torn between

caving in

"Come on Sky. At least think about it." My friend Kayla pleaded as she plopped on my bed. We share a two man apartment. I was doing my makeup when she poked her head in my room. I proceeded to finish the last touches to my face and pulled my hair up in a cute messy bun.

"I don't know Kayla." I said as I now rummaged through my walk in closet for something to wear. I was babysitting tonight so I just decided on a pair of black yoga pants and a red nike hoodie. I went to my dresser and pulled out a pair of white socks and put my white air force 1's by my door so they were ready when I needed to leave.

I grabbed my phone, keys, and wallet and put them on my nightstand and then got on the large king bed wriggling my way to the middle to where Kayla was. She giggled mimicking my movement causing us to both burst out in laughter.

Kayla Rice has been one of my best friends for the past 3 years. I met her my junior year of high school and just now made it through freshman year of college with her. She is actually dating my best friend Jack. Jack Gilinsky. I have known Jack since I was 4 and he was 6. We were neighbors and my family had just moved from Australia. We became fast friends and grew close seeing as we both had a lot of the same interests. He was basically my older brother. I had three older sisters and a baby brother who passed away when he was 2. Jack always looked out for me but he never babied me. He always treated me like one of the bros. And i was perfectly cool with that. We told each other everything. Our parents built us a tree house in his backyard and we'd have sleep overs and spend hours lying awake looking at the stars, planning our futures and just being innocent kids. I loved every minute of it. We were neighbors until my family moved back to Australia when I was 11. Jack came and visited for a few months when I was 12. During the next several years we kept in contact with each other. I could see how much he was growing and how much he had changed physically. My friends were always commenting on how cute or sexy he was and they constantly asked that when I moved back to the states would I date him. I had always just laughed and brushed their teasing aside. Besides he had a girlfriend. Her name was Madison. But when I saw Jack for the first time after so many years I couldn't deny how cute he was now that I saw him in person. At 18 years old, Jack was a very popular senior with many people especially the girls. I couldn't get over how much he had changed. He was stil the same goofy, smart kid, but he looked so different. He was perfect.
Although things weren't the same as when we were younger, we still hung out a lot and had so much fun. Not long after i came back he and Madison broke up. They had only dated for a year. Now it was just Jack and I. But things changed when Kayla came along. She was a transfer student. Jack really liked her. He got all tongue tied when Kayla was around. He would actually blush. Like what the fuck?! I also started to notice he would put more effort into his looks-not like he needed it. I was fine with all this until he started to act strange around me. like he would hold open the door for me. Something he never did, or he would apologize for little things or take it easy on me in video games or sports. I eventually got tired of it and told him that if he liked her so much just ask her out. But stop being weird with me. It took much convincing and pep talks to finally give him the courage to ask Kayla out. I never in a million years thought Jack could get so frazzled over a girl. But it was the cutest thing when he asked her out and he couldn't keep the smile of his face when she said yes. A few weeks later they announced they were official. And I was more than relieved because my best friend was back to normal. I too even found myself someone. His name was Parker and I honestly thought we'd work out until he dumped me over text 3 days ago.

"Please, please?" Kayla said giving me those notorious puppy eyes of hers.

Kayla was stunning. She had long thick black hair and the bluest eyes you'd ever seen. Her tan skin and bright smile just added to the package. She was 5'5" and slender with perfect curves. She was the talk of several boys and even girls. She always made me feel insecure. At 5'3" I was not as slender as her. I was in no way chubby or heavy. I too was pretty thin but still felt big compared to her. I always envied how perfect Kayla was. I had thicker thighs and a bigger butt than her. I don't know. My mom always told me men are attracted to that. I found that hard to believe. I was very fit from playing, soccer, volleyball, and basketball all my life. And I always tried to run in my free time. I had brown hair and rather large green eyes. There are two things that I'm very insecure about. My body and my smile. It's something really stupid but when I was doing dumb shit with my friends when i was about 15m i accidentally chipped the bottom of my front right tooth. You cant really tell unless you look closely but it was something that really bugged me. Other than that I have perfectly straight white teeth. I just let a stupid little chip ruin my confidence.

"Don't give me those eyes. It won't work on me. Maybe on Jack or your parents but not me." I laughed.

"Skylar, it would be so fun. Seriously! Two weeks in North Carolina on the beach what more could you ask for?" Kayla asked sitting up.

I groaned. "That sounds amazing but I really should work and..."

Kayla cut me off. "Stop right there. Girl, all you ever do is work. Literally, did you go to any of the parties last semester? Nope! Ya didn't. You worked, studied and slept. That's not a life. Besides you have plenty saved so don't even come at me with the whole, 'I need money for school and rent bullshit.' It will be a nice break. Especially after the whole thing with you know who." She said reffering to my asshole ex-boyfriend. "Its going to be great, we'll be staying in Jack's grandparents beach house!"

"Who all is going?" I asked.

"Jack, me, Nate, Johnson, and Sam." Kayla said counting off her fingers.

I knew Johnson almost as well as I knew Jack. They are best friends too. I had seen Nate around school when he wasn't too hungover to go to class. But Sam I had only seen from photos or had only ever heard him talked about. Apparently he would be transferring to our school next semester and Jack and the other guys were really excited.

"You have to come, otherwise I'll be the only girl." Kayla said.

I couldn't bear the thought of Kayla whining at me anymore.
"Fine! Fine, fine fine!" I said sitting up too. "You win. I'll go. Happy?"

Kayla let out an ear piercing squeal and threw her arms around me. "Yes now I'm happy! I'll tell Jack that we need one more ticket. Oh shit I almost forgot, we leave in 2 days so you better get packed baby girl, and get whatever bikini shopping you need done."

"Thanks for telling me now." I teased as she released me from her bear hug. We both laughed and she headed for the door. Have fun babysitting because it's gunna be a while before you have any responsibilities."

I signed as she closed the door. I lay back on my bed and looked at my alarm clock. Fuck! It's already 5:15. I need to be there for babysitting at 6 and it's at least a 30 minute drive. I hopped off my bed, grabbed my stuff and put on my shoes. I yelled a quick bye to Kayla as I rushed out the door to my car. So much for an always on time record.

A/n - Hey y'all let me know what y'all think so far. let me know what y'all are into. No promises tho ;)
Also smut might be coming along later in the story (wink wink). I usually tend to notice that y'all a little more freaky and like that stuff. Hehe! <3