BFFN: Best Friends For Never

Chapter 2

Chapter 2-  "A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down."

-Arnold H. Glasow

"Jonathan! You have to film from this angle!" Taylor whined.

Jonathan sighed, then dragged his feet over to where she was pointing. This had been going on for over half an hour, with Jonathan "never filming from the right spot" and Taylor demanding him over.

When are you going to edit?

You heard Taylor, when Jonathan is finished.

And when will that be?

I don't know! Whenever he's done!

Well tell him to hurry the heck up, because I'm bored.

No! We are going to wait here until they're done, which is soon, hopefully.

Fine.

Naturally, Taylor was singing a song by Taylor Swift, who was her idol.

No duh. Take a look at the walls of this room. Taylor Swift posters everywhere.

Shut up.

"She wears short skirts, I wear tee shirts, she's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers!" Taylor was singing You Belong With Me, and surprisingly, she wasn't bad. You'd think with her screechy voice that she would be terrible, but she wasn't.

But her voice was made for Pop Music, which you hate.

That's true. But that doesn't mean she's bad.

She's just okay.

Am I honestly arguing with myself? How is that even possible?

"Charlotte! Wake up!" Taylor clapped her hands in my face.

"...Yes. I was listening the whole time." I said, snapping out of my thoughts.

"It's time to edit!" she replied.

An hour later, and I clicked the Done button on the computer. I had edited together parts of her singing, and fixed the audio and added cool effects. I was completely satisfied with my work.

"Taylor! It's finished!" I called.

She watched my masterpiece, then squealed, throwing her arms around me.

"Yay! I love it!" she shrieked.

Ouch. Tell her to tone it down a bit, will ya?

I winced.

"Thanks," I mumbled.

...............

"Jonathan! Pauline! Your parents are here!" Taylor shouted.

Jonathan and Pauline entered the room, each shot a glare at Taylor, then went outside to their separate cars.

"So, Charlotte! I have something to tell you!" she said excitedly.

I nodded, waiting for her to continue.

"Today, I realized that Jonathan and Pauline are weird. Like, major freaks. So I told them that I didn't want to be friends with them anymore! I want to be best friends with you! Isn't that exciting?"

She just ditched her friends for you.

"Look, Taylor," I started. "That's really sweet of you but-"

Sweet? That's a load of bullcrap.

"-you should really stay friends with Jonathan and Pauline. I don't want you to lose two friends because of me."

Her face dropped. "Are you-are you saying you don't want to be my friend?"

"No! No. I'm just saying that you shouldn't have to break up with your old friends for a new one. I'm nothing special."

She hesitated. "I can totally, like, see where you're coming from. But lately Pauline has been clingy and just disgusting, and Jonathan is well, you know, Jonathan. I still have a crush on him, but that'll be easy to get over. I've been looking for someone new."

I shrugged. "As long as I'm not interfering, then we're cool. Friends?" I held out my hand.

"Of course," she smiled.

...............

I missed the bus today, so I ended up walking. I made it to school in the nick of time, too. I was at my locker when Alaina stormed over.

"You're 'besties' now with Taylor?" she hissed.

"We're friends, Alaina. Chill."

"Chill? We're talking about Taylor here."

"Oh, give me a break, Alaina. You and I are still friends. Remember that? So cool it." I sighed impatiently.

"I'm warning you, Charlotte. I don't like that Taylor girl, not one bit."

"And why is that?" I ran a hand through my hair.

"She's just no good. I don't want her ugliness and weirdness rubbing off on you."

"What happened to you not being mad at me? Didn't we have already have this conversation a few days ago?"

"Yeah, we did. But that doesn't matter. Look, I still want to be your best friend, but not if you're friends with Taylor. I'm giving you one last chance. If you choose her over me, let me know." Alaina huffed and stomped away.

Was she being serious? 'If you choose her over me, let me know.' That's so obnoxious.

I know, it is. But is Taylor worth my losing Alaina? I thought, as I walked to Geometry.

If Alaina wants to control you, then maybe she's not worth it.

I sighed as I sat down. I took out my homework as the teacher came around to collect it.

What are you going to do?

At this point, who even cares?

"Something on your mind? You've had a dazed look in your eyes for the past ten minutes." I heard a voice say from next to me. I turned to see Cameron studying me with a concerned look in his eyes.

Way to go.

"A bit overwhelmed, that's all." I replied.

"Want to tell me why?" he said softly.

"It's personal," I explained.

"Okay. If you ever want to talk though, I'm here-"

"It's just that I'm having some issues with one of my friends," I blurted out, interrupting him. He smirked, nodding for me to continue.

"You know Taylor Sasetti, right?" I asked.

"I'm pretty sure everyone knows her." he responded.

"Well I've been hanging out with her lately. I mean, she's really nice! But my best friend Alaina is telling me that I can't be with Taylor, and that I have to choose between one of them. What am I supposed to do?" I put my head in my hands.

"Do whatever you think will make you happy," he tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear.

I tried to smile, but it turned out as a grimace.

I turned to copy down the problems on the board, and throughout the rest of the class I saw Cameron watching me carefully out of the corner of my eye.

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A/N:

Alright, well there is Chapter 2!

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