True Friends & Hard Times (Emblem 3)

Chapter 8

"I'm sorry about tonight.", I began telling Alise. "I know how you hate scary movies. I wanted to choose a different one, but I didn't want to embarrass you because Keaton doesn't know that". I paused for a moment. "I know your not very fond of Maggie. But please give her a chance. For me. And I know we've been drifting apart, you always being with Keaton. And me always being with Drew. I'm sorry. I've been a pretty lousy friend lately. So much is happening. And I'm beginning to get scared.", I told her, just laying it all out. "I-". "No, stop.", she cut me off. "I've been the lousy friend. I didn't want Maggie coming between us, so I've been horrible to her on purpose, trying to make her look bad. Only I made myself look bad. And I've been with Keaton, to escape from having this talk with you, because I know it's all my fault and I didn't want to admit it to you.", she finished. "It's not all your fault. We both have part in it. But I'm glad you can admit this to me too.", I smiled, telling her. She gave me a hug and we just sat there for a moment. "I'm glad we got this all off our chest. And I hope things really do change this time. I can't take much more of this tension between the two of us.", I told her. "Agreed. We have some big changes to make. Starting with Maggie and I.", she told me, giving me a polite smile.

I quietly walked out of her room, shutting the door behind me, and heading back to mine. I opened the door and Maggie was asleep in my bed. I crawled in it, and she looked at me. "I'm sorry.", she said. "For?", I asked. "I heard some of what you and Alise were talking about. I didn't know I was such an intruder. I never meant to come between y'all. Promise.", she was telling me. She continued, "I didn't even know y'all were friends, I only have one class with her besides the one we all have together. I didn't know y'all were even, friends. I thought you were alone so I became your friend. Little did I know what I was getting myself into". "No Maggie, it's okay. You didn't know, now you do. That's what second chances are for. You might've heard some, but you obviously didn't hear the end of our conversation. Alise wants to become friends with you too. Everything's gonna work out now. We're cool girl. Nothing for you to apologize for.", I assured her. "Thank you. I'm so glad to finally feel welcomed around Alise now. I haven't felt welcomed around my friends in a few weeks now. And I needed a friend. Then you came along, and we hit it off instantly. We have so much in common, and we all dating the members of Emblem3. How cool is that?", she laughed. "Pretty amazing.", I agreed. "Go to sleep.", she laughed. "okay, night.", i told her. Then we rolled over and soon fell asleep.

The next morning I woke up and she wasn't in my bed. I texted her. *where are u* *in the tub. Be out in a sec* *ok that's fine*, I texted back. I went downstairs to eat breakfast. It was 10:30 am. I fixed me a piece of toast, and grabbed a piece of bacon off the breakfast tray. My mom or Mrs. Bryan must've been in the kitchen early this morning cooking it. I ate and went upstairs to find Alise. I opened her dot without knocking, and seen she was laying in her bed on the phone. "Is that Keaton?", I asked. "Yeah.", she smiled. "Tell my bro I said heyy.", I told her. She laughed, "Nicole said heyy bro". "He said hey sis.", Alise told me. "What y'all got planned for today"? "I don't know. What about you?", she asked me. "Not sure yet. But don't forget tonight we're meeting Mr. And Mrs. Stromberg.", I reminded her. "I remember, don't worry.", she told me, though I could obviously tell she'd forgotten. I went back into my room to find Maggie sitting in my bed face timing Wesley. "Well good morning.", she told me. "Morning.", I laughed. I woke up at around 10:30. If she's hinting at that being late, she's got a rude awakening she's got to get used to, I can sleep Til 1:30 in the afternoon. "Tell Nicole hey.", I heard Wesely say. "I heard that, I'm right here. But hey Wes.", I laughed.

"Hey why don't you tell the guys to come over.", I told Maggie. "Hey Wes, heard that? Nicole said for y'all to come over". "All 3 of us?", I heard Wesley ask. I shook my head telling Maggie yes. "We have a spare room you & Wes can chill in. Just don't do it.", I laughed. She put the phone on mute , "we aren't that serious yet. And even If we were, I wouldn't disrespect your parents house like that.", she laughed, taking the phone off of mute. "Yeah, Nicole said all 3 of y'all.", I heard her tell him. "Okay, be over in say, 30 minutes?", Wesley told her before hanging up. "I'm going put on some base real quick. Don't worry, that's all.", I told Maggie, walking into my bathroom. I quickly put on my new base, making my face look completely smooth. I used the restroom, brushed my teeth, combed my hair and threw it in a ponytail, and went back into my room. I went through my drawers, and changed into some black Nike shorts and a pink v-neck Nike shirt. I slipped on my toms and handed Maggie a t-shirt and some shorts to slip on, then we headed downstairs to watch TV and wait on the boys. A few minutes passed, and Alise came down stairs and sat down on the couch with us.

There was silence for a while. "You didn't tell me the boys were coming", Alise said. "It was just said, and I figured Keaton would. Sorry.", I told her. "Oh it's fine. I was just surprised when he told me he was on his way over.", she smiled, assuring it was alright. We watched 16 and pregnant until the boys arrived. When they finally did, they knocked and Alise let them in. Drew came sat down on side of me, giving me a hug and kiss. "Missed you.", he smiled at me. "Missed you too.", I returned the favor. "Still coming over tonight?", he asked. "Yes, Drew. How many times have you asked me?", I teased. "Sorry boo, just making sure. I'm looking forward to it.", he smiled at me. Me and drew had been seeing each other for about a week now, but it wasn't official. And I had to admit, I really liked him. I was waiting for him to tell me when we wanted to make it official, and I wasn't pushing anything. We were taking our time, and I thought it was sweet. Most guys don't do this now-a-days. "So, what should I wear tonight?", I asked him. "Whatever you want. You'll look gorgeous no matter what.", he flirted, before kissing me.

The guys stayed the whole day until about 5 pm. They decided to leave, knowing it'd take us three girls forever to get ready. We kissed them goodbye and waved as they drove away. Then we all went inside to get ready. Alise was going take a shower in her bathroom, I was going soak in my hot tub, and I showed Maggie the spare bathroom, so she could do whatever she preferred. Since she didn't have clothes to wear, we told her to put on what she wore last night, and we'd stop at her house on the way there and run inside to help pick out her outfit, and for her to quickly change into it. She agreed to this, so we had to hurry, to be able to leave a little early. Alise was ready before us. She walked in my room looking absolutely stunning, I swear my mouth dropped when I saw how gorgeous my best friend looked. "Damn.", I said to her, my mouth dropping. "What?", she asked, innocently. "You look effing hot.", I stared in amazement.