My bestfriend from childhood [Completed]

Chapter Eight

She wasn't wrong, Luke texted me the minute I got home. We ended up hanging out at the park. He asked me to hang out two days later again;, we went roller skating in the neighboring town. Then a day later, he asked me out again to go see a movie. In the span of two weeks, we ended up hanging out almost every afternoon; he'd pick me up, we'd do whatever plans we have planned, meet up with his friends to finish last-minute homework, and do some studies, then he'd drop me back home.

We flirted here and there but never done anything more than that. We didn't hold hands; we didn't kiss, and we didn't even tell each other how we felt. We were taking it slow by all means.

Kyle and I weren't on the best terms during those two weeks. When I'd wake up, he'd already been on his way to school. I walk to school alone most of the time, sit in the back of the class while he sat with his football friends, during lunch I'd sit alone on the empty bleachers eating while watching the school band practice, and then I'd walk home on my own.

By his actions, Kyle made it clear that he won't ever talk to me again unless I stop seeing Luke. I wasn't trying to purposely lose him, but I wasn't about to give up my right of whom to date to him again. I can't keep putting my life on pause because he wanted me too. At some point, if he still wants to be my best friend, he will have to get over it like I did with him and his player habits.

I know that he started getting into more trouble at school and at home. He almost got expelled for fighting on school grounds, coach was being hard on him because his mind wasn't in the game anymore, and he was caught coming home twice drunk by his mum. It wasn't his first time getting drunk though, it was the fact that he was drunk and out past 3 A.M. and did not text or call his mum back after the 20 messages she sent him and 34 missed calls. At the point, the only thing that she could do was to ground him for two weeks, and even at that point, he didn't really care; he was more than happy to stay home and lock himself in.

When I got home, I went up to my room and changed. I decided that today was a good day to dress up, it was Pizza Friday after all. On Fridays, we would sit down and finish our homework in Luke's basement, or as they like to call it 'Man Cave', then we'd play video games and have pizza for dinner and followed by a drive to get Ice Creams from Willows down the street. At the end of the night, which would be around 11, Luke would drive me back home and I'd go straight to sleep.

I ended up dressing in an oversized white sweater paired with light wash mum jeans and white sneakers. Makeup was nonexistence, and my hair was tied back and away from my face using a red hair ribbon.

While I waited for Luck, I sat in the kitchen eating my prepared lunch and watching YouTube videos on my phone. It was something I eventually got used to doing since Kyle was either out with his friends or locked in his room.

"Hey" Mrs. Anderson said as she watched into the kitchen "Going somewhere today?"

I nodded "It's Friday" I reminded her "I'mHanging with Chloe and everyone else"

She gave me a nod as she opened her fridge "Is Kyle home?" She asked.

"He's up in his room" I told her "He's grounded after all"

"From growing out, not from eating" she said then groaned in frustration "This boy is wasting the food I'm cooking him"

She then took out a plate and placed it in the microwave "Could you take this up to him? He's not a really big fan of me right now and he listens to you more than me"

I chuckled "Not really the biggest fan of me either" I pointed out "Plus, I highly doubt that he would even want to see me since he hasn't spoken a word to me in two weeks"