The easy way out

Chapter Twelve

~Dani's P.O.V~

The following week was painfully boring. It was a sunday and Mia had been dragging Gabriel around with her, introducing him to her family and friends. I almost felt bad for him. I was shocked that Gabriel had actully agreed to the whole ordeal of dating Mia. Did he like her?

I knew she liked him. Like, a lot.

Most girls in school were giving her the stink eye, and I'm telling you, she loved it. She loved being the only one to get what she wanted. It's weird. I only knew her for three weeks, and I already knew her like the back of my hand. I'm glad that she was so happy.

It's just, I was kind of... lonely. Recently Gabriel has been gone almost every day. Mia's parents had invited him over for supper almost every night for the past week. And my dad and his annoying wife have been on vacation, so the house has been vacant. Dead silent. So basically, It was kind of depressing. I rolled my eyes. Like I need any more depressing issues.

For example, now. Mia had taken Gabe to a tropical garden. Because it was, "Romantic", Quoted by the one and only Mia. I'm sure Gabe was having a good time. Lately he seemed happier, upbeat even. I guess he did like Mia.

My cell phone interupted my mindless rant, and I jumped. I don't know how many feet, but I'm guessing pretty high. I quickly looked at that screen and saw it was Mia. Speak of the devil. I clicked the green button and answered. "Hey."

"Hey, Dani! Whatsup?" She said in a pitchy, happy voice. She sure was happy, I thought, Leave it to me to be the only grouchy one. I might as well go join oscar in his garbage can.

"Uh, nothing much... I'm just... Watching tv?" I said, completely lying about the tv thing.

"Oh. I'm really sorry Dani, I would've let you come, It's just... " She trailed off, not finishing the sentence.

"Don't worry about it, Mia. Tropical gardens aren't my thing." I said in a 'I'm totally fine' voice. Just wanting to curl up on the couch with some hot chocolate in hand. Maybe I'll do just that.

"Okay! Well, we're going to hang out tonight, okay? And Dani I can't believe you haven't met my brother yet! You guys have to meet! I think you'll be good friends." She said, smiling.

"Sure, another time Mia. Maybe in school I'll see him around." I said, waving away the subject. I'm sure he was a great guy, I just didn't really like meeting new people.

"Nah, I'll bring him over tonight Dani, that way Gabe will have someone to talk to too! They're friends, ya know?" She said, more hyper than ever. I wonder what they've been doing. Suddenly she shreiked and started laughing her head off, yelling "Gabe, stop it! Stoppppp!" 

Sounded like they were having fun.

"Okay sure, bye Mia." And I hung up, dropping my phone to the floor. Yes, I dropped my cell phone on the floor. On purpose.

I went to the kitchen to get some hot chocolate and went to the couch. This is what I did when I was upset about something or something was nagging me. So I sat there and tried to sort out my thoughts. Why was I so upset?

Maybe because your lonely? Because both of your good friends don't have much time for you anymore?

Maybe because you jealous of Mia? In more than one way?

The little voice continued, giving me a whole list of options to choose from.

I was lonely. My friends, who happen to be a couple now, ditched me. I was jealous of Mia, jealous that she had someone alongside her. I asked myself the unspoken question: