My Best Friend's Girl 8

Chapter 8

“She heard that huh? I was just joking… you know to impress the guys!” He rubbed the back of his head and I knew he wasn’t lying… He wouldn’t lie to me! Still I didn’t want her hurt anymore…

“Well you gotta talk to her! Tell her that you really care about her or if you don’t let her go… Let her have a chance with someone that will care!!!” He agreed and walked off… I turned and Macy was sitting by herself near the punch bowl… I grabbed us both a cup and slid a chair over to her… Leah was not my problem tonight! I had to let her make her own decisions. And she did!

She didn’t sleep with him, but she did go with him. He apologized and she seemed relieved… I guess I was the only one still upset about it so I dropped it. If she wanted to be naïve about it then who was I to stop her?

“Let’s put a smile on that face of yours!” Macy grabbed my hand and drug me back on the dance floor… I was thankful for the distraction but Leah never goes far from my mind.

“Soo I had a good time tonight!” Macy rubbed my hand on the way home… I hadn’t spoken a word since we left and I felt bad for being rude… I just couldn’t get that picture of Wes and Ally shacked up in hotel room, while Leah sat at home by herself…

“Ya, me too!” Silence! “Umm maybe we can do it again sometime!” The way Macy’s eyes lit up, made me feel guilty and happy at the same time… I knew I could never love her like I do Leah, but on the other hand I do like her!

“I would love to!” She sounded so sincere. It melted away some of the ice I was building up around my heart. This was perfect I thought… I could forget about Leah and focus my energy on the beautiful girl next me. I turned my hand over and locked fingers with her… “It’s a date then!”

We chose the following Friday night! The new fast and furious was coming out and apparently she was a huge Vin Diesel fan… I didn’t mind since they always have some bad ass cars. The week was awesome… since we were about to get out of school the teachers had really eased up on us… Finals were over and we spent the last two weeks goofing off… Leah really didn’t pay any attention to me… She was always fawning over Wes who ignored her most of the time…

Macy caught me staring as I watched Wes talking to his friends while Leah stood off to the side looking down… frowning… “Sweetie… what’s wrong? Are you still walking me to class?” Leah looked at me and then back to the ground!

“Ya sure! Let’s go…” I grabbed her bag and as I turned to walk away our eyes met and I thought I saw a tear… I knew I couldn’t let her cry like that and I made myself promise to check on her later…

The only class we shared was English, so I made a point to get there early… Macy didn’t have that class with me and I asked Wes to run to the locker room and grab a notebook I purposely left in there… He of course did looking for any excuse to be late… Leah who was normally so cheerful, came in head down and those pretty pink lips were frowning again. As she walked by I slipped her a note. She looked pretty confused! “Just read it okay!”

Listen Leah! I know I have been a jerk and I am really sorry!

 I want to talk to you, but I don’t want Macy or Wes to find

Out… Could you meet me, please? If you can, I will be at

Jack Dalton park at 11pm tonight! Just think about it okay?

I watched her face for any signs of understanding… She quickly folded the paper and stuffed it in her pocket. She looked up a slight smile came across her face which quickly disappeared. I turned and Wes had entered the room… He strode across the room and claimed his seat in front of Leah… He grabbed one of my shoulders and asked if I had an extra pencil… I handed him one since I always kept extras for him…

As Mr. Langley started talking, I began to wonder why we were even friends… Has he changed that much or maybe it’s me? The way I see him now is a guy who is so arrogant he can’t see how much he is hurting the girl I…. Love!

“Mr. Brannon! I asked you to come up here and get your test!” My eyes snapped to attention. Our final exams were back and I knew I aced it! I walked to the front and grabbed the paper… “Would you please take these to Ms. Marshall and Mr. Tatum?”

“Ya sorry Mr. Langley, sure I will!” My test had a 100 on it and surprise, surprise Wes made an 80 and Leah scored a 97.  I dropped the test on Wes’s hand and he started high-fiving everyone around him. When I went to hand Leah her test her hand brushed mine… I know I felt chills, but did she?