"Friends" is Just a Label

Chapter 1: Date Gone Wrong

Shelby's POV

"Pick you up at 12?" Tyler spoke through the phone.

"K. See you then", I responded and then hung up. I was going to meet Tyler, my boyfriend, at McDonald's for lunch.

I got out of my sweater and sweatpants and changed. I put on a copped sweater, ripped jeans and black army boots and did my makeup. I took my hair out of it's messy bun and brushed through it. I was ready to go.

By the time I was ready it was already 11:45. I have 15 minutes to get there. I grabbed my purse, phone and keys and was off.

~*Time skip to McDonald's*~

I saw Tyler through the window and thought I saw another girl with him, holding is hand. Nah. I was just seeing things. I shook it off and continued walking to the door.

I got inside and headed towards Tyler's table. I was a a few feet away from the table when I saw another girl there.

 I quickly hid in the booth behind Tyler's. I wanted to see what they were talking about. Was she just a good friend or....something else to him.

"Shelby should be here soon, so you should go. I'll call you tonight," I heard Tyler's voice.

"K, love you," the girl said.

I quickly grabbed a tiny mirror from my purse and held it up. Good thing the booth wasn't to tall.

I held the mirror so I could see what was happening in Tyler's booth.

What I saw, I was not mentally prepared for. In the mirror, Tyler and this girl were...kissing. Passionatly. Something friends or family members do not do.

That was it. Tyler was cheating on me.

"You are such a jerk!" I stood up quickly, faced him and yelled, The two pulled away from the kiss.

"I trusted you! I cared for you! I loved you!" I shouted.

"Shelby, how much did you see and hear?" Tyler stood up.

"Enough to know that you're cheating on me!" I shouted.

"Shelbs, I can explain," Tyler started walking towards me. I backed up.

"No. Just stop Tyler. We're over!" I shouted and ran out the door and to my car.

I drove home, sobbing the whole way there. When I entered the house, Shadow, my dog, came running up to.

"Hey, Shadow" I let a small smile form on my face, but it quickly vanished. I went up to my room and cried.

"Shleby, what's wrong?" My mom came in.

"Tyler cheated on me," I (somehow) cried harder. She walked towards me and hugged me.

"Oh, honey. It's alright. If he cheated on you, he doesn't love you and he's not the one," she said, trying to make me feel better. It worked very vaguely.

"Thanks, mom," I calmed down a little bit. She left my room so it was just me, my tears and my thoughts.