What could have been

what could have been ch4

Chapter 4

Frankie POV

I'll kill him! That's what I'll do! If that backstabber thinks he can steal Natalie away from me like that he's dead wrong.

All i could remember from last night was Andres saying "....I wanted to ask her out." And i just lost it! Andres never stops at anything to get what he wants. So, what he was basicly telling me, was that he was going to ask Natalie out and i better get used to it. Oh no! Not this time.

I came at him, blind with rage, and knocked him out with one swift punch. After that I realized what I did and got him inside and put an ice pack on his face. Then i went to sleep.

So here I am now and Andres hasn't spoken one word to me. I feel bad....but not THAT bad to go and apologize. I've liked Natalie since the fifth grade and he thinks he can just swoop down and take her away from me like that?

Why does he even want to go out with Natalie anyway? Sure, he thinks she's cute...but Andres doesn't get with girls for that reason. He was going to use Natalie for something....and I'm going to find out what it is.

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Jessie POV

Why does he want to ask Natalie out?

I pondered this same question over and over again as I continued running. The training we did for cross country was ALWAYS strenuous! Especially since we trained in the summer, it was even hotter.

"Jessie are you ok?" My friend Marilyn questioned. There was a genuine concern in her eyes. Why wasn't Andres ever concerned about me? Wait....WHAT!? Who cares if he cares! He obviously only cares about Natalie. Admitting that to myself hurt...but why?

"Uh...yeah....just all this running is making me REALLY tired!" I lied. Just then coach blew her whistle signaling the end of practice.

"Well it's good that practice is over than!" Marilyn said cheerfully. "Do you wanna come over and spend the night? You can shower at my place if you want."

I knew that i needed to talk to Andres or else this would haunt me all day. But why should I even care though? He cares about getting Natalie and that's that. Gosh i really need to stop thinking about this. I'm starting to sound like a love-sick puppy.

"Sure," I said warmly. "Just let me call my mom to tell her. That way she doesn't ground me for the rest of eternity!"

Marilyn was one of the closest friends I had. But, she was like a secret close friend. Nobody would think we were extremely close, but we were. I needed to get out the house though. My group was causing way too much drama.

Marilyn and I started walking to her house that was five blocks away from where we trained. She was by far the fastest girl runner on the team. She can run three miles in under 22 minutes! I usually average around 26-27 minutes. I'm not slow....but compared to Marilyn I'm definitely not fast either.

We started talking about all these different topics from shoes to getting hit by cars to telling how to spot a cop car. Yeah....this is definitely the break i need.

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Andres POV

He punched me! HE punched ME! It came out of nowhere. One minute i was setting up to make my next shot, and the next I'm on the floor unconscious. I think he broke my nose. What a jerk! Has he forgot who I am?

If he thinks I'm letting Natalie be his claim.......he needs a dose of reality. Just because he did that, now I'm really going to ask her to be my girlfriend. At first I was debating because Frankie liked her, but he PUNCHED me! All's fair in love and war.

For me this isn't about love though....it's about jealousy. I'm pretty sure my plan will work. Unless of course, Natalie finds out and ruins everything.

I know she likes me, so getting her to be my girlfriend won't be hard. You can just tell she does. She's always flirting with me, hitting me playfully, and touching my hair. She is so annoying sometimes, but I guess I'll just have to deal with it until the time comes.

What i needed to do was tell Jessie that I was asking Natalie out. She probably already knows though because I saw her and Frankie talking this morning. Frankie looked pissed off and Jessie looked...irritated? And I think even...sad?

Of course, she could looked irritated because she and everybody else knows that Frankie likes Natalie...and I'm kind of getting in the way. And she possibly looked sad because she knew me, just like Frankie does, that i get what i want.

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