Just Friends

Chapter 6

S i x

"You lie to yourself."

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My eyes flickered to the class room door and I saw Justin walk in, his soft hair was messy and wasn't done to his normal 'perfection' and you could tell he was tired. Cole sat next to me and Justin glanced at me, his eyes then scanned to Cole but continued walking and sat down next to a blonde girl. Her face was caked with makeup and she was obviously one of those girls who slept with every guy.

Last night I woke up to Justin gone, which was fine. He must of left when I fell asleep which was a good idea. If my parents saw us, they would have killed me. Literally. Maybe not. But, they would've known we had slept together.

I focused back on the teacher when I heard annoying giggling from the back of the classroom. I quickly turned around to see Justin and that girl laughing uncontrollably, her hand rested on his chest and let me tell you, his eyes were not on her face. Why was he such an ass? Does he not know that I'm right here? Well, I didn't really care. He's my best friend and he can do whatever he wants. He's not my boyfriend, I don't care at all. Though I couldn't stop looking back at Justin.

"Okay kids, do whatever you want. I don't care." The teacher said returning her desk, the period being over.

"Thank god that's over." Cole said turning to me, as he ran a hand along his neck.

"Yeah." I mumbled, agreeing with him though I wasn't paying much attention.
I looked back over and they were very close to each other by now and I frowned, my heart dropping as I stopped myself from looking and turned back to Cole who gave me a concerned look.

It's not like I should care, right? Somehow, I felt like I should and that I did even though I was trying to convince myself that I didn't. I mean, I was sure that Justin flirting with girls wasn't new to me at all, but seeing it was.

You don't care. Stop thinking about him.

"Why is he flirting with that girl?" Cole asked to my surprise, as I raised my eyebrows. Cole had obviously seen me looking at them, but Justin wasn't really do anything wrong, I guess.

"He can if he wants. We're not dating."

"You think he'd still have the decency to stay true to one girl." Cole muttered quietly, though I don't think he intended for anyone to hear.

"It's fine. I don't care. He can flirt. I can flirt." I replied, assuring him and myself.

Cole sat thoughtfully and then a smirk came across his face making me frown, knowing he was coming up with an idea. "Flirt with me then. We'll show him you don't care."

"How am I meant to do that?"

Cole rushed forward and picked me up, chucking me over his shoulder and I cried out with laughter, his hands gently tickling me. I glanced over to Justin who was now looking at me, his eyes meeting mine and I tore them away since he almost looked frustrated, the way I had been looking at them. I took the opportunity and put my feet down and gave Cole a big hug. Even though this was an act, I'd been meaning to give Cole a hug throughout the day so that part wasn't a complete lie.

"Thank you." I whispered into his ear.

We sat down again and the bell rang not long after. I sat there frozen and confused. Why did I pretend to flirt with Cole? That means I did care that Justin was flirting. But why did I care? I mean, I didn't feel anything for Justin or anything. I think I didn't. But, I cared. I cared that he was flirting with another girl and that had to mean something.