Just your Wingman

Beach Mess

Erick gave back the pin and averted his eyes from me. I looked at him in shock. He was the guy from that dream? From that memory? No way...

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"How do you have it? Where'd you get?!" Erick asked as we both walked out the classroom.

I played dumb. "I don't know. I have amnesia remember?" I walked away from him as fast as I could.

He grabbed my wrist. I jumped a little as his skin touched mine. I turned a little red. "Pull yourself together..." I thought to myself. Then my face turned to it normal pale color. I turned to face him.

"I know you're hiding something. I see it in your eyes. I may be a bad liar but I can tell when someone is lying just as you can too." He said looking straight into my eyes. His eyes seemed to stab into my soul like a knife.

"I...I...don't know what you're talking about..." I said averting my eyes from his. As you can tell, I'm a bad liar.

His grip became harder on my wrist, "Tell me. What's up? Why are you acting weird?" He looked me dead in the eyes.

I bursted at him, "Why do you care?! It was a long time ago! Why do you even care to know?! Why do you even care to talk to me?!" Anger surged in me. I tugged my hand away and pushed him away.

He looked at me with concern, "Dude....come on." Then something clicked in him. His face of concern turned into confusion, "How'd you know it was a long time ago? I never said when I gave it to that girl."

I gripped my hands into a fist. He only cares about the girl from long ago, not the girl now. He only liked little me, not even the person I am now...

"Tell me something..." I looked him straight in the eyes. Again, my body took control of me, "Why did I ever help you in this little scheme to get Charlotte to like you?" I was emotionless.

His eyes widened, "You got your memory back didn't you..." I nodded. His face turned red, "Then you remember when you said you liked-"

I cut him off. "Yes. I remember. Answer my question." I said simply. My voice had no emotion. My face had no emotion. No emotion.

"I think it was because you thought my pure love was better then everyone else's." He said thinking hard, "I don't know...you just seemed so determined to get guys away from her."

I remembered why I chose Erick for Charlotte. I just wanted to know what he thought. It wasn't his pure heart or me being determined. I wanted Charlotte to myself. I was selfish. I was so afraid that if Charlotte ever got a boyfriend she would leave me. I would be alone. She barely spent time with me anyways. She had to many sports and other curriculums to hang with me. With another person in her life I'd be left behind. I chose him because there was no way she would like him. I'm selfish.

"Okay..." I walked away. He called out for me. I kept walking. I'm not gonna let him get to me. Not again.

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"You ready class? You have your backpacks and stuff?" Mrs.Colson said. The class walked out of the classroom to the bus area. "Does everyone have a partner?"

"Yo, Charlotte! Wanna be my partner?" I yelled over to Charlotte who was talking to one of her volleyball friends. I waved my arm to her. Charlotte didn't seem to notice. Then Charlotte linked arms with that girl from the volleyball team.

I put my hand down. Empty. I feel empty. She already had a partner. Someone that was not me. I was left out. Again. She had other friends. She had other things besides me
"Stop being selfish. You don't own her." I whispered under my breath. I picked Matt as my partner instead after that. Then we went on our ways.