The Choice

Chapter 8

I didn't even have to be near them to hear the smack. People all around the table were chuckling.
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The bell just rung and Jamie is my ride home. I felt my phone buzz as I'm walking the hallway.

From Jamie:
Meet me at the car in 10 or I'm leaving you
I lock my phone then when I look up and I see Matthew walking towards me.
By the time I noticed him he was a few inches in front of me. I shook a little because he startled me.

"You good?" He said chuckled. "Yea you just startled me". "You want me to take you home?" He asked then licking his lips. "Nah Jamie taking me im finna meet up with her in a few," I replied.

As soon as we walked out the school he stopped. "Weren't you gonna walk me to the car?". "Yea I just been been meaning to talk to you all day", he said whilst scratching the back of his head.

I swear if this dude wanna talk about us again, when he know damn well why we broke up. But maybe he doesn't wanna talk about that. Maybe he thinks I'm still mad at him about that fight between him and Dylan. I gotta be honest with myself, it really did hurt me that the two guys that I care about the most can't get along. Shit is frustrating.

"Ok. What you wanna talk about?" I said leaning on the rail near the steps. "Alright so I know we already talked about this, but Bry I can't stand the fact that I'm back and we not together right now. I mean admit it when we were dancing at the club it was like old times", He said smirking the whole damn time. I tried my hardest not to smile but I couldn't help it. "Yea, I remember," I said looking down.
"And I also miss you I know you feel the same way, and your the one who broke things off with me anyway," As soon as he finished that last statement I looked at him like he was crazy? "Sooooo you're saying that I'm the reason we broke up. Cause I could've swore you were the one who moved away. Now I didn't mind that but when you kept accusing me of cheating and the fact that your jealousy of Dylan was going too far," I fired back.
"Ok but how am I supposed to not feel that way."

"Um. Here's a thought, trust your fucking girlfriend." I said giving him a dumbfounded look. "Cause I was loyal to you and I wasn't bothered by the distance but you wasn't able to handle it,"
"That was because-," he stopped himself
"Because what? He was my best friend but I always put you before him when we were to together. And here's the crazy part you made me choose between him and you,"

"Yea and you chose him," he said starting to get angry. "Obviously I chose him because I'm not gonna drop somebody I care about for you that's like me dropping Jaime, you were being selfish because your ego couldn't take it but I still loved you." As soon as I finished he opened his mouth to say something back nothing came back. Because he knows I'm right.

"You know what- lets just drop it," he said starting to leave. I grabbed his arm. "No, we are finishing this conversation. I'm gonna text Jaime to go ahead without me and you're taking me home."

"Why? All we gonna do is argue."
"Well you started the conversation so we are going to finish it, this time we are gonna talk it through. Ok?" He looked down at me with a pained look on his face.
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By the time we finished getting everything out we were laying against his car in my driveway.
"So we good now?" He asked me wrapping his hand around mine. Kissing it. "Yea I guess" I said jokingly. "Aye don't roll your eyes at my like you crazy." Oh shit I did? I do it all the time without noticing it's a bad habit. I giggled.
"Come here" he lifted my chin up making eye contact with him. "What do You want now lil boy" I said licking my lips because their dry. "Now what I told you about that,"
"What You talking bout?" I asking acting like I was confused.
"You must like teasing me," he said looking at my lips.

"So you want me to have chapped lips?" Giving him a look but I'm smiling too hard right now.
"Oh your lips ain't gon be chapped when I'm done with you," he stated smirking.
"Mm mm you nasty. You a lil freak ain't you?" I said jokingly stepping back.
"Don't act like you don't like it,"  he said bringing me back grabbing me by the waist.
"Whatever, I gotta go inside anyways" I said putting my hand in his face. I open the car door bending over to get my book bag "Stop looking at my ass lil boy" I assumed he was but as soon as I heard his lil chuckle it confirmed it.
By the time I get to the car he's finna pull off.
"Tell yo momma I said wassup!" He yelled. "Boy bye I will," I said laughing at his stupid ass as I opened the door.

"So y'all together or...?" I jumped startled
"Dang ma you could've waited till I got in the house," I said turning to see her sitting on the living room couch. "You didn't answer my question" she said like she was finna explode.
"Calm down ma and no we're not. At least I don't know if we are. Why are you spying on me anyways that's creepy?"
"Tuh, You think being my daughter you have privacy, your funny" she chuckled. "Oh my gosh" I said lowly just shaking my head.
"Well I'm finna do my homework so yea"
"Ok I already made dinner so you can eat whenever I already my did my job. Oh and it's poker night so you already know." She said while I was halfway up the stairs.
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