One bet, One love

Chapter 15

   There were 2 people sitting on a bench that was like 7 metres away from us. And those people were Carl and Bianca...
  They were talking and laughing.
  James looked ready to explode, and he went up to them. I knew he might do something stupid, so i followed him.
  Carl and Bianca noticed us, and they got up.
  James was first to talk:
  - What the heck? Bianca, what in the world are you doing with this idiot?
  - What? Can't i have any friends?
  - You can. Of course you can. But why him? From all people in the world, you chose him - my enemy?
  - Why are you always protective of me? Just leave me alone!
  - Yeah, bro. You always say something to her about me. You really are trying to stop us from being friends, Carl said.
  - You stay out of this!
  After saying that, James almost punched him. But before he could do it, i stopped his hand.
  James looked at me:
  - Why did you do that? he said, still angry.
  - James, i said calm, don't do it. You-
  Before i could finish my sentence, James got his hand free, rolled his eyes, and walked away.
  I've decided to follow him, again. I was sure he'll do something stupid.
  - James! Wait! I tried stopping him.
  I started to run to him, and finally stopped him from walking more.
  - What? Aren't you friends with Carl? Weren't you supposed to take his side? James was mad.
  - Actually, Carl and i aren't friends no-more, but that doesn't matter right now. What really matters is: what's up with you? Every time you are near Carl, you give him death glares. And you also said that he was your enemy. What happened?
  James hesitated for a moment, and then responded:
  - You really want to know the whole story?
  - Yeah.
  - Ok, fine. It all started 11 years ago...

  Flashback
  *James' pov*

  I was on the swing in a local playground, when someone pushed me!
  - Hey! That's not cool!
  The person who pushed me just laughed.
  - Oh yeah? Whatcha going to do about you?
  I got up, and i was about to say something, when somebody else did it for me.
  - Hey! You! Leave him alone!
  I turned to see who it is, and i saw a kid my age, looking confident.
  - Or what? the bully said.
  - Or I'll punch you really hard, the boy said.
  The bully didn't belive it until the boy started snapping his fingers, and he ran away.
  - Thank you! I'm James, btw.
  - I'm Carl!
  And from that day on, we've became best friends.
  But one day, in middle school, i saw that Carl was talking to some of the popular boys at the time.
  I tried approaching him, but he was really rude to me.
  - Hey, bro! How's you doing?
  - Go away. You're embarrassing me.
  - What? But i thought that we're bros.
  - Not anymore. You're boring, and Mark (one of the popular kids) is better than you.
  And then, they just walked away.
  I was hurt for days, even weeks. Carl and his new friends were rude to me. He acted like he was better than me, and this is were, it all started...

  Back to present day
  *Ellie's pov*

  - So now you know. Are you happy?
  I was still kind of shocked from the story. I've never seen this part of James. I kinda felt bad.
  - I'm sorry you've been through this...
  - I mean, it's not your fault, so you shouldn't apologise for something you didn't do...
  There were some moments of total silence.
  - Well uhmm, i gotta go. See you.
  He started to walk away, but i stopped him:
  - Wait!
  He turned to me.
  - Yeah?
  - Look, i know our past isn't the best, but uhmm... I've been thinking... maybe we should start over?
  He looked shocked and happy at the same time.
  - Really? You will give me a chance?
  - Don't make me regret this decision.
  - Oh sorry. And yeah, sure. I'd love to start over.

  After that day, me and James got closer, and all those feelings were back.
  Bianca and Carl started dating, and James accepted them finally. Him and Carl didn't seem to hate each other, and that was great!
  Ashley was being the supportive friend she was, and belived James would change.
  And when i thought that this was the end of the story, it wasn't, and you'll see why.