Best friends (WATTY 2013)

Chapter Eight (Amanda's dad)

Chapter Eight

　

3 weeks later...

It's been three weeks since the accident. I still had a brace on my leg ,but nothing too severe.

I still couldn’t tell what was going on with Joey. He had been stuck at his job and I couldn't exactly walk as I pleased. My mom had told me I couldn't go outside my bed unless I had to use the bathroom. Whenever she HAD to leave she would have Mara over here. She was coming over today. Her mom was okay with it because it was a break.

Yesterday I had gone to the doctor's office for a checkup and I seen Adam. He was with the same blonde chick but the thing is that she had a baby bump. If I was really in love with him I would've cried when I see him. But I didn't .We were history, more than Abe Lincoln. I was so through with him and his baby mama drama. Then I started thinking about Joey's face when he was beating the crap out of him.

Joey.

As I think about it Joey never really got mad unless something happened to me. Even with his girlfriend. I think that now I ma-

Mara walked in with the makeover stuff in her hands, breaking my thoughts.

"Hey, how ya feelin'?" She asked sitting down her stuff.

Great since you came, breaking my thoughts AGAIN

"Good you?" I lied.

"I'm sooo HAPPY! Jim and I went on our first date!" She said excitedly

"You have to tell!" I didn’t want to ruin her mood, so I just kept quiet about the Adam situation.

"I will when I get finished with your nails, hair and toes" She said pointing them out. Mara loved doing this since fifth grade. She actually did it quite well too. I think she could be-

"Umm...hello?! Move you crip foot! "She said trying not to move my broken foot, but also BREAKING MY THOUGHTS AGAIN!

We once again had music playing. We sang the music loud and proud too.

For the rest of the night my mind drifted in and out of Joey.

"Ummm....Mandie?" Mara called

"Yeah?" I answered not really paying her any mind.

"What's up?"

"Nothing" I shrugged

"Really? You've been quiet the whole time." Why did she know me so well?

"Okay remember when I was in the hospital and Joey was acting all werido-ish?"

"Yeah what about it?"

"Well I’m not going to sugar-coat it but ...do you think he likes me?"

She just looked at me like a deer in headlights.

"Mara say something!!" I screamed

"Okay well," she put the cap on the nail polish. "I’ve wanted you to say that since the fifth grade!!"

She jumped up and hugged me tightly. Too tightly if you ask me."So do you?" I asked confused.

"Heck yeah girl! That boy has been in love with you since before you were born!"

"Wait what? In love? With me?" I asked caught off guard.

"Haven't you noticed the way he looks after you? Or the way he puts you above himself? Or the way he stares at you? And really? Kissing on the forehead? He doesn’t do that to his girlfriends or weekend slings!"

Okay she was wayyyyyy too eager about this! As I started thinking about it He does do that but I’ve never seen the way he acts because I'm never around him and his girlfriends.

"So all this time how come you didn’t tell me?"

"Oh I really don't know. I guess you needed to find out yourself"

"So do you like him back?"

Well to be honest with myself, yes I noticed a few days after I was out of the hospital and I missed him so much, I wanted to get out and see him. But I've never felt this way about anybody. Yes, I like him maybe even love him, but I didn't want others to know because that's insane! Most people probably think that being best friends with a guy means that he is a jerk when actually he isn’t. Well not all the time he can be a softy at times but nobody but me and MAYBE his mom seen that part of him. Act-

"So do you love him or not?

Yes but I’m NOT telling you that. Sorry

"Hello?" Mara called.