Happiness is making up with your best friend after a bad fight

Tears! I could not stand them especially when they were my fault but as they dripped down her face now, there was no form of remorse. Sometimes certain truths need to be said even if they hurt our loved ones.

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Initially, Treasure and I were just friends, meeting with each other only at school and calling each other when there was an important announcement to make. We soon migrated to planning on wearing matching outfits to commemorate our birthdays which fell 8 days apart from each other and soon, I moved my luggage to her apartment.

In all of this, we never had any cause to stand up to each other, yell, or exchange words.

This was the first time.

I reached into my purse and handed a handkerchief to her in which she blew her nose and wiped some of the tears that trickled down her chin.

Treasure was the most dramatic young lady I had come across, so I wasn't surprised when she burst into laughter immediately after getting most of the tears off her face.

“If anyone had told me we would experience this kind of turbulence, I would have sworn with my life that it could not happen.”

I allowed my face to relax into a smile for the first time since she walked into my house that breezy Saturday morning. It was just 7 days ago, yet it felt like the turbulence had been on for weeks because of how much we drifted apart that week.

I was sorting out my dirty clothes when I heard banging on my door.

I knew my roommate was home for the holidays, so I wondered who it was and decided not to open up. The knock came again.

When I swung the door open, she almost fell inwards. It seemed she had placed an ear on the door to check if I was home.

“Oh, it's you” I opened the door wider for her to come in and walked away. Treasure and I were like that, there was no need for formalities between us.

“We need to talk” I glanced back at her and upturned my lips. Since when did she get permission to talk to me? Treasure had once called me at midnight to ask me to stay up with her because her neighbors were quarreling, and she could not sleep.

I turned back to read the expression on her face, her brown eyes were blank and her pink lips, shining as bright as ever from lip balm, were quivering.

I knew something was wrong.

“Are you okay?” I walked up to hold her, but she moved two steps backward, creating an obvious distance between us.

“You told Mabel that I was living with my boyfriend.”

I raised a brow and shrugged. Mabel was going to show up at Treasure's house without invitation and that was the only way to stop her. I said so to Treasure.

“And the only way you thought to dissuade her was by telling her I am living with a man I am not married to? How do you think she will see me after that? And you know Mabel has a loudmouth, the entire department would be talking about it before the end of this week!”

I narrowed my eyes at her.

“You told Queen and Favour when they asked where you were staying. Why is Mabel a challenge?”

“You've been looking for a way to inform the whole world that I am irresponsible while you're the responsible one. You've gotten your way. Well, done!” And with that, she stormed out of my house.

I called her to apologize seeing how hurt she was at that moment, but she refused to take my calls throughout that weekend.

When I got to school the next morning, the first person who greeted me asked why I told Mabel that Treasure lived with her boyfriend. To make matters worse, Treasure did not speak to me for 4 whole days.

I took matters into my own hands and cornered her on her way home on the 5th day.

“What is wrong with you? So, what if I told Mabel that you stay with your boyfriend? Even if I didn't, she was headed for your house anyway. If I didn't see her and ask where she was off to, she would still have found out herself.”

She was going to go off again, but I dragged her back,

“If this is the reason you want to throw 4 years of friendship away, then I wish you the very best” I spat at her and walked away.

She arrived at my house the next day in tears to apologize, at that point I softened up as well, taking her into my arms like my sister that she had become.