Helena woke up to the sound of her phone buzzing early Sunday morning.

She let out a soft yawn and stretched, then reached for it to see who the message was from.

As she scanned through it, she noticed that the room was quiet. Her phone read 8:00am and she wondered if Alice and Madame Lidiya slept in like she did.

When she read her inbox, there were 3 new messages. One from last night and it was from her friend. It was barely legible until she coded it to "I got home safe." and another one said, "Let's hang out! I want to go shopping for some new outfits!" which was the text that woke her up not a moment ago. She had another text from Chris from this morning, wishing her a beautiful day and asking for a new date arrangement.

Helena sighed. This is exactly what I need. I have to get out of here and get my mind off of Mr. Reider, she decided. She messaged Chris back, asking him how he slept and they decided on a date after his game on Tuesday. Maybe I can pick out a nice sexy outfit to wear for our date then. She giggled to herself, before switching to respond to her friend. Before she could reply, a bubble appeared instantly letting her know Andrea was typing out a message. She sent Helena three options.

Her friend sent with a winking emoji and one blowing a kiss.

(but instead of butts" she added a peach emoji)

Helena chewed on her bottom lip. Del Mars was one of her favorite hot spots with a theater but it was a bit out of her price range. She didn't have a chance to tell her friend about her situation yet but decided to today. "I'll just treat her out next time."

She sent " to her friend and then got up from the floor.

When Helena looked around, everyone was already awake and out of the room. She shrugged, happy to sleep through it all and went to cook herself some breakfast. After making pancakes, bacon and eggs, she watched random youtube videos and ate while messaging Chris. By the time she was finished, it was 9:00am.

She went to gather her things to take a shower and came across the leftover spaghetti from the other night. She looked at it longingly before walking over to the trash can. "Sorry. It's not meant to be." She said softly and slowly let the contents fall out. "I have someone way hotter and unattached to go after now."

****

After her shower, Helena felt refreshed and happy. As she walked back to Madame Lidiya's while drying her neck with a towel, a brunette maid ran out of the main house looking ecstatic like she just won the lottery.

"Oh thank you! Thank you Mr. Reider! You seriously don't know how happy this makes me!" She shouted excitedly.

Liam followed behind her out of the mansion, grinning. "Hey, don't worry about it. Glad I could help."

She ran over and wrapped her arms around his entire midsection. "I still want to make it up to you somehow! This is a huge deal for me!"

He laughed and wrapped his arms around her and rested his head on top of hers. "Thank you, but please, it's quite alright."

Helena felt a lump in her throat watching them. She power walked away, keeping her eyes low as she sped-walk past them.

"Thanks again!" The girl called off and ran out through the double gates to her car.

He waved her off and then spotted Helena walking by. "Helena! Good morning!"

She didn't say anything and practically jogged back to the maid's dorms.

"What am I doing?" She asked herself when she was back in Madame Lidiya's place. "We already agreed we weren't going to be affected by him, remember?" She gathered the outfit that she was going to wear today and hastily packed her shower stuff back into her duffel bag. She slowed down and stared emptily at her belongings. "So...why do I feel like this from watching them?"

She shook her head and gathered her purse, deciding to leave for the movie theater 30 minutes early to clear her head.

When she arrived, it was 15 minutes early before the movie started, but even as she sat there in the parking lot waiting for her friend, she couldn't stop her thoughts from rampaging.

"Who was she? Maybe it was a friend? Cousin? Niece? Does he treat every maid like this?"

"Ugh, I'm such a fool!" She cried out loud and banged her head against the steering wheel. She glanced at the clock on her phone before tapping the gallery app. She gazed at the picture she took of her and Chris at the concert when he stole a kiss on her cheek. "Right, I already have someone." She said, trying to pull herself together.

"Hey, whatcha looking at?" Someone asked outside her car.

She nearly screamed before she realized who it was. "Andrea! What the hell?!"

"Ooooh, is that a nudie from Chris?" She teased. "I can see you drooling all over your shirt."

"No you dork." She snorted, hopping out of the car and locking it. "Now let's go before the movie starts."

**********

Helena couldn't focus on the movie at all. Her mind kept drifting back to Liam no matter how hard she shook it. She couldn't understand why it bothered her so much either.

When they ordered their meal at the restaurant and the waiter left, Andrea slapped her hands on the table in front of Helena. "Hey, what's with the face?" She asked.

"What? I don't know what you're talking about." Helena asked, confused.

"You have like, resting bitch face. What's going on?"

"Nothing is going on." Helena denied.

"I'm so sure. You know you've barely even talked to me since we've got here. Did you get into a fight with Chris or something?"

"No, it's nothing like that."

When the waiter sat down their chips and salsa, Andrea griped and started snacking on them.

"Fine...You know you can always tell me anything right? I'm a judge free zone baby. Not drug free though." She giggled.

Helena smiled. "Thanks, but I think I can handle it. I'll let you know if it starts to get out of hand."

"Oooh..." Andrea gazed at her with curious eyes and took another chip. "Now I really want to know. You sure you don't want to tell me?"

"Yes, just shut up and enjoy your food." Helena teased her.

"All I have to do is hang out with her and Chris more and avoid Mr. Reider as much as possible. It shouldn't be too hard right?" Helena thought while reaching for a chip herself.

They traveled down the mall some, exploring all of their favorite shops until Andrea stopped suddenly. "Come on! We have to go in here! I've been wanting their limited edition panties since like, forever!"

Helena quirked a, "are you kidding me," brow before she was dragged in by her friend. A loud bubbly pop song was playing in the store and when Helena gazed down the rows, it was nothing but lingerie, costumes and...sex toys?! Dildos were displayed around a circular table openly and whips, feathers, and more questionable products were up on the walls.

"Andrea?! Do you have to get your panties from here?!" Helena hissed while blushing.

"Yes! Isn't this place great!" She called out from the cash register. "Just hang tight and look around! I'll be just a minute."

Helena shook her head and started to storm out before her eyes landed on a red and white cheerleading outfit with a maid outfit next to it. She imagined wearing the cheerleader one for Chris, blushing even darker at the short red skirt. "There's no way I can wear something like that. Not with my chubby thighs."

Then she gazed at the barely there french maid costume. It had a small lace hat and thin white cuffs for the arms, along with a top that was mostly straps. When Helena looked closer, there was a slit open around where the nipples were going to be. The skirt was just as small as the cheerleader outfit, but this one came with black thigh high stockings with white bows at the top.

"I see you eyeing those costumes." Andrea butt in. "Thinking of wearing this one for Chris for when he wins a game?"

"Oh my God, you're so embarrassing!" Helena rolled her eyes. "Not even. Jeez, you have such a dirty mind."

"Hey, I'm not the one thinking about getting a sexy outfit. So did you decide on one?" She glanced over at the maid costume. "Oh, that could work too. Didn't you say that you were working as a maid? This could be sexy too, telling him that you could be his naughty maid."

Helena gulped. Scenarios played through her mind as she stared at the outfits again.

"Just kidding! I know you'll never do something like that. You're too sweet and innocent." Andrea giggled before she was called over by one of the employees. "I'll be right back, they found my panties!"

As her friend ran off, Helena looked between both outfits before saying, "You know, you're right."

She grabbed the naughty maid outfit from the hanger and took it to the cashier while her friend was busy.

"It's only going to be a gag gift. I'll just take a picture of myself in it one day and then send it to Chris, then return the outfit." Helena told herself.

"Will that be all for you today?" The associate asked.

"Yeah..." Helena trailed off. This was such an impulse buy. She didn't know what was compelling her to get it.

The cashier put the outfit into a cute neon pink bag with their logo on it and handed it to her. "Whoever it's for, I'm sure they're going to love it!" The cashier winked.

Helena gave an awkward laugh before waiting for her friend outside.

"What?! You ended up buying something after all?!" Andrea shouted when she finally came out of the store.

"Yeah..." Helena said shyly while hiding the bag from her.

"Well come on, spill it! What is it?! What didja get?!"

"Nuh uh, not telling." Helena told her and moved away from her friend every time she tried to take the bag from her.

"Aw come on...you're just full of secrets today aren't you?" She pouted. "Whatever then, I'm all done. Let's go home party pooper."

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