make it up to you tonight? dinner on me?" He asked politely, this had to be the most polite way anyone has ever spoken to me, what’s happened, is this an alternate universe or what?

"Okay, fine then!" I replied, don’t look at me like that, I’m trying to sound cool and not scream my lungs out.

"Great! I'll pick you up at 7" He said and hung up the phone.

He's picking me up at seven but he doesn't know my house or does he? should I call him back and ask him. Nah, it doesn't matter anyways, he’ll figure it out.

"Good Morning pretty face" Zoey greeted barging into my room "You're up already! that's a new record" she taunted. I threw a pillow at her which she swiftly dodged bending over in laughter at my pathetic throw.

"Guess what!" I told her, she joins me in bed.

"You killed Ontario Reyes in your dreams?" She guessed earning a giggle from me, see why she’s my bestie? She knows my darkest desires.

That'd have been nice though!

"No silly, Jake Reid asked me to dinner tonight" I exclaim pouring out all my excitement

"Oh my bubbles, are you for real? Just yesterday you left his fandom because he was 'arrogant and rude'" she said, making air quotes around the 'arrogant and rude’ .

"Yet today you are going on a date with him!"

"Well, he said he wants to make it up to me, maybe he's not bad after all" I shrug

"How did he get your number? did you stupidly give it to him?" she asks, I mean it’s something I would do, he’s Jake Reid

"Cuz not, guess I’ll ask him how he got it later today" I say

Giving me the 'you'd better be careful' look, she asked

"So what time is your date?"

"7pm"

"I’ll be here by 5:30 to help you get ready"

Such a considerate friend, what would I do without her?

I yawn and try to go back to bed Zoey lies down beside me too.

"Charlotte! you have a guest!" Mom called from downstairs. C’mon, don’t I deserve rest?

"let's go" I grabbed Zoey by her hand and we headed downstairs

"Mom! who is the guest?" I asked my mom who was in the kitchen. there was no one in the living room. Did the guest leave?

"Right behind you!" Ontario's annoying voice rang from behind me. OH NO! I DO NOT NEED BADLUCK THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING!!!!!! What does Mr. Loser want?

I turned to look at him and his smiling face changed to one of disgust almost immediately and then he starts to babble,

"Eww! you have drool all over your face, did you look in the mirror at all? your hair is all messy and over your face"

Did this annoying man have to ruin my mood this morning? I swear I’ll kill him someday

"Hey...." I began to speak but he cuts me short.

"Oh Heavens! Your morning breathe is enough to kill a person! Gosh you stink so bad!" He squeezes his face tight like a kid forced to take a bitter pill.

I’ve had enough of his chattering so I picked up a remote control close to me and hit him hard on the head with it. I’m almost as tall as he is so it was no stress hitting his head.

"Ouch!" He cried "Mom, come see what Charlotte is doing to me" He called on my mom, dude she’s my mom not yours, I hiss.

"Charlotte, stop it and come help me set the table" My mom said coming out of the kitchen and heading to the dinning area. Only then did I stop hitting Ontario.

"She should go freshen up, Zoey and I will help set the table" Ontario said pushing me up the stairs in the direction of my room.

He has a home doesn't he? must he come to ours for breakfast? All the time. I stick out my tongue at him

"Hurry! I'm starving" He called after me and I stuck out my tongue at him in a mocking manner, again.

"spoilt brat!" I muttered under my breathe, what he’s a spoilt billionaire.

"I heard you!" He yells after me

Getting into the bathroom, I splashed cold water on my face, Ontario wasn't entirely wrong, I actually look bad.

Don't be confused about the relationship Ontario and I share, he is someone I’d like to call my Frenemy.

When I was little, my mom used to work as a nanny for the Reyes, taking care of Ontario and his little brother Honorio, I used to hangout at their house and also attended the same school as Ontario, we were never friends as he never got tired of taunting me about how annoying I was. How I was the ugliest girl he ever met. I remember him ganging up with the bullies at school to bully me. Any time I report to his parents they always take his side, my mom too, to them he was the sweetheart and I? I was the mischievous one. Poor little me!

I consider him a friend cuz he once saved me from a major embarrassment. It was prom season and everyone had dates, well everyone except me, after all I was the annoying girl with braces and bangs, who wanted to take someone like me to prom? And I was taller than most of the boys in my class, so.

Everyday I want taunted and disgraced for not having a date to prom, this girl Ontario wanted to take to prom had thrown scrambled eggs on me at lunch in the name of me being a waste bin which was why I didn't have a date, but Ontario shocked them and asked me to prom right in front of everyone, the girl didn't come to prom and I haven't heard of her since then!

Not like Ontario didn't secretly insult me and called me names but he saved my face in front of everyone and I'm grateful for that!

My family is also indebted to him and his family, When my little sister was sick, all the doctors were on strike, something about late salaries, his family had regardless of their pride arranged for a private jet and flew her out of the country for treatment. I consider it a debt because according to them, it wasn't a favor and they definitely wanted something in return but now wasn't the time. Rich people and their habit of asking for payback.

It's complicated right? but as long as we don't step on each other's toes, we're cool!

"Charlotte! you're taking ages!" Ontario the glutton calls

I snort and don’t give a reply but continue to brush my teeth.

He should go to his house for breakfast, after all they live in a fancy mansion and they ate fancy food in a fancy dinning room. Whatever, not like my mom would ever stop him from coming over here for food.

She’ll always say

“C’mon Charlotte don’t be rude, Ontario is like the son I never had”

What mom, you have two daughters already, you don’t need a fucking son and definitely not one like Ontario Reyes.

But no, I can’t tell her that, just smile and pretend to like Ontario. Ah! I’ll break his head one day, just that if I do that, I’ll be the doctor assigned to stitch it back. See teeth and tongue relationship!

Gosh!