Folklore teenage love triangle - short stories

"I was walkin' home on broken cobblestones.."

"I was walkin' home on broken cobblestones
Just thinkin' of you when she pulled up like
A figment of my worst intentions
She said "James, get in, let's drive"
Those days turned into nights
Slept next to her, but
I dreamt of you all summer long"

(this takes place before/ during Augustine's part)

~James' POV~

I kick a stone along with me was I'm walking home, but it keeps getting stuck. Who was the genius who thought cobblestone sidewalks were a good idea? I bend down to pick it up, but then headlights approach me. The lights are blinding me, but the car pulls up next to me, and a head pops out the window - A cute freckled head.

"Augustine?" I say confused.

"In the flesh" she giggles as she turns down the radio. "Where you headed?"

"Um, you know" I look around me "home. Just got off work" "Right" she snaps her fingers "you work at the diner just off Main Street."

I laugh "Yep, that's the one."

"Is a.. is something bothering you?" she asks.

"Um.." I debate whether or not I should tell her the truth "I'm just thinking about Betty. You know, my girlfriend from back home I was telling you about? I left when we weren't on the best terms and I haven't talked to her in a while" "Oh... gotcha"

Now it's awkward. "yeah, so I'm gonna keep going. Bye." "Bye" she waves at me as I continue on my way home.

After no more than 20 seconds, she pulls up next to me again and opens the door to the passenger seat. "James, get in. Let's drive!" "Uh, what?" "Come on! It's one thing that you've been working all summer but to be sad like this? Not on my watch. Get in" I laugh "Ok, fine!"

After about an hour and a half of driving around, listening to music, talking, and a doughnut run August pulls up at my drive way. It's really quiet right now-Like extremely.

"I had a really good time today," she finally blurts out
"yeah yeah me too" I give her a smile and get out of the car. Just as I'm about to close the door August stops me
"Do you want to hang out again? Like, tomorrow night?" "Sure, why not?"
"Great! Meet me behind the mall at 7:30. And don't be late" "Deal. Bye!"
"Bye!"

It's been a little over a week since that day. We've been hanging out a lot. Tonight we're going to a beach bonfire. It happens every year, it's one of the only times almost every kid our age comes together in this town. I don't see them all year so it's really nice to have everybody together.

I meet Augustine there. We drink, eat, play volleyball and makes s'mores.

"Here, hold this" I hand her the marshmallow bag "I'm gonna go get a drink" "k"
I open the cooler and grab two cans of Coke.
"So, Betty finally dumped you?" "What?" I turn around and see Patrick "No, why would you say that?"
"Pff, I don't know man. Maybe the fact that I've seen you with August all summer?" "August? Nah we're just hanging out. You know, friends." He pats me on the back "Right" "Whatever, man" I say as I walk back to the bonfire. "Hey you know what they say" he shouts after me, "chase two girls.."

And for a moment it felt like everything froze. That sentence. I've heard that sentence before.
Chase two girls, lose the one.
But I can't seem to remember where it's from. And Patrick is probably too drunk to think straight.

I sit down next to Augustine and hand her a can. "What did Patrick want?" I turn my head back to him "Uh.. nothing he's just drunk" she laughs awkwardly "Not surprising. So um, Alexa, Hailee and a bunch of other people are staying here overnight, you down?" I take a marshmallow and stuff it in my mouth "Sure why not".

Then she stands up. "Come on" she's holding her hand out signaling for me to take it. "Where are we going?" I say as I put my hand in hers "I wanna show you a spot"

She pulls me away from the bonfire to a spot under the cliff. It's dark, but not too dark since the light from the town shines from over the cliff. "This... this really is a pretty cool spot."
She sits down and says "Yeah me and my brother found it one night a few years ago".
I sit down in front of her. She touches my leg "Is something wrong?" I start thinking about Betty and how everything went wrong and what Patrick had said earlier, but I just say "no"

Then things start to move very quickly. She leans closer to me, and for some reason I lean closer to her. And then we kiss. She puts her hands on my cheeks and starts lay me down. She whispers "Are you sure?" I nod "yeah" and keep kissing her.

We go back to the group and see people getting comfortable for sleep. I put my head on my hoodie that I turned into a pillow and August puts her head on my stomach. And I think about Bettt. Oh my god Betty. I fall asleep dreaming about her. I've been dreaming about her a lot recently.

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