Torn up. ~Flamingeos Fanfiction

Chapter 11

I didn't bother to go up to Mario to see if he was okay. Ariel was yelling my name, asking me if I was alright. I didn't reply, I was too busy wishing I didn't tell Geo to go. I should have just forgiven him and sorted things out, he looked so lost and so hurt, it's not his fault that he went crazy. He thinks i'm a complete stranger who's pretending to know him and to be honest I can understand. I shouldn't have snapped at him, this is all my fault. He's forgotten his memory, of course he's going to snap, he's only human! 

"Don't tell me you're crying over that jerk!" Ariel snapped. She then stormed over towards me and shook her head shamefully. 

"But you don't understand what he's going through!" I snapped back.

Ariel sighed and sat beside me. She crossed her legs and stared at the blanket, looking upset.  

"Geo's so lucky that he has you in his life." She said, partly to herself, with a smile. "He needs to realise that. You're the only one who understands him out of all his friends."

I smiled and felt a rush of warmth when Ariel then began to tell me how her and Mario have been a lot happier lately because of me. 

"Oh Ariel!" I gasped as she began to cry. I hugged her and and stayed hugging her for ages. It felt so good to be able to hug a girl who I can now call my best friend. I've never had a best friend in my life who I can see everyday, I've always been the one person who gets left out in a crowd of people back in England. I belong in America, I'm never leaving. I don't care what my parents say.

Mario soon came and joined in, causing Ariel let go. She looked at Mario with a huge grin, and Mario looked back at her with a nervous smile. He seemed so shy all of a sudden which made me stare at him with a frown.

"Can we talk in private?" Mario asked, staring at Ariel. Ariel nodded and walked out of the room. I could hear her giggling and I started to feel worried. What on earth is happening?

"I hope you're alright." Mario sighed, going to grab my hand. I didn't think much of it as me and Mario hold hands all the time, it's just a part of our friendship. We stayed staring at each other in silence for a while, I didn't even realise that I was staring at him until his eyes lowered down to look at my lips.

This is so sudden. And so weird. 

I felt my body begin to freeze when my eyes accidentally looked at his lips too. A smile stretched across Mario's flushed face, but my expression was simply struck with panic. 

Before you knew it Mario was leaning in close, and so was I. 

What am I doing? 

I quickly lifted up my hand to push him away but when he reached my lips I, for some reason, stopped myself. 

Am I really going to kiss him right now?

It was too late. He had already reached my lips. I couldn't help but feel extremely uncomfortable at this rate. I want to be doing this with Geo, not Mario. This isn't right.