Leaving The Friendzone

Chapter 39

Elena Sergio.

I couldn't believe Matthew and I had our first ever argument since we first started hanging out solely because we'd become too busy to spend time together.

I wasn't able to make it to the dinner on Friday like we'd been scheduled because the rehearsals had begun and ended too late, and then Mathew had gotten upset because he'd been waiting at the restaurant and he thought I'd stood him up and then when I tried to explain he wouldn't listen to me. Okay, even if he didn't listen to me, I could see the doubt in his eyes, and then I got upset because he was doubting my words, and boom before I could even stop it, one big, silly argument broke out between us both.

And I hated that it did. I hated not being able to speak to Matthew. It was hard enough when we weren't speaking when I thought he was trying to set KJ and me wrong. And now it is happening again? We hadn't talked all through Saturday and Sunday and now Monday to he hadn't said a word to me. We had a class together and he still didn't speak to me. It was getting really bad, and for a moment just before the break, I felt like I was just going to embarrass myself in front of the whole class by bursting into tears.

Now it was lunchtime and I was sitting alone at the table staring down at my food and wondering what I could do to patch up things.

"Hey, baby girl!"

At once I looked up and my gaze fell on Megan, a wide smile across her face.

"Hey!" I smiled back, pushing away the sad feeling enveloping my emotions.

"Why the face?" She stared at me after placing her lunch tray on the table. Then she looked around. "And why can't I see Matthew anywhere here, with you, as he should be?"

"What face?" I answered her first question instead, avoiding the one about Matthew.

"The all sad bad-day face," she stated, picking up an apple.

"You must have seen wrong," I scoffed. "I mean, does it seem like I'm upset at the moment?"

I kept my gaze on her, unwavering, while hers remained on mine unwavering too.

"Alright!" She breathed finally, dropping her apple. "What's going on?"

"What do you mean?" I feigned ignorance.

"I can tell there's something up. I was this same way last week when Bart and I argued, so yeah I would know."

"Ohh," I drawled. "I knew it! I knew there was something up last week."

She chuckled. "Yeah yeah, we'd had this huge argument so I guess I was just venting."

"So what happened?" I asked, folding my arms on the table and keeping my eyes on her.

"Well, he kissed this broad at a friend's party we went to and I was really upset but then I realized there was no need to be because he was drunk and I know if he wasn't he'd never have done that. So yeah, I forgave him."

"Oh," I blinked after she was done. "Wow. I'm just glad you both worked things out."

"Yeah," Megan smiled. "I just wish he was in this school too, but that's by the way? So, what's up with you and Matthew?"

I sighed, looking down at my food. "We had this argument a couple of days ago and now he's not speaking to me and I'm not ready to speak to him either."

"Bummer," Megan murmured. "Argument about what though?"

"He, uh, he thought I stood him up at a date we were supposed to have." I shrugged.

"You know, I shouldn't have asked because it's irrelevant now," Megan waved. "What is important right now is the fact I've seen you love him, Elena. And he does too. So you both need to patch things up."