One’s Just-Dessert

There comes a time in your life when you realize your life doesn't just belong to you anymore. Even your happily-ever-after best friend, the one which you made once-upon-a-time when you met your prince, betrays you to the paparazzi. Like mosquitoes, they suck on anything and anyone just for the excuse to gossip! Their words buzz in your ears until they finally settle on the tongue, where they are cherished and dwelt upon as though anything but one's just-dessert.

Being a perfectionist, my best friend told me it was the "worst day of her life" yesterday. She had invited over fifty guests for her birthday but the cake was a size medium instead of a size large. Although it "wasn't enough" and she got her refund, she wound up asking me to take the leftover cake home as she couldn't "stand to take another bite of it!" By the end, I couldn't help but think to myself:

Well if this doesn't take the cake! It's true, you can't eat your cake and have it too.

However, in spite of everything, the photographer was all over me the entire time. It was as if he wasn't really a real photographer, but rather one of those paparazzi who bust in for the free cake and the dumb drama. Just a week ago, another one of my shots made the catalog while my best friend's didn't...Perhaps this is why she always stands by my side, to benefit from my poise? I'll never forget the time my social media pictures were leaked by a hacker, when really it was her all along! Still, things turned out fine...while everyone recognized my smile from that catalog shoot, there remained so much speculation as to who that girl next to me could be! At this point, even I have to ask myself:

Do I even know who my best friend is anymore?