♫ Lemon ♫
I received a rather late call from Homme. I was about to sleep when my phone rang. He asked where I am and told me they were coming over.
I was feeling anxious after what he told me. I can’t sit still while waiting for them. The fifteen-minute wait time he said already feels like twelve hours. After a while, my doorbell rings.
Kip first showed up followed by Roj, Homme, and Kevz. Lastly, Drew showed up and I least expect that.
“What is going on? You’re making me nervous!” I asked as soon as they were all in.
“Partner,” Kevz started as he place an arm over my shoulders. “I think you were too nervous that you didn’t notice you’re wearing something sexy,” he whispered.
I looked at myself and even I was surprised to see what I was wearing. It’s a very think nightgown, fortunately, I still have my bra on.
I run back inside my room and grabbed a robe. “Sorry, I was in a panic after getting Homme’s call that I totally forgot about my clothes” I explained before slumping on the couch. “What happened?”
“Before anything else, I hope you won’t get mad at Kale after hearing everything,” Kip stated and I nodded even if I’m not getting what he was trying to say. “Lem, Kale asked Gemma to send us the email Nica sent you,” and my eyes widened in shock after my brain processed his words.
Before I could react, my stomach felt sour so I hold a hand up to stop them for a while and rushed toward the kitchen. There I started throwing up again.
I went back to them with a towel on my shoulder, “Sorry, it’s just that those pics are so disgusting that my stomach feels upset whenever I recall them.”
“We understand Partner, even we feel bad when we saw it and we’re boys! I bet it’s worse for you,” then he patted my shoulder lightly.
Before Kip can start telling me what happened, the doorbell rings again. Roj stood up to open it and when he came back, he already have a plastic bag in hand. Of course, we need drinks at times like this.
“Hang on Kip, how did Kale find out about the pics?”
“David told Drew that you received an email and after that, your mood turned sour during your vacation. We're told there was even a time you locked yourself inside your room for a day,” he explained.
I nodded slowly and threw a glance at Drew. He was just sitting there with his head bowed down, staring at the bottle of beer in his hand.
“Ok, so Kale asked Gemma to send the emails, then?”
“Gemma sent it to me so we all saw it,” Homme replied.
“We even saw your archive of Drew's makeout sessions,” Kevz chimed in.
I wiped my face with both hands. I might strangle this gay for being a gossipmonger! ‘Why does he have to send those too?’
“Just one question Lem,” Roj chirped so I turned to him, “The pictures of Drew before you two became official, where did those come from? Did you take those or were they sent to you?”
I was a bit taken aback by his question. I didn’t expect they’d think of it that way. But there's no use lying now, everything's out in the open anyway.
“Those were sent to me.”
“By who?” Kip asked.
“By suitors, concerned citizens, wannabe suitors.”
“Were they trying to make Drew look bad?” Kevz pried.
“I don't know! Maybe that wasn’t their intention since those were true. Maybe they’re just trying to warn me or whatever. I don’t have plans of keeping those. It’s just that I transferred the wrong folder from my phone to my computer and I forgot to delete it.” then they all nodded.
“Ok, back to the topic,” Homme stated as he sat up straight.
“When you received that email, what did Nica tell you?” Kip asked straight out.
I looked at him then the rest of the guys. “How did you know?”
“We confronted her,” Roj answered.
I find it funny that in the middle of the discussion, Drew was just quiet. He’s never spoken a single word since they arrived.
I let out a sigh. We were just talking but I feel so tired. “I actually received a call first. That was around ten in the evening on Christmas Eve, about the email. But I wasn't able to check it that night until I slept on it. The next day, around three in the morning, I received another call, I'm not really sure who I’m talking to but she asked me if I’d seen it. Out of curiosity and to be able to give her an answer next time, I checked it. Imagine the horror when I saw those pics!”
They all glanced at Drew, even me. But he was still not moving. His head is still bowed down, listening.
“And...” Homme urged me to continue.
“I was hysterical of course. It feels like my brain cells burst into pieces. But as I process things and look at the pics over again, like three to four times more, I realized that Drew won't’ do something like that to me. I called Kale and Kellen to let them know but I don’t think they understood since they were at a party at that time. I sort of forget it when we went to church.”
“But according to David, you were spacing out daw almost the whole day then you locked yourself in the room the next day?” Kevz asked.
“I was spacing out because I’ve been thinking who sent the email and who’s calling me. Around three or four in the afternoon I received a text, wait,” then I stood up to go to my room and get my phone. When I came back, I looked for the message and showed it to Kip.
“Hi, Leslie or Lemon or whoever you are. This is Nica. I like Drew and I want him for myself. I don't care if you're his girlfriend or even his wife. He's mine so get your filthy hands off of him. If you don’t agree then you have a choice. You can choose who between the two of you will get hurt. You can consider this a warning or friendly advice. The same consequence follows if anyone knew about this. ^_^”
“Shit, why did we act so rashly?” Homme exclaimed and they all cupped their faces, frustrated and worried.
“That’s why I panicked when I got Homme’s call. I didn’t tell anyone about it because I’m afraid of what could happen. So it’s wrong for Kale to let this out, it’s so wrong! You guys should have waited for me to say something. I’m planning to tell you anyway, I was just trying to get the right timing.”
I was shocked when Kevz suddenly hugged me. “Sorry Partner! We didn’t know!” Everyone nodded at what he said, except for Drew.
“Does that mean there’s still a chance for you and Drew to fix your relationship?” Roj asked. Taken aback, the thought played in my mind. Of all things, that’s one thing I never thought about.
‘Is there a chance for us? Could we still be together? For me, after everything that happened, it’s all over.’