(Formerly called Rin is NOT Sexy, Updating Weekly)
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Elly Samuels won't let his best friend, Rin, throw his life away. So if Rin can't break up with his girlfriend, Elly will do it for him.
High school juniors...
Falling back onto my bed, I kicked up a cloud of dust that smelled distinctly of pizza and old leather. It was after midnight but I had trouble falling asleep. The last 3 hours of my life was playing like a broken record in my memory. And most of the time it stuttered at the scene of Rin dragging his lips back to Stephanie's ear.
Was this going to be my life? Tagging along as Rin and Stephanie did coupley things? Or better yet, just staying home because he decided to hang out with her instead of me?
I couldn't even enjoy a friday night at Colby's house because the lovebirds were PDA-ing all over the place.
The fact of the matter is, dating Stephanie isn't just about Rin, it's about all of us. And I was not signing up to have the rest of my high school years look like this.
Rin seemed happy enough but I know, now more than ever, that those two need to be split up.
I rolled across the bed with the grace of a lyrical dancer, reaching for my bag that I'd thrown across the floor. The break up plan was a bit crumpled but still intact. I smoothed out the wrinkles to get a better look even though I already had the steps memorized.
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According to Rin, Stephanie didn't have flaws. But I didn't need to get them from Rin specifically. What if, because of his love disease, Rin couldn't even see Stephanie's flaws? What if someone else could?
I tried to remember who Stephanie hung out with when she wasn't in Rin's arms. Those girls she brought tonight were probably close friends, right? But there was no way I could get those girls to serve me issues about their friend on a silver platter.
Unless . . .
What if Stephanie would? I was a master manipulator (kind of). Surely, with my expert control over language and emotions, I could get Stephanie to talk about what's wrong with her relationship.
Everyone needs counsel, someone to lend an ear in times of stress. If she was worried about her own friends judging Rin too hard, then I, as her boyfriend's best friend, would be a great person to trust with such information.
An evil smile etched itself onto my face, my first smile in hours.
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" . . . so I'll need you to pair up," Mr Anderson sat back down with a grunt, a numbered set of questions now on the whiteboard beside him. "And you and your partner can answer the questions on the board about the reading."
There was never a fear of being picked last when Rin and I were in the same class. The rest of the history class riff raff could scramble for a partner while Rin and I peacefully started the dull assignment. We would have done just that if James wasn't to my left, a pitiful expression on his handsome face.
