My Player Best Friend

It's Complicated

I woke early for the date that Saturday. Waking up early was new to me. Chase always had to wake me up before I willingly leave my bed. That’s why my parents love Chase so much. He saves them from begging me to wake up for school.

I showered for about 30 minutes and then before I came out of the shower, wearing only a towel around me, I realized I have no idea what to wear. Jake didn’t tell me where he would bring me. I decided I’d just call him. I went out of the shower and was surprised to see Chase lying and cuddling with my pillow on my bed.

What a situation; Me, only in a towel around me and Chase, lying on my bed, looking like a sex god, wearing only black boxers.

“Chase, what the hell are you doing here?”

He smiled.

“I just missed you. I was surprise when I didn’t find you here. Why are you up so early?” he asked, seating up.

“Uh…well…”

Chase didn’t know about the date. I didn’t have the guts to tell him I just broke the promise never to become more than friends with Jake. But does the date mean we’re more than friends? I mean it could be a friendly date. But if Chase would ask me for the truth, I knew I’d tell him. I never lied to Chase.

“Well? Where are you going?”

I was about to answer when my phone rung. Chase looked at me warily while I grabbed my phone on my bedside table.

“Hello?” I answered.

“Good morning.” I recognized the voice as Jake’s.

“Oh. Hey.”

“You’re up early.”

“Yep.” I replied, popping the “p”.

“So, I’ll pick you up at 10?”

“Oh sure. Wait, where would you bring me?”

“Why don’t we watch a movie, grab some lunch then go to the amusement park, if that’s cool with you.”

“Amusement park? Really, Jake, really?”

I turned to look at Chase and he had this deadpanned expression.

“C’mon, I bet you haven’t been in amusement park since you were 10.”

“You guessed right.”

“Then why don’t we go there?”

“Isn’t it a bit childish?”

“I promise you’d have fun.”

“Fine. Bye.” Then I hung up only to see Chase glaring at me with a darkened expression.

Chase’s POV (YAAAY!)

            It’s only been a week since Amber and I started dating but it felt like the longest week of my life. I was always pissed and mad and I didn’t even know why. I wasn’t even sure why I asked Amber to be my girlfriend in the first place. I thought I loved her. But do I really love her? I wasn’t so sure about anything anymore. Amber was really sweet and kind but I felt like there’s something missing. I knew I wasn’t being fair to Amber and if I broke things off between us, Sam would never forgive me. Speaking of Sam, maybe she was the reason why I was always on the edge lately. She’s been really distant. My Mom arrived last night and she agreed to let me sleep in Sam’s house until her parents come back to make sure she’s safe. So yes, Sam’s the first and last person I see everyday but lately, she was always preoccupied with things. We never get a chance to talk like before. She let me walk her to her classes and locker but when we walk together, she’d always stay as far as possible. I didn’t talk to her about it anymore because I’ve noticed that lately, all we ever did is to argue. So I let it go.