Walk Away

Chapter 1

I ran into the cafeteria, huffing and puffing. "Amelia!" I shouted, not caring what anyone thought of me at the moment. 

As my best friend turned and looked at me, I ran to the table, trying to catch my breath. "Amelia... I... and... he... hi..." 

She raised an eyebrow at me and tried not to laugh. "Ava. What?"

I rolled my eyes and took a moment to breathe. "Josh Anderson said hi to me in the hallway."

She looked shocked for a moment, before squealing. "Josh Anderson? THE Josh Anderson? The one you've been crushing on for like THREE YEARS?" 

I shushed her, glancing around at the people who had turned to look at us. Lowering my voice, I said, "Yeah. Basically yesterday I ran into him at the gas station and he said 'Hey don't you go to my school' and I almost died internally but then I didn't and I was like 'yeah bro I've had a crush on you since third grade why don't you know my name' except for the first part and he was like-" 

I was cut off by the loud sound of a tray dropping down on the table. It was Ace, my other best friend. "Wassup, twinkie? How's the ding-a-dong-doong going? Oh, hey Amelia." 

Twinkie was his nickname for me ever since he gave me a twinkie in fifth grade and I threw up on him. The rest... he's just weird. 

I sighed at his 'hilarious' antics and rolled my eyes. "Hey Ace? Remember that time when I said you were cool?"

He frowned and shook his head. "Actually, n-"

"Well, I lied."

"Yeah? Well, you weigh as much as Sant-" he was cut off by a loud smack from some unknown place. Oh wait, nevermind, that was me. 

Ace glared at me, and soon started up a conversation with Amelia about dog poop and I stared at the two of them together. Amelia was around 5'2 and undeniably beautiful with her sparkling green eyes, brown hair, and tan skin, and Ace was HOT if I do say so myself. He was tall, around 5'11, and had blonde hair and brown eyes. We once both had mutual crushes on each other and dated for a while, but we both 'mutually' broke up; I think he got over it, but I never really did. I couldn't help loving him. He was kind, funny, and insanely smart. But Amelia was his perfect match, and Ace deserved to be with someone as beautiful as her. He deserved the world. But he was my first love, and I always got jealous. 

I watched him watch Amelia with a light in his eyes that was never quite there when he looked at me. Their laughs harmonized perfectly. Sure, I pretended I was in love with Josh, but I wasn't. I knew that if I didn't find someone, Amelia would have figured out that I loved Ace. So I chose someone I would never have a chance with, to save myself from a bigger heartbreak. 

Most people never get over their first love. I knew I never would.