Friendzoned

Chapter 21

Ryder

When I opened my eyes, memories from last night rushed into my head. All I could remember was Rae making out with Alex. Everything after that became blurry with blue and red lights. I just remember being really mad at Alex because he knows that I liked Rae and then he was making out with her practically in front of me, that’s when the drinks started coming.

I got out of bed and took a quick shower in the dark since the lights were too goddamn painful. I threw on a pair of ripped jeans and a hoodie before I ran downstairs to get some breakfast. I grabbed an apple then put it back when I noticed that my stomach was doing flips. I was going to be really late.

When I got to school the hallways were completely empty. Shit. I grabbed my books from my locker and quickly ran to class. I was not in the mood for people’s shit today. Plus, I need to talk to Rae about her and Alex. I can’t stand the fact that she could get hurt by him. Actually, she would get hurt by him. I had class with her third period. I would talk to her then.

I slept through my first and second classes and third hour was here before I knew it. My head was starting to feel a little better but not by much. As soon as I walked into class, I saw Rae staring at me. When I saw her, a memory flashed in my mind of us standing together out by the deck. I still couldn’t piece anything together. I walked up to her and for some reason she looked nervous.

“Hey, are you feeling well?” I asked.

“Yeah…” She said nodding her head. She was looking at me in the weirdest way. What is going on? Nothing is making sense to me right now.

“So… What’s going on between you and Alex?” I asked. I had to find out why she kissed him. When she heard my question her face turned from confusion to surprise.

“That’s what you wanted to talk to me about? Really?” she asked in disbelief.

“Well what else is there to talk about? You kissed my best friend, who you haven’t said more than ten words to in your whole life, right in front of me and expect me not to wonder?” I asked. She makes it sound like them kissing is an everyday thing.

“Are you kidding me? You’re really just going to ignore what happened between us last night?” she asked pissed off. What is she talking about?

“What the hell are you talking about? What happened between us?”

“Wooowwwwww. Never mind. This conversation is over.” She said walking away.

“Wait, this isn’t even what I came over here to talk to you about.” I said pulling her back. “I wanted to talk to you about you and Alex. You have to understand that everything I am saying is for your own good. You have to stay away from him. He is just going to end up hurting you. Whatever feelings you have for him need to be put to rest. He doesn’t really like you. He just wants a girl to make out with. Trust me. We have talked about this before. He doesn’t want a serious relationship. Not with you and not with anyone. Plus, I don’t really like the thought of you two being together. I am not just saying this to be a jerk either.” I explained. The look on her face made it really obvious that I had pissed her off.

“Who the fuck do you think you are to have the right to tell me who I can or can’t kiss? I never said I even wanted to be in a relationship with Alex anyway. Even if I did, it is none of your business! You think you can come over here and tell me that I can’t be with him because you don’t like us together? I don’t tell you that you can’t be with Brittany even though I don’t like her.” She yelled.

 “What are you talking about? Brittany and I aren’t together.” I argued back.

“Oh yeah right.” She answered. “I saw you two the other night going at it in your room. You can’t honestly say that you guys don’t have anything after that. She practically sucked your face off! Who else would have given you that hickie on your neck?” Oh god. She saw Brittany and me kissing. Why was she even at my house? It isn’t like I wanted to kiss Brittany that night, but Rae wouldn’t believe me.

“That was nothing.” I stated.

“Whatever Ryder.” She answered. She seemed done with this conversation, but I definitely wasn’t.

“What happened between us last night Rae?” I asked. This has been bothering me ever since she said something about it.

“Nothing. Don’t worry about it. It’s not a big deal.” She said as our teacher started class. God what the fuck happened last night? As the teacher talked to the class, I zoned her out and was determined to figure out what happened last night. When I got to the party it was already late and I got called over by some chick. Now that I think about it, Rae was really excited about Alex getting there. She jumped up and yelled his name. After that, Alex texted me saying to come outside and when I did, he was kissing Rae. Then I started packing on the drinks after that. I wasn’t jealous. I mean why would I be? It’s not like I liked her in that kind of way.

 Ok, ok Ryder focus. What happened after that? I hung out with some girl for a while on the couch. Then I joined in on a lame ass game of spin the bottle. Everything was foggy after that. I do remember having some kind of feeling in my stomach though. It was nothing like I had before. It was like a stirring feeling. I am not sure what I got it from. Maybe a drug someone slipped into my drink or something. But the next thing I remembered was blue and red lights flashing everywhere. How in the hell did I get home? The bell rung and I left for my next class. I didn’t hear a single thing the teacher had said and I had no clue about homework or anything. Hell, I didn’t even know what class that was.