Intertwined: her three mates

20. A bad (hair) day

Liv

Cali took a lover as I suggested, she knew that her chance of finding her mate, as she looked forward to, any time soon was close to zero. Most people take centuries to find their mates if they ever found them. Her guy was a wizard from her neighborhood. I thought it was a fling, but apparently, she was growing mad about him. Like a lovesick puppy, without any bond to use as an excuse as for how fast she has fallen for him. 

He worked in the castle, he was a librarian here, so, Cali was around more often. What was great. Today, she decided to surprise him and introduce him to me. 

“Are you sure he is in the library?” I asked.

“Yes, he works on Mondays. How do I look? Goddess, I am having such a bad hair day.” She asks in a hyper voice. Even I could feel her nerves.

“Hey, calm down, sweetie. It is not like is the first – or second – time you guys meet. You are already together for…”

“7 days.” She added. 

“Yeah, a week. He knows you, he won't care if your hair…”

“Is it that bad? Isn't it?” she asked almost jumping. I put my hands on her shoulders, trying to bring her back to reality and soothe her. I looked deep into her hazel eyes.

“It is not. You are beautiful and you are much more than a pretty chick, okay? That dude is freaking lucky to have you. Breath.” I reassured her. She nodded to me and breathed deeply a couple of times. 

 We walked towards the library and when we were about to get inside, I heard some odd noises, some moans. I stand my arm to halt her and pulled the doorknob down very gently to don't make any noise. The door was locked. Something is wrong, I can feel.

Cali flashed me a wary look and I gestured to her to keep silent. I chanted a spell to open the door under my breath. The door was also spell locked. So, a simple open-door spell wouldn't do the trick. 

I could feel my best friend growing restless. I didn't know what to say to calm her down, we both knew something was not right. I chanted a more powerful spell to open the damn door and opened it silently. Cali went inside, her facial expression was frozen as her body walked by itself and I followed her. 

We went to the source of the moans, where I glanced at a very naked couple doing the deed. I took my poor eyes off it as fast as I could. Goddess, why there isn't an enchantment to un-see things? 

Cali gasped and grew paled. The couple making out third-basis against the bookcase didn't notice us. They continued to moan and make other weird s*x sounds like heated baboons, I held Cali's hand, pulling her away gently. We heard words, mixed with their weird noises. That should be like bad porn sounds, I wouldn't know. That is definitely not my genre of movies. Although Nema tried to convince me to watch it sometimes, saying that it could be educational. I just waved her off. Well, I had my fair part of bad porn by having a glance at these two now. It didn't feel educational at all. I guess pigs could do it more gracefully. 

“Ohhh, Agatha!”

“Don't stop, papi!!” 

“Never jelly-bear!! Oh-oh-oh!! 

Of course, it was him, I could see that on my poor friend's face. I wanted to hear what they were saying, know what the heck was happening. I mean besides the crap I could actually see. 

Cali started to cry silently. 

“What do you want to do?” I asked her in a whisper, she didn't answer. 

“I love you!!” the female said. 

“I love you more jelly-bear!” he answered his noisy lover. 

“Do you want to go out of here, yell at him, kill him?” I whispered my suggestive question. 

Cali didn't say anything, she just started to cry harder. Oh Goddess, what can I do to help her?

I looked at them fast with the corner of my eyes, trying to avoid seeing any more nauseating stuff. Papi and Jelly-bear were dressing after messing. Just now, the not totally naked any more pair noticed us. The man ran towards Cali, looking confused.

“What are you doing here jelly-bear?” he asked Cali, using the same pet name he used to address the other female. How gross! Maybe he is such a slut that he doesn't even know their names for sure, so he just calls them all using the same term of endearment. Classic jerk move. 

“I-I ca-came to surprise you… and in-introduce you to my best friend.” She said trembling. He motioned to come closer to her. 

I walked in front of her taking a protective stance, “Hold on papi! You don't get to come closer to her!” 

I think just after I called him like this, he figured that we were here before and watched the pig-porn display. 

He flashes me a confused and offended look. “What? Hum? What do you have to say?” I asked him, as I placed my hands on my hips. 

The semi-naked female approached us, smacked his butt, winked, and left. Just as nothing had happened. What the actual heck? 

“Jelly-bear… You shouldn't be here, you know?” he told Cali. She just cried in response.

I looked at her and hugged her in an embrace. “I-I want-t to ask him why, Liv…. I thought he loved me too.” She whispered to me. I wanted to yell at him, to punch him, but I know I had no right, it was Cali's call. I just would do what she wanted me to. But heck, my blood was boiling to say not-so-nice things to that freaking jerk! How dare he hurt Cali?? 

She pulled away from me and looked at him, “Why, Audric?” she asked. 

“Why what?” he asked her confused. I was getting confused myself now, by his reaction. 

“I tho-thought you loved me-me…” she said between sobs.

“What? Are you insane? We were just seeing each other, a couple of times. It was nothing serious.”

“No? Bu-but, you said you lo-loved me and we-we made love.” She said and resumed to cry hard. I pat her back and looked at the jerk dead in the eyes.

“I didn't mean it, it is just something people say. We f****d, Cali! Like people do… and that was it. Don't go clingy and crazy on me…” he said as he is stating the obvious to a very dumb child.

I just lost it. 

“You piece of worm crap, you lie to my friend to get into her pants! Then you bedded, I mean shelf-ed, the other chick and dare to call her crazy and clingy?!” I yelled.

“She misunderstood it… with her lack of experience…. I don't know why she thought we were an item.”

“you said you wan-wanted to be-be with me.” She argued between tears and sobs.

“That is again s**t that people say, get over it, Cami! And stop texting me, you are not a worthy-fuck.” He hissed. 

Now I lost it, what the heck!! Who talks to others like this? Especially to a sweet and nice person like my Cali? When I caught my bearings, I was over this guy, b***h-slapping him while he was trying to hold my arms to make me stop. He didn't dare to touch me. He knew who I was. 

I just kept slapping him senselessly like a very cuckoo lady, I admit. But what nerve this man has! I just stopped when I heard Cali's cries go louder. I had to go to her, comforting my friend was more important than beating the jerk who broke her heart. 

I went toward her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder, “Let´s get out of here, that blasted bastard is not worth our time.” I said flashing him another angry look. Cali nodded and we left the library. 

We went to my room, where I spent the next hours soothing my poor desolated friend. 

“It was better that we learned now what type of man he is than later, sweetie,” I said as I pat her arm. She nodded.

“I thought he loved me. I am so stupid Liv. I gave myself to him… I am so dumb!! I want to take it back!!” She said as a new wave of loud sobs left her throat.

“You are not dumb, he deceived and manipulated you. He is a piece of garbage. But you don't need to see him ever again, when I became Queen, I will transfer him to the ugliest and most remote library of the Realm.” I said trying to make her laugh with the last part. She chuckled lightly. 

But for real, I don't know if I can or should do this transfer thing. I just don't want that kind of male around us in the palace, around Cali. There is no hope for a man that treats his lovers like this. Bloody heartless liar!! I was soooo damned pissed! 

“I just wanted to be loved, I wanted it so much that when he said it, I believed it. When he said that I was his one and only and he was sad that I wasn't his true mate, I dive right into it.” She muttered a bit calmer. I wiped her tears and stroked her hair.

I felt guilty for having 3 mates and for having wanted to break the bonds, while people, sweet people like Cali, would give a leg to find their one mate. The Goddess had a dark sense of humor, she should give mates to these people first, not to me. But thinking about it, my males would also give a leg to find their mate, if not their whole Realms. And I tried to get rid of them. I shake the guilt, and its pang feeling off. Besides, no one should be forced to be in a relationship, bond or not.

I stopped musing and looked at Cali's sniffing face. 

“Sweetie, you will find someone who loves you, who truly does. Your mate or not. He will see how amazing you are and cherish you as you deserve. This jerk was too stupid to recognize how great you are, and that is his loss.” I said hugging her. She nodded.

“Do you think I can find it one day?” she asked.

“I do,” I answered. I honestly did. I know how lonely she felt, especially after her parents decided to travel around one year ago. Maybe she could move to this palace. I will suggest that to her when she is calmer. 

“Thanks, Liv, I love you.” She said with a small smile.

“I love you too,” I stroked Cali's hair until she fell asleep like we used to do when we were little. Cali is just one year and a half older than me, so we pretty much grew up together.  

After a couple of hours, I am still fuming, so I decided to leave Cali having her well-needed rest, and go speak I piece of my mind to the jerk who hurt my friend. 

What a day!