No Turning Back

A New Kind of House Party

Damn, I have no life, I thought as I lounged on my bed. It was Friday night and I literally didn't have anything to do. For once, I didn't have any homework or any tests to study for. I didn't have a football game until Sunday so that meant I was free on the physical side too. I mean, I could go downstairs in work out in our little fitness center but that didn't sound like much fun to me. I was a little bit pissed off at the fact that I was realizing how boring I really was while another part was just tired of being bored. Then again, I couldn't exactly blame myself for that. I did get invited to a party tonight but I just didn't feel like going. I wasn't in the mood to get drunk. If I did then I'd probably just end up spilling my guts about how awful I was feeling about the whole situation with Melanie. I missed that girl like crazy. I mean, it's only been two days that she hasn't been speaking to me but yet, it feels as if it'd been months. I felt so empty without her by side. It's like I lost a vital part of me. Yea, I may not romantically feel anything towards her but she did complete me in a way. We'd always been inseparable so now it just felt plain weird not being together all the time.

I wished things were different. I wished that I didn't do whatever it was that I'd done to make her fall in love with me. I wished I didn't compliment her so much. I wished I didn't hold her hand half the time. I wished I didn't hold her and make her feel as if she was my girlfriend. I wished that I wasn't so stupid. I wished that I could have my best friend back.

Suddenly, my phone began to vibrate rapidly on my nightstand. I shot up quickly, looking to my iPhone with wide eyes. I silently prayed that it was Melanie. I hoped that she was feeling the same emptiness that I was feeling. Maybe she was calling to patch things up. Maybe we could finally get things back to normal. I grabbed my phone and answered quickly.

"Hey Danny," I heard Mia's sweet voice say from the other end. Damn. While a part of me was happy to hear her voice, another part of me felt disappointed that it wasn't the girl I really wanted to hear from.

"Hey Mia," I said as a small smile came upon my face. "What's up?"

"Nothing really. Just casually laying around in my sweats," she said with a soft laugh. "Are you busy by any chance?"

"No. I'm doing the same actually," I said with a chuckle. "Why?"

"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to hang out or something. We could stay in if you want. Maybe a watch a movie or something."

"Yea, sounds good. How about you come over here?"

"Okay! I'll be over in...say a half hour?"

"Perfect. See you then," I said before hanging up. I stared down at my phone for a moment as I checked to make sure that I didn't have any new messages from Melanie. Sadly, I didn't. Then again, I shouldn't expect anything from her too soon. That girl was pretty stubborn when she wanted to be. Plus, it seemed like I really hurt her. I doubted that she would want to talk to me for a long time. It's a sad fact but it's better to face the truth to be fooled by a lie.

I got up out my bed and hurried around the room to change my clothes. I doubted Mia would want to spend time with a guy who was wearing his father's college sweats and a ratty old tee shirt. So, I changed into a pair of jeans and a clean, blue Yale shirt. I stepped into my sneakers before spraying on a bit of cologne. I also threw a comb through my hair. Then, I hurried on downstairs to get some snacks and drinks together. Since all that we had was chips and dip, I just laid that out in the den. I also got some soda bottles and some other little pastries I thought Mia might like. After I had the food set up, I resorted to trying to pick out some movies to watch. Our family owned a whole bunch of them so at first, I thought it wouldn't be hard. Boy, was I wrong. I had no idea what kind of movies Mia liked so I was basically stumped on the whole thing. I had kind of been through the routine a lot so I tried to think of some of the movies other girls had liked and took those out. A lot of girls actually appreciated a guy who set up a comfortable stay-in date for them. Whenever I would do this kind of thing, the girl would end up making out with me by the end of the night. I didn't expect that with Mia but I still wanted to do something nice for her.