Catch Me If You Can | BoyxBoy Romance | Completed

Chapter Four

✎Nathan

"Nathan, this is really good. Really, really good." My boss, James, smiled looking at my screen over my shoulder. I've been working at this marketing company for the past year now. Hearing praise from my boss means the world since I'm still considered the new guy.

As a graphic designer, securing a steady job like this is such a blessing. I want to maintain it as long as I can.

"Thanks so much." I smiled, shifting in my chair. I could live without his excessive closeness though. Boss man loves to get close. He drops his hand on my shoulder and gives it a squeeze. I swallow hard trying to keep back my obvious uncomfortable feelings.

"Yeah, good job." He whispered as he walked away.

Jeez. What was that?

I took out my phone and began scrolling on Instagram. My lunch break is coming up shortly and I knew exactly where I wanted to go and who I wanted to see.

Searching up her account, I quickly looked at the notification lighting up at the fact that she uploaded a new story.

I opened it up and smiled. She was at a café here in town. It was a boomerang of her outside sitting on a patio, and spooning some tiramisu in her mouth. She's so cute.

"Oh no, no, no." Before I could stop him, Marcus - my co-worker (and kind of my best friend, I guess), snatched my phone out of my hand.

"Stop! I was looking at something!" I snapped, trying to reach out to grab at my phone again.

"Oh trust me, I know. It's your daily ritual, remember. Stock Sarah. Call Sarah. See Sarah, Cry and repeat." He muttered, folding his arms across his chest. "I'm not letting you torture yourself AGAIN." He groaned.

I ran my hand over my face. "Dude, give me back my phone. You don't get it."

"What don't I get? You obsess over a girl that's been stringing you along for four years."

Dammit. He's got me beat there.

The truth is, I should hate her. After she cheated on me on prom night, I was heart broken. Not only by her but by my supposedly "best friend". I gritted my teeth just thinking about that night.

Yeah, that sucked. But the truth is, I didn't hate her. That was on him. He knew how much it meant to me. He shouldn't have crossed that line. He should've been my friend. Her? She was just sucked into the whole...Caleb of it all. It's him. Of course, she was seduced. I couldn't completely blame her.

During the months that we had dated in high school, she turned into one of my best friends. She made me laugh and was always there for me. She was kind and made me feel handsome, smart and wanted. It's a hard feeling to shake.

Caleb almost took that from me but in truth, we have stayed in contact since. All throughout college, she came to visit me at my campus. She felt awful for what happened and we spent loads of time together.

She was pretty private about her dating life and I didn't want to ask. All I knew was that we often saw each other and she was the only person I hooked up with. She was my first.

I love being her friend and I wouldn't give her up for the world. It's hard to explain, okay?

"It's honestly none of your business."

"It is when you're crying to me over your tenth beer at O'Rileys." Marcus rolled his eyes.

"Noted. I won't confide in you anymore. You done?"