The Best Kept Secret.

-12- Caught.

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A sharp elbow jabbed my side.

“Your not laughing.” Alex whispered. “Are you even paying attention?”

“erm, no?” I whispered back. “Sorry.”

His finger touched my chin, sending a flush of heat to my cheeks.

“Charl, you ok?” He asked, “you look really serious.”

“I’m fine.” I replied, shrugging.

“k.”

Alex had picked a comedy that he really wanted to see. It was unsurprising, considering the cheerful moods he always seemed to be in, that he was laughing every two seconds, which was in itself, rather amusing for me. Bear in mind, I’d paid for this, and I didn’t know what film it was, and was barely watching it.

I hated this.

I hated that I was having more fun with Alex than I’d had with Matt in a long time. It felt wrong, and yet still, Alex was so fun to be around. His mood was infectious. Most of the time.

But in a dark theatre, I finally got time to think. What had I been doing all day? I’d spent all day with Alex and I hadn’t even thought of Matt. And the second I thought of my stupid boyfriend, the moment my good, happy mood deteriorated.

I was fighting with him and automatically I’d expelled him from mind, when usually if we fought, he’d be all I could think about for days. Well, until we made up, which was practically inevitable. I’d never not made up with Matt. And I knew if he called me tonight, I’d go back to him. Just cause we’d fought, didn’t mean I’d fallen out of love with him, right?

And today. God, today seemed like Hell, now that I thought about it. My mind was analyzing every conversation Alex and I had ever had and come to the conclusion that I’d been flirting with him.

Flirting.

With my best friend’s boyfriend. While I was still with Matt.

What was I thinking when I said all of it?

 You’re a genius.

I’ll be texting you every week.

Thanks for the ride, Lex.

When had I even started calling him that? Lex. Not even Kayla called him that. It was a term of endearment that I’d created. For him. And now that I thought about it, that was so wrong.

But he’d replied to all of it. Every single sentence. So, what did that say?

Was I not as flirtatious as might seem, or was he flirting back. And if that was the case, what the fuck was he playing at when he asked my best friend to go out with him?

Oh my god, are you overanalyzing this. Shut up and get on with it. You have Matt, who cares who’s flirting with who? It’s not like your ever going to act on it. The voice in my head was screaming at me.

I was starting to think it was correct. Flirting is harmless, right? And it’s probably not even flirting, just friendly banter. I can have friends who aren’t Kayla, Leighton, Jake or Matt.

And with that, I settled into the theatre seat and put my mind at rest, plunging my hand into the carton of popcorn.

The film finished like an hour later, and I’d actually found myself laughing, even though I was still unsure of the name of the movie. I was going to have to find out so I could buy it when it came out on DVD.