In Love with My Best Friend

Chapter 9. How We Changed

How we changed...

HAWAIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!! Oh it felt so good to be here! My parents finally let me come here on my own! It paid off to be 18 already because parents will let you wander around. And I liked this graduation gift from them. I'd always wanted to come here and feel the waves. Ooh~ so exciting!

The only downside was that Blake's not here. Not that I didn't like that I was alone. It's just that it would be good if we're together on this vacation.

But since he's on a trip with his friends too, I will not be seeing him this summer. Well, just for this summer. We're both going to the same university anyway (originally, he wanted to go to a university in the Metro, but when he found out I was going to Heatherfield University, he applied there too saying he just can't let me be alone all by myself and that he'll miss pissing me off) so I guessed that I'll be seeing a lot of him after this summer. He promised me that we'll still stay best friends and he will never leave my side.

That's kind of sweet of him. I wondered if me being best friends with him is a luck or not. Were we really going to end up as bestfriends? Can't he for once notice me as a woman? But I was not even that beautiful. I was nothing compared to those girls he dated. I was just plain Venice and he's never going to notice me.

I sighed as I went closer to the waves. It's been a week since I got here. Don't get me wrong, I loved it here, but my thoughts will always bring me back to Blake. I wondered how he is doing now. If their itinerary didn't change, he's in Amsterdam right now. They're on a Europe trip and I knew that on their fifth day, they'll be in Amsterdam. I wished I could go on a Europe trip with him too.

"Hey, you alone?" asked a guy who I saw earlier surfing.

"Hi," I said shyly. "Uhm, yeah. I am."

"That's cool. Coz I am too. I've been observing you these past few days and I hope I don't sound creepy, but I really wanted to be friends with you. I'm Don and you are?" he asked offering me his hand. He looked cool by the way. Oh the way he surfed with the waves. I meant he's hot, really, the abs he's sporting right now, man. His skin just glistened under the sun and were amazing to look at. Except that I can't really look at it now, that would be embarassing. But hey, he's asking for my name. This was the first time a guy's going to ask my name just because he met me.

"I'm Ven—"

"Venice! Where have you been? 'Been looking for you! Oh, hey man! Thanks for looking out for my girl. I'm Blake and get the hell away from my girlfriend."

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"What was that all about? Why are you here? Aren't you in Europe? What are you doing here?" I bombarded him with questions the minute poor Don left us alone.

He just stared at me like he was half-pissed and half-relieved. "Oh I can't let you have all the fun by yourself. Europe's boring anyway. I think Hawaii sounds fun."

"That's it?" I asked.

"Yeah. Now don't you miss me? Come give your man a hug," he said opening his arms for an inviting hug.

But I was too stunned to even be tempted. "You. Are. Unbelievable," I said and turned away from him.

"Hey! Are you not happy to see me?" he asked following me.