Forbidden Love

Chapter 1

Maya

"Oh my god!" Anna shouted from her room. "What is it? Did you fall off the bed again?" I asked, storming across the hall from the kitchen, a rush of panic flashing across my face. "No, dumbass." she said rolling her eyes. "Brandon texted me back!" she squealed.

"Oh." I said, trying to hide the disappointment in my voice. I have a crush on Anna, so this is not exactly the news I wanted to hear.

"You're not happy for me?" she asked, the sadness clear in her voice. "No, no it's not that, of course I'm happy for you, it's just. You know what, never mind. So, what did he say?" I said smiling. "He wants to hang out on Saturday!" she replied happily.

"We were supposed to go to the movies, remember?" "Sorry Maya, but I really like this boy, I can't just turn him down. We can go to the movies another time." she said.

"It's fine, I understand. Go and get your boy." I sighed, disappointed. Anna and I promised each other that we would never let boys get in the way of our friendship, but it looks like that's happening right now.

She sat on her phone for about an hour, not talking to me once. I guess Brandon is going to mess up my chances with her now. "Hey Anna, I'm sorry but my mom called and said I need to come home. See you on Monday?" I couldn't stand this anymore.

"You can let yourself out, right?" she asked, not even looking at me. "Yeah, bye Anna." I said as I left her room, waiting for her reply, but I was met with silence.

I can't believe she is doing this, what happened to our promise? This is so unlike her. We've been friends since 3rd grade and she's never acted like this. What's changed?

The second I got home, I flopped down on my bed and I started crying. I'm a big overthinker so naturally I started going through everything I could possibly have done to deserve this change of attitude from her, but ended up empty handed. I haven't done anything wrong.

"Great, this is just great." I sobbed. "The moment I let someone into my life they leave me, it happens every time!" I thought out loud.

As if some kind of fairy summoned her there at that exact moment, my mom came into the room, panicking when she saw me crying. "Maya honey, what's wrong?" she asked rushing over to me.

"I hit my head on the bedside table." I lied, not wanting her to get involved in my crush/best friend problems. "It's okay, baby." she said in an attempt to calm me down. She guided my head to lay on her lap, while she played with my hair

"Mom, I'm not a baby." I said, trying to get back up. "You'll always be my babygirl, Maya." she said in a gentle voice. "Always" she repeated

With that I gave up my struggle and just relaxed in my mother's arms, enjoying the comfort. We sat there in silence for a while before she spoke again.

"I have to go start dinner, will you be okay?" she asked

"Yeah, I'll be fine." I lied

She left and I was all alone again. My mind replayed the day's events, and the tears started coming back.

This isn't the first time this has happened. My ex-best friend, Andrea, did the exact same thing, and when the boy left her, she got messed up in the wrong crowd. She and her new friends started bullying me, to the extent of us actually having to move to a different town. Yes, it was that bad.

Thinking about it again, made my breath hitch, and I could feel a panic attack coming. No, no, no, not again, Anna was the only one who could successfully help me through them, and now she isn't here.

I tried to call my mom, as I felt it getting worse, but my voice was so hoarse from the crying that she couldn't hear me over the sound of the television playing in the living room.

After about 20 minutes, I finally calmed down with the help of some music and deep breaths.

It's been a while since I've had one of these.