The Complications of Love (under construction)

Chapter 16: Who Is He?

Chapter 16: Who Is He?

Gabriella's POV

I awoke with a start in bed. I looked around but it was still pretty early from what I could see through the window so I lay back down again. The side of my bed felt empty but warm and then I realised Alex was missing and there was a note beside my pillow. It was from Embry:

Gab,

You fell asleep last night during the bonfire so I brought you home but somehow I fell asleep beside you and Alex slept downstairs. I heard your dad early coming in the morning so I left. I'll call you later because I have to go to work now.

I love you,

Embry.

I couldn't help but smile at his note. Only Embry would sneak into bed with me and not get caught. I wondered where he worked; I never even knew he had a job. Guess I would just have to ask him about it later. Suddenly, my phone buzzed beside me and thinking it was Embry, I picked it up eagerly.

"Hey." I said nonchalantly into the phone.

"Gab! It's so good to know you haven't changed your number." came the reply.

I froze. No, it couldn't be him! Why would he even call me? The last time I talked to him, he was telling me that he never wanted to talk to me ever again and here he is calling me now?

"Ethan, what do you want?" I said coldly into the phone.

He sighed, "Look, I know I said some things that day but... I didn't mean any of it. I was just frustrated that you were leaving so soon and I only had little time left with you. Can't we work this out Gab? Please?"

"No! The last time you said you never wanted to talk to me again, that you regretted ever becoming my friend. I don't think it's a good idea to be calling me, don't call this number again. Got it?" I said as I hung up the phone, not even giving him a chance to speak.

I threw the phone angrily at the foot of my bed. How dare he think that I could just forget everything that happened between us and be friends again? He was sorely mistaken if he thought that was going to happen.

Ok, you guys are probably wondering what happened so here goes:

You see back in LA Alex, Rachel and Stevie were my best friends, but there was another that I avoided telling you about. Ethan Grey, my best friend since I was born at the hospital. Well now I guess ex best friend.

Our parents had become good friends and so had we. We only ever did talk out of school but still, our friendship was strong. We never became anything more than friends and that was that. You would think that we would've considering we were so close but I only thought of him as a brother; nothing more. So it was hard for me to say goodbye. I knew that he wouldn't take it lightly but I didn't expect him to say all those hateful words. He yelled at me and ran away before I even had a chance to speak to him. I hid my pain from everyone. I didn't want them to know that some boy had made me cry because they would think that we were together. And we weren't.

I sighed out of frustration and realized I had to keep quiet since Asia was still fast asleep on the other side of the bedroom. I checked the time and it read 7:30. I forgot about the time difference back in LA and called Rachel and Stevie.

A few rings later, a very grumpy Stevie answered.

"What?" Stevie yelled through the phone.

"Well hello to you too." I said back.

"Gab? What the hell are you calling me for so early in the morning? You do realize that it's only half four in the morning right?"

"Sorry I forgot." I said not really caring, "Now onto more important things, you'll never guess who called me!"