In The Summer

Chapter Fourteen - Trey

I hope my plan for tonight works. Although I'm sure it won't. I have this weird feeling in my gut. Something is gonna happen that I'm not gonna like much.

"Hey man. What's up?" Charlie walks up to me.

"Nothing, you ready to put this plan in action?" I say.

"Yeah, let's do it. Do you really think this is gonna work?" He replies.

I am ready to set this plan into action. Although, I am worried that it won't work.

"I don't know yet, but I'm willing to try." I say.

"When did you become this interested in her anyway?" He asks, a confused look on his face.

"I really don't know, man." I say. Even though I do. It wasn't long ago.

I have kind of liked Wendy for the past few years, I only just realized it in the past few weeks.

Ever since her new neighbor moved in, I have been having trouble with my feelings.

Carol and I almost got back together. I told her no because I couldn't figure out where I stood with my feelings. I think I like Wendy but it doesn't bode well for me. If I like her, I have the possibility of either breaking a heart or losing my popularity standard at the high school. If I break her heart, my mom will kill me. My mom treats her as if she is her daughter. Her mom treats me as if I am her son. If I break Wendy's heart I could break a lot of things. I could break our mom's relationship. I could break my friendship with Wendy. Our brothers could turn on us. My brother treats me like trash compared to Wendy. He loves her. She is like the sister he never had. Compared to Wendy her brother treats me like I'm a king and she is merely a part of the peasants.

I'm scared that what I'm going to do tonight is going to mess everything up but I'm willing to take that chance.

"Well, well, well... good to know you've already moved on from Trey. Huh?" I hear a girl say. She is talking to a couple dancing. I immediately recognize her as my ex girlfriend.

Thankfully none of the three see me.

The couple is not just any couple either. It is Wendy and Alex. Seeing them together at my party... it angers me. I hate that she brought him to my party why couldn't she have come with her friends like Gage said she was going to? I guess she had a change of plans.

On the upside, I now know that Wendy has (or had?) liked me. That's a lot to take in.

I like her and I hope she still likes me but, I didn't plan on this.

"Go away Carol. Leave us alone." Wendy says. I admire the way she stands up for herself and doesn't wait on someone else to step in.

Just then at the worst possible moment, as Carol is about to snap, I fall out from where I am hiding. I'm now in plain view of the three.

Carol turns and looks at me. She gives me a dirty look.

"Ooh... so now you're eavesdropping on people?" Carol says.

Wendy's face has pure horror on it. She realizes that I've heard everything about her liking me.

Alex glares at me. I can tell that he doesn't like where this is going. Neither do I.

"What are you doing here Trey?" Wendy asks.

"Uhh... um... I really don't know." I say, even though I do know why.

I'm here because I was eavesdropping. I'm not about to tell her that, though.

She looks at me like I'm crazy and turns to look at Carol, to see what she is going to say about this.

Carol doesn't take her eyes away from me.

"So, Trey why are you eavesdropping on people now?" Carol asks, with a smug look on her face.

"Well I wasn't," I say. I know I'm lying but I don't want Wendy to think I'm a stalker or a creep or something. "I was just looking for something and I fell."

Alex gives me a look. I think Wendy believes my lie but the other two don't.

Wendy is too trusting for her own good. She doesn't think anyone has it in them to lie and I can't say that I agree with her. I lie so often it doesn't faze me anymore.

I'm not exactly sure what makes me do it but I go against the entire plan I planned up for today.

"Wendy, can I speak to you in private?" I ask.

Her eyes widen. She is shocked. For a minute I think she knows what I plan on saying.

"Yes." She says, turning to look at Alex.

He gives her a nod. I don't know if he knows what I'm gonna say but he must feel like his place in her life is concrete.

He looks over at me with a look that says, don't even think about doing anything. I look back at him, not even breaking his stare.

I lead Wendy toward a room where we can be alone. Away from all the noise.

"So, what is it you needed?" Wendy asks me.

I'm suddenly nervous. I don't know how she is going to take this.

"Wendy, I like you." I say.

She gasps.

I lean toward her and hear the door open and slam. She pushes me away and says, "No Trey, you can't do this. You can't lead me on for years on end and then decide that you finally like me when I get a boyfriend. I have a boyfriend for goodness sake."

I look at her and see in her eyes that she has just realized that someone saw us and was clearly angry.

"I-I just can't believe that you would have the guts to pull something like this. I didn't realize that you cared this little about other people's feelings. You have a girlfriend and I have a boyfriend."

"I do not have a girlfriend." I point out, angrily.

She storms off saying, "Leave me alone. I can't see you right now!"

Oh my God. What have I done?

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Who do you think saw them and was so mad?

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