It was 9:00 in the morning, and I didn't really have much else to do, plus I was really missing her, so I decided to call Claire. I was so sad that she had moved away, and I needed get the good feeling I always get talking to her.
I grab my phone off of my bed and dial her number. I wait as the phone rings, hoping she'll pick up.
Sure enough, she picks up with a nice
"Hello?"
"Hey Claire! Are you feeling any better about North Carolina yet?" I asked, knowing how terrible she felt about it yesterday.
"Well, there's no way I can stop missing Georgia, but I guess I might get something out of moving here." She says.
"I know you will." I reply in a loving voice. I know she's still not feeling the best, and I want to make her feel better. My thoughts are all fullheartedly on Claire and our phone call for those few moments until I get a strange text from Claire's best friend, and one of my somewhat close friends, Caroline. I try to read it as quick as possible because I know I'm still on the phone with Claire, but I had to read it multiple times and have it go through my brain. It read,
"Hey Cameron! :) I was just wondering if you wanted to hang out today? I also have something to tell you so it'd be great if you could!"
What? I think. It wasn't a weird text itself, but if you knew Caroline, even if it was as much as I did, you knew that it was so unlike her. She usually doesn't hang around guys, let alone ask them to hang out unless she has feelings for them. And we're not overly close or anything, just friends through Claire. And what made the text even more peculiar is that she had something to tell me. What could it possibly be? What if she does like me? My thoughts completely shifted to Caroline. Well, she never was bad looking. Pretty attractive actually. And she was always really sweet, and she has a quality sense of humor. It wouldn't be too bad if she liked me right? No, no, that's bad. I'm still dating Claire. Claire!
I suddenly remember I'm still on the phone with Claire. I don't know how to recover the awkward silence, and my thinking wasn't even completely still set back on her, so I had to hang up.
In a more urgent tone then I planned to use, I spoke,
"Hey Claire, I have to go now. But I promise I'll call you and text you later!" I know I have to add something else to make it seem a little bit better so I quickly tack on a "love you!!"
"Uh... Okay, bye Cameron." She says, sounded perplexed. I hope she isn't too suspicious. I would hate to do that to her but I really need to know what's up with Caroline.
I go back onto the text Caroline sent me and read it over again. I decide to reply and tell her I'll go hang out with her because of the suspicion the text brought me. I needed to know why she asked me to hang out. And what she wanted to tell me.
I reply to her text message with,
"Sure... What time?"
As I wait for her to reply I keep thinking about what it could possibly be. We've never actually gotten together just to two of us. She's tagged along with me and Claire a few times and I've talked to her at school but she's never asked me to hang out and I've never asked her.
Like I said before though, I do know that she usually doesn't like to invite boys over unless she's interested in them, and if that's the case... then I'm not really sure what I could make of it. It would be hard I guess. Somehow, as evil as it sounds considering I'm still dating Claire... I would feel really good if she had fallen for me. But... Would she do that bearing in mind that she's best friends with Claire, and I'm dating her.
