FORGET ME NOT

Chapter Seventeen

AIDEN

The fact that Kate made Trish ride with Jb is so irritating. I wasn't jealous. I wasn't jealous. I kept on reiterating in my mind. Who is she anyway? I sat across Jb and Trish who were busy chatting with each other. Jeremiah and Dean were playing some game on the tab. Jake and Kate were so clingy it made me more aggravate. I was alone. How nice right?

I ate my ice cream while I pretend talking to someone on the phone. It was stupid but at least I'm not quite out of place. I laughed and they all looked at me weirdly.

"Hey I need to go. I'll call you later" I faked and continued eating my ice cream.

"Who was that?" Dean asked.

Shit. "Jenny" I lied again.

"Jenny?"

"A friend of mine"

Jake emitted a choking sort of laugh. He knew. He knows me too well. Trish looked as if she'd been insulted, but the gleam in her eyes showed that she was enjoying this way too much. She was enjoying Jb that was for sure. She wasn't paying attention to Dean's inquisition. Instead, she was laughing at something Jb said to her. They both looked like they have another world. A separate world from ours. I can barely hear them but I know they're having fun unlike me.

When I finished my ice cream, I suddenly stood up. "I need to go" before they could say a word, I walked out of the ice cream store. I got inside my car replaying what I just back there. What a scene, Aiden.

I was so jealous.

I wasn't jealous.

I was jealous.

No I'm not.

I started the car and drove around downtown thinking of Trish nothing but Trish.

I texted Sarah to meet me at the house in ten minutes. I need to talk to her.

When I got home, Sarah was already there waiting for me at the living room. She was with my sisters. They were watching a movie. Barbie and the fantastic world.

"Carmela, Cecily, go to your rooms or anywhere but here"

They frowned following my orders. As soon as they left, I sat across Sarah. "Hey"

"What's up, Aiden?"

"Trish has a new suitor. Not really a suitor, but an admirer"

"Trish has many admirers, Aiden. You just shoo them away. You scare them and it's not fair"

"Well this time I wasn't able to scare her"

"Her?"

"Yeah lesbian"

She laughed. "You're jealous because of a lesbian?"

I gave her a haughty look.

"Chill chill. Who's the lesbian anyway?"

"Jb"

Her eyes widened. "Jb? Jb the Bridgeyork star? Seriously?" She asked so fast I barely understood her.

"Yeah yeah the basketball star blah blah blah"

"You have a serious competition bro"

"Why is that? She's a damn girl"

"Oh na ah she's not just a girl dude. She's even more popular than you or any of the Redjox. She's a legend and a damn hottie"

"Popularity isn't part of this"

"What? Love is?"

I didn't answer.

"Well let's put it like this. You're a football star, she's a basketball star. She's rich and you're middle. She's a hottie well you're also a hottie don't worry about that. She's the Jb you know? THE JB"