II. Borderline

                                    

                                          
' Dangerously far and all forgiven. There's gonna be a fight, gonna be a price to pay on Monday '
                          


                          
"Fuck my head is pounding, and I have a shoot tomorrow at 10."
                          
A gala one night, and Bella's house the next. Kendall has been noticing that she doesn't spend many evenings at home anymore. She usually stumbles in around midnight. Sometimes he is there to scold her, other nights he is not. The Last night with Y/n was the first time she's stayed out all night in a long time. Besides the guilt of cheating, she's glad that he wasn't there to give her a mouthful about not being home. She's not a child but god he sure does treat her like one. He chastises her like she's his petulant kid, just one of the many reasons why she has so much disdain for him.
                          
Bella was still in her gown from last night. Kendall was amused to hear Bella's story that's led her to this point. She got home at 3 am, only got four hours of sleep before her alarm clock started blaring, and then she went to a day party. Bella still looked like she was in a haze. She didn't dive into great detail what she did last night, but the general story was that Bella tried to hook up with some guy and things went left and she ended her night early. Kendall laid on Bella's couch, looking up at the ceiling while her best friend cleaned herself up from last night's and the continuing adventures of today.
                          
Of course Kendall's mind kept going to her time with Y/n. She wondered if it was written all over her face that she hooked up with someone the night before. Bella is usually good at picking up on what she's feeling, however she is hungover so her mind is cloudy.
                          
"I think I went too hard with the drinks honestly. How are you feeling?"
                          
"I'm fine. I didn't drink that much, I didn't want to come home drunk, you know how he gets," as Kendall speaks, the cogs in Bella's head start turning and she remembers the brief conversation her and Kendall had before Kendall left.
                          
"Wait, didn't you leave with someone last night?"
                          
Kendall nods sheepishly. She was hoping that Bella forgot. Not that Bella is untrustworthy, it's just that she really doesn't want to have this conversation right now.
                          
"I did, but nothing happened. I pretty much made a new friend!" Kendall hopes that her tone doesn't come off as too fake. Bella knowing about the cheating is nothing, but she has to reckon with some things in herself before she goes around telling her friends 'hey I hooked up with a woman, now I'm unsure about my sexuality!' It's just not an easy conversation to have with oneself and it would complicate things to involve opinions from her friends.
                          
"Right, right," Bella's tone sounds dismissive, but she accepts it. "Who's the lucky man?"
                          
"It wasn't a guy," Kendall says a little sheepishly. She isn't confessing, but it surely feels like she is. "Her name is Y/n."
                          
"Wait is she sarcastic and always talking about her work?"
                          
"Sort of? She surely did use the word "colleague" too damn much," Kendall responds not thinking much about Bella connecting the dots.
                          
"I know her! I love Y/n!"
                          
Kendall knows this town is small, but of all people Bella has to know Y/n? Of all the people, of all the women Kendall could've gone with last night it had to be some that Bella knows. Kendall does her best to contain her nerves and keep the conversation flowing normally.
                          
"How do you know her?" Kendall wants to ask a million-and-one questions, but she doesn't want to seem like she's prying in case Bella becomes suspicious.
                          
"The company she works for planned an event for you know who last year in London," Bella's mention of her ex made her slightly frown.
                          
Kendall doesn't want to bring up Abel, so she tries her best to skirt around the subject while still getting her answers.