Kept Unbroken? (Do not read)

Déjà vu

*** LEXIE'S POV ***

I saw Nicole come downstairs dressed up, then I saw her leave with Asher. I finally came up with the conclusion that this summer was the most messed up summer in my entire life. Never in a million years would I think that she would go out with him.

After the movie I was watching finished I went upstairs to my room. I decided that I wanted to listen to one of my CDs, but I had to find them first. I looked around my room and didn't see them laying around. I went to my closet and spotted a box on the self and grabbed it.

When I pulled it down something else fluttered down to the ground. It was a piece of paper folded up. I picked it up and tossed it on to a stand that was next to my bed. I opened the box and all of my CDs were in there. I put one in and laid down on my bed. I grabbed my phone off of my pillow and saw a text from a number I didn't know.

*What are you wearing?*

I narrowed my eyes at the number, knowing I had seen it somewhere. It hit me that Nicole and I had found out Austin and Alex's numbers so we could torment them, but we never did. I recognized the number as Alex's.

I had to think about it for a minute, whether or not I wanted to reply. The only reason I could think of to not text him was he was annoying, but I let it go and replied.

*Why don't you come down the hall and find out?"

That's how it started. Those two texts turned into hours of us texting back and forth. Surprisingly, we never ran out of things to talk about. We either talked about random things or learned things about each other.

We finally stopped texting when Alex said that he could barely keep his eyes open. I looked at the time and my eyes widened. It was a little after three in the morning. I hopped off my bed and went downstairs to get a snack. I passed the living room and heard whispering. I stopped in my tracks, a sudden sense of déjà vu washing over me. I leaned against the wall an I could hear Austin talking.

"They aren't friends anymore."

"They got into an argument on the beach. I haven't haven't heard them even say five words to each other since."

"Am I done? I did everything you wanted, got close to both of them, then got between them."

"Yeah, I'm hanging out with Nicole later so I can keep an eye on at least one of them."

"Okay, bye."

My eyes went wide and I panicked. I silently darted out of the back door that led to the deck. I glanced back into the house and saw him walking towards the door I ran out of with a panicked look. I guess I didn't close the door quietly enough.

I ran off of the deck and into the sand. I went to the other side of the house so that he couldn't see me. I knew I could go straight back into the house because he could still be down there or hear me come in. Since I was already in the sand I decided to go down to the beach and walk.

I walked for a few minutes until I got to my favorite spot. I sat down just far enough from the water that I wouldn't get wet. I looked out over the water and thought about everything Austin said.

He purposely came between mine and Nicole's friendship. That was his goal, getting us to fight and not be friends. The sucky part was, we let him succeed. We let him win by fighting. I felt like punching him or screaming at him. I should have let him know that I knew, but instead I ran away and ended up here.

I sat there and tried to blank out my thoughts, but there was still the decision of what I should do. He told whoever he was on the phone with he was hanging out with Nicole later. I should tell her before.

I got up an brushed off my shorts an legs. I went back to the house and quietly crept up to my room. I laid down and looked over to see the piece of paper. I grabbed it and unfolded it. I looked over it and my face broke out in a smile.

It was the promise Nicole and I made back when we were in second grade. Our first year here was that summer. We ended up asking Zander to help us type it on the computer. We had found a contract paper and made it look like that, we even signed it. We both had one, the one that we signed, but I doubt either of us even thought about it after that summer. I looked at my horrid handwriting where I wrote my name and then read over the whole thing.

** I promise that I will not let any boy come between me and my best friend. When it comes to boys, I will not get mad, jealous, or be mean. I will not talk to a boy, or like a boy that my best friend likes. If I break this promise, I am no longer a best friend. I am a horrible friend.**

I scoffed, obviously it did not apply anymore. It should, but it didn't work out that way. Reading that made me feel really bad. I was a horrible friend. I didn't do my part as a best friend. Now I had to fix it. I had to get Nicole to listen to me first though.