Changing Avery

Chapter Nine - Truth or Dare

‘Yes you’re a horrible friend’ laughed Lucy into the phone. We had finally been able to catch each other after dozens of failed attempts.

‘I know’ I said guiltily.

‘Shut up! I’m joking’ she said laughing again ‘I miss you!’

‘I miss you too!’ I said.

‘I miss you Lucy!’ yelled parker from where he sat across from me.

‘Is that Parker?’ she asked ‘tell him I miss him too’ I forgot she “knew” him.

 ‘She misses you too’ I told Parker.

‘Yesss’ he said fist bumping the seat. He was such a strange child.

‘So what’s been happening?’ she asked.

‘Oh you have no idea’ I said. Moving into my bedroom from where I sat in the living room, I filled her in on everything. Our London adventures, the boy’s concert, Asher in all his temperamental-ness and the whole Diana situation. I told her everything except the whole “Colton’s not really my boyfriend!” thing.

‘And Hudson?’ she asked curiously.

‘Oh Hudson’s good’ I said, remembering what he had told me about them ‘speaking of which, you little shit!’ I yelled into the phone.

‘What?’

‘You. Hudson. Christmas. Ring any bells? Cause it didn’t ring any of my bells, seeing as a certain someone and I do mean you, didn’t tell me!’ I said trying not to laugh.

‘I’m so sorry!’ she said ‘I didn’t know how to tell you! I didn’t know if it would be weird, because he is like your older brother and then I thought it didn’t mean anythi-’

‘Shut up!’ I yelled ‘You’re forgiven’ I breathed into the phone.

‘Thank god!’ she laughed ‘Wait Hudson told you about us?’

‘Maybe’

‘Does he like me?’ she asked getting excited.

‘I don’t know? Ask him yourself’ I said even though I did know.

‘Cant you ask him for me?’

‘No’ I said ‘we’re not in grade school!’ I said.

‘Whatever’ she said ‘I guess I’ll never know’

It was good talking to Lucy, I felt as if it had been years since our last chat, when really it had only been a week. I soon realized that I hadn’t spoken to her since the night of my birthday. It had been before everything. Colton. London. It felt like centuries ago with everything that had happened, with everything that had changed. I felt like a different person, a new version of my old self, a new and improved version.

‘So Diana hey?’ she said ‘I remember Hudson mentioning her once when I asked about why Colton was such a womanizer, sorry I didn’t tell you, I just didn’t think it mattered’

‘It doesn’t matter’ I said ‘I just wish I didn’t have to see her every day!’

‘Yeah it must be hard for you and Colton, especially since you’ve only just gone public’

‘Yeah’ I said. I wish that’s what I had meant. The truth was she made me feel insecure and self conscious.

‘Hey, I gotta run! But I will talk to you tomorrow’ she said.

‘Okay! Talk then!’ I said before clicking off. Collapsing on my bed, I couldn’t help but feel slightly guilty about lying to Lucy. But was I really lying when the rest of the world thought I was dating Colton? And was I really lying when for all I knew, I could be? Confusion washed over me causing me to sigh.