In about 15 minutes, Barbie finally reached her destination. She was sweating profusely. Such a drag! She walked over to the spot she knew Henry would be. He wasn't there! However, before she could think of going to the other side of the roof, she noticed the beautiful night sky. It was only 7pm, but the sky was already full of glittering diamonds. She also noticed the pure white clouds in rather interesting shapes. Barbie couldn't help but be consumed in the 'cloud performance'. One particular cloud looked like a princess standing by a beast. She watched as the 'princess' and the 'beast' gradually merged into a…tf? It's that a snake or what? She stared hard to make meaning out of this transformation. But soon it began to make sense; It was a 'dragon'. Yeah, that's it. The 'princess' and the 'beast' merged into a 'dragon'. Amazing!!
Ha! I know you are probably concerned. Barbie promised herself she was just gonna go in and come out, but it's already about an hour and she has not even seen Henry yet. Our little girl is here staring into the sky!!
Meanwhile, at her own house, Mr. Dawn had been looking for his fancy ceramic cup and he needed to make sure he didn't leave it behind. Standing in the hallway, he yelled,' Honey! Have you seen my fancy cup? Can't find it anywhere in this house.'
Mrs. Dawn stepped out after the door to her room opened slowly. One look at her squeezing face and Mr. Dawn knew what was coming next.
'Have you lost your monkey ass mind?? I'm not google, am I?! Go find that damn cup yourself!'
Mr. Dawn sighed, not perturbed even in the least. 'I'm not saying you should find it for me. Just asking if you've seen it.'
'No! I've not seen it.'
'Simple!', he said almost to himself, 'I mean, she could have said that a long time ago, right? Women!!'
'You're saying something to me??', Mrs. Dawn glared at her husband,
'Nope. Not at all.' He quickly answered.
He proceeded to Barbie's room. Maybe she might help him find his fancy cup.
'Barbie dear!', he called out when he came to Barbie's door, 'Have you seen my ceramic cup?'. He waited for a moment to get a response, which he did not get.
'Barbie, can you hear me?'
Now Mr. Dawn is getting really impatient.
'Barbie?!'…...
Meanwhile, at Henry's house…
The night sky was getting darker and colder. Barbie snapped out from staring at the mesmerizing sky. She straightened herself and started walking towards the spot she figured Henry would be at. She got closer by the second, but weird sounds became clearer and clearer. Were those sounds of someone moaning??? She stood surprised at first, then quickened her pace. When she finally arrived, she nearly lost her breath. What??? She could not believe her eyes. Her best friend, Leah, tightly pressed between the wall and Henry…. doing what her parents wouldn't do public???!!
Henry was the first to catch sight of Barbie. He quickly pushed Leah to the side and pulled his pants up.
'Barbie … you??', he stammered, 'Barbie, you are here? I'm so sorry, this is not supposed to happen…' At this point, he is fully dressed and quickly approaching Barbie.
Barbie stared squarely at him; tears streamed down her face but there were no sadness in her eyes. The tears freely wiggled out of her eyes, rolled down her cheeks and down her jaw. Not looking away, she pointed at Leah who was then covered up as well.
'Henry, that's my best friend….', Barbie's voice was still firm.
Henry quickly attempted to explain,' Barbie, I swear it's not like that. It was a mistake'.
He reached out to hold Barbie's hand. Of course, Barbie didn't let that happen. She stepped back. At this moment, her tears had intensified. She turned around and ran out.
'No Barbie!! Don't misunderstand me please...', he tried to run after Barbie but tripped on his shoelace and fell to the side. He got up quicky but tripped again when he tried to ran after Barbie. When he finally made it up, he ran in pursuit of Barbie, but she was already out of sight. Henry went Helter skelter, looking for Barbie, who was now nowhere to be found.
Upstairs, Leah glared at the direction Barbie ran out. She was discernably furious. She picked up her phone and dialed a number. When the call connected, she spoke in an icy cold voice,' Hey, it's time to repay your favor to me.'
Barbie ran down the hallway and past the huge corridor that was not so far away from the party room. She cried as she ran. She could hear her heart palpitating; Was this how heartbreak felt like? Like a heart attack? She lost her strength suddenly, she cried out as she dropped to her knees,' It hurts!!!!'.
Soon, she heard someone call out her name gently. She looked up gradually. It was Emiliano, gently gazing at her with a very worried look in his eyes. Emiliano was equally an attractive guy but very soft heart, often giving the impression that he might be push-over. He was the son of the 2nd richest man in LA and he was the most favored in his family. He was very brilliant and smart.
'Barbie, what's going on with you?'
Barbie got up slowly but occasionally losing her balance. She stared directly into Emiliano's eyes. Emiliano staggered back a bit frightened by her gaze.
'Why are you staring at me like that? What's going on?', he mustered courage to ask her.
At that moment, Barbie was finally standing upright.
'If you knew what I saw just a moment ago, you'd be offering me a seat beside you where we can both cry our eyes out!'
Stunned, Emiliano stared blankly at her.
'I hate you!! … You, and your loose girlfriend who only knows how to stab a friend in the back and snatch her boyfriend!!', Barbie retorted angrily.
'Can you speak clearly? What are you trying to say?', Emiliano had lost his patience.
'Maybe you should go and take a look for yourself- Your girlfriend and my boyfriend together under a fairytale night sky.', she replied in a rather calm but sarcastic tone. After that outburst, she stormed out before Emiliano could utter another word. Emiliano processed slowly, gradually realizing what Barbie was insinuating. He swiftly walked to the staircase, and stared in the direction of the roof. Step by step, he walked up the stairs….