Stones

Chapter 5

Ben: good morning Ellie,merry Christmas.
Me:good morning Ben merry Christmas. How are your today?
Ben:I'm fabulous how about yourself?
Me:I'm doing great thank you.so what's up
Ben:can u tell Lina to call me I need to
talk to her
Me:ill tell her
Ben:thanks Lina your the best

I love when he says that to me. I call
Lina.
"Hello"
"hey Lina merry Christmas" I say. "Hey merry Christmas. What's up"
she says
"Ben wants u to call him."
"I will in a few. Are we hanging out soon?"
"Idk I'm going to a friends tomorrow."
I tell her.
"OK well i'll ttyl Ellie I love u have a merry Christmas."
"OK Lina I love u bye"
"bye" we hang up.
The rest of the day is like a normal day.
The next day I was at my grandmas waiting to go to hasleys house when I got a text from Ben

Ben:Ellie can i tell u something?
Me: yea ofc anything?
Ben: I'm in love with you
Me:what?
Me:mee???
Ben:yes you
Me:me, Ellie jade Carson????
Ben: yes you Ellie jade Carson!!
Me:are you sure?
Ben:Ellie I need you to take this seriously
Me: OK what do you mean ur in love
with me?
Ben: I mean I love Lina and all but I am in love with you and I'm gonna break up with her for you cause I can't stay with her if I feel like this toward you
Me:Ben tbh I have loved you since I met u I just didnt say anything cause Lina is my best friend but i could nev-

My fingers hit send before or I was done

Ben:this is lina
Me:wtf fr?
Lina:yes fr. Wtf u mean u love him? I was joking and u said u love him
me: Lina I didnt finish
Lina: save it idc u lied u said I could
have him but u probably still talking to him behind my back you bitclh
Me:Lina no its not like that I would
never do that
Lina:gn Ellie

I begin to cry. My best friend catfished
Me and I dont know what iust
happened. I went to hasleys house and I tried to text Lina and she blocked me so I text Ben but he wouldn't answer.

me: Ben plz answer me
Me:Ben plz
Me: bennnnn
Me:Im sorry
Me: gn

I gave up and I got a response the next
day

Ben:Im sorry I was at lanes and I
blocked your number cause i didnt want Lina to get mad at me for texting you.
Me: its w.e. Ben Im not your girlfriend
so u dont have to talk to me.
Ben: wtf are u talking ab Ellie u are one of my best friends
Me: yea only cause me and Lina were
friends. we aren't now, your free
Ben: what
Me: goodbye Ben
Ben: Ellie what I dont understand
Me: l'm blocking your number
Ben: what no please dont

I didn't block it but I ignored his texts
and Calls and after a few days he
stopped texting me.
I still love Ben but he doesnt love me so idk what else to do. I just have to move on I guess
Be for I know it a months gone by and
its the end of January.

Ben: Ellie? I need to talk to you please
Me: Lina I dont have time for your games
Ben: I promise it isnt her its really me
Me: what do u want Ben?

he sent me a screenshot. It was from
Lina

Lina: Ben I really love u and all but I just
have a lot to do rn and I can't do to with
you on my mind and I have to do this l
hope u will understand. Im sorry but we need to break up.
Ben: if thats what u really want
Lina:it is I'm sorry
Ben: its fine Lina goodbye

Wow I can't believe they broke up

Me:Ben im really sorry
Ben: its fine I just needed to talk to you. I hope we can still be friends
Me: of course I'm sorry I ignored you
Ben: to be completely honest ellie I love u like a sister and u are one of the best friends I've ever had
Me: thank u Ben u are my best friend too
Ben: igtg but I'll ttyl
Me: gn Ben
Ben: gn ellie

I went to bed smiling that night