At my Lowest (Under rewriting)

Dakota

I waited in the car for Ethan to bring back the subs.
He seemed nervous while we were driving and I'm a little worried for him. I always want him happy!

He slid into the car after a few minutes and handed me my sub.

"Thank you baby" I was smiling at him as brightly as possible. Not because I wanted to cheer him up, though I do want to. I'm just really hungry.

"Dakota, I need to tell you something"

Oh no.

Dakota? Like why not Coco or baby or darling or some cute crap. He hasn't called me Dakota since my mom died and now I'm extra worried.

"Baby, you're scaring me. What's wrong?" I took his hand and stared into his eyes waiting for him to reply.

"Look, There's a family friend. I've been friends with her forever because of Jen and she's always had a thing for me. She left for England a year ago and I had a crush on her, so I told her I'd wait for her and when she came back I'd date her."

That's a lot to take in. I still have questions though like, is she pretty? Is she kind? How much of a crush did he have? And what is her name?

He read my mind.

"Her name is Alessia. Jen told me she was moving back and she still intended to keep the promise I made her. I thought you should know" he looked at me like he was so sorry.

I just wanted to see her. See how she is and if maybe she'll see him happy and back down. Even be friends with me maybe.

"I want to meet her, I want to see what she's like."

"Alright Coco, she's transferring to our school and she starts tomorrow. I'll introduce you two."

He kissed me and drove us back to school.

I felt uneasy when I walked into the gym. Is she athletic?
I need to stop worrying about this girl and focus though.

"Kota!!"

I walked over to Ava and Layla and Ava looked at me shocked.

"What Ava? You're looking at me like I ate your last donut." She's obsessed with donuts and that's not a fat joke because she is perfect.

Me and Layla chuckled and Ava smiled mischievously at me.

"what was that in English?" She's in my English class and she's always been one for drama.

She motioned to Ethan and I rolled my eyes knowing she thought something interesting happened.

Well, something did happen. But Alessia, not us making out in the school parking lot or whatever she thought.

Layla looked at me confused and Ava explained a little dramatically.

"OOO GIRL. I need me an Ethan because that boy is something" Layla said while fanning herself.

"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear my twin sister talk about my best friend like that."

Layla and I turned around to face Ethan and Javon looking at Layla like she was crazy. She tried to explain herself but she ended up looking stupid while me and Ava laughed at her.

"Well, my boyfriend is amazing isn't he?" I wrapped my arms around Ethan and hugged him while Ava and Layla looked at me like they were proud mothers.

"Yeah yeah, Ethan's hot we get it" Javon crossed his arms and Layla rolled her eyes at him.

I noticed Ava looking at Javon with a familiar look.

The way I look at Ethan.

I gasped and let go of Ethan to cover my mouth.

Ava widened her eyes and tilted her head to tell me to shut up. Everyone else looking at me confused.

I raised my hands in surrender and everyone went back to their conversations.

I pulled Ethan aside to fill him in.

You might think I'm a bad bestie but Ethan's close with Javon and we can play matchmaker together!

"Ava likes Javon! So we could set them up."

"No, Javon wouldn't be with her"

I sadly looked at him and crossed my arms in annoyance.

"Babe, Javon likes a smart girl and Ava is well Ava."

"You don't know that he wouldn't like her!"

"Wanna bet?"

Did he just challenge me to something I'm going to definitely lose?

"Yeah, I do want to bet!"

"Alright fine then,

Welp this loss is going to hurt my ego...

"Whatever"

I shook his hand to finalize our bet and we continued with our day.

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The next day..

I walked into school and I was dreading the day already.

Volleyball really made me sore.

I walked to my locker and I unlocked it. I got my books and looked over to Ethan's locker.

I saw a tall girl who was tan with dark brown hair and green eyes.

If that's Alessia, I'm out of luck.

I walked over to them and smiled at Ethan waiting for him to involve me in the conversation.

"Oh sorry, Alessia this is my girlfriend, Dakota."

Oh no, this stunning girl is the girl who has a crush on my boyfriend. What kind of coming-of-age movie is this?

"Hi Alessia, I've heard a lot about you. You're very pretty!"

"Oh, you're the girlfriend?"

She looked at me in a weird way that made me second-guess my outfit for a second.

I was wearing a green shirt with a white miniskirt and a green trucker hat.

The keyword is second because right after I realized how good I looked.

I looked her over to see her white tube top with a leather skirt and white fanny pack.

"That's me, you're the best friend?" I smiled at her to show her that she was friend zoned and I was as she said the girlfriend.

"Yes, I am" She latched her arm around Ethan's and kissed him on the cheek.

I started my stance and looked at them wide-eyed.

"Sorry it's a thing in England" she winked at me

"Oh is it?"

Liam walked over to us and looked at me and Alessia confused at why were glaring at each other.

I looked at Liam and took him aside for a second.

"Look, Alessia is trying to make me jealous so I need you to do something crazy I don't care what" I started to walk back and Liam just shrugged.

We walked back over to Alessia and Ethan and Ethan looked at me confused.

Liam kissed my hand and I was taken aback for a good minute before realizing I gave Liam full control to be stupid and involve me in his stupidity.

"Oh sorry, it's a thing in Mexico"

I started to walk to class but found myself in my car breaking down.

I'm not going to let this happen to me, never ever again.