Eric Lets Go

Chapter 25

I keep my eye out for her wanting to get this over with. I spot her and her plump belly and make my way to her table.

"Hey Sophia!" She exclaims when I get closer.

"Hey Anna," I reply nervously.

"Sorry I was busy the other day. There was a really bad accident I had to take care of. Was there something you wanted to talk about?"

"Uh, ya. Can we talk in private," I glance at her few friends around us.

"Yeah of course," we get up and head out of the cafeteria, "is everything okay, Sophia?"

"Well I was just wondering how you and Jake are doing."

"We are doing great. Since we've got a little one on the way we've decided to get married," she says all giddy and happily. "How are you and Eric?"

My face falls.

"We aren't together anymore. I'm engaged to Four now."

Her mouth drops. "What?! Going after the leaders, huh?" She nudges me.

We both laugh and it was nice to be with her again after some time apart. "Anna, I've actually come to talk to you about something a little more serious. I was actually wondering if everything between you and me is okay."

She looks at me confused, "Yeah of course. Why wouldn't we be?"

"I mean, I feel really excluded from you and Jake that I just want to make sure you guys aren't trying to ignore me," I laugh, feeling nervous again.

"Sophia, I'm sorry I never meant to make you feel ignored," she hugs me.

"It's okay. I just figured you and Jake have been so into each other that you haven't been able to see or doing anything else without each other," I laugh, but she doesn't.

Instead she stiffens. "Excuse me but we both have jobs to go to and a wedding to plan and a baby to get ready for. It's not like you haven't been busy going back and forth between the two leaders," she snaps.

"Anna-"

"No. You had no right to come here and tell me I'm too into my man when you can't even figure out your own shit."

Tears come to my eyes when I realize I'm not sad, I'm pissed. "This is not how best friends are supposed to act."

"Maybe we aren't supposed to be best friends," she states.

With that she walks off and I hug myself, feeling too empty and broken to move. Why can't I have one healthy relationship with somebody? I sink down to the floor and just stare at the wall across from me. There are no tears streaming my face and there's no frown. Just a blank stare at the wall with my arms wrapped around myself.

"Excuse me are you okay?" A voice asks out of nowhere.

I look up towards the voice and see a dark figure but it's too dark in the hallway to tell who it is. I can tell it's a male by his voice but that's it.

"Um, yeah," I state unsure.

"You don't sound so sure of yourself," he laughs, sitting down across from me.

"Well I'm not."

"Talk to me," he says.

"I don't even know you," I laugh.

"And I don't know you. We can keep it that way. I'll just be here to listen. Okay?" The mysterious man says.

"Okay," I nod.

"So spill," he demands.

"My life is falling apart," I start out.

"How?"