The Path to Love

Prologue

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"C'mon guys, she's like one of my best friends, there's no way I'm gonna take her virginity." I stated to my friends, Luke and Xavier.

"Exactly, you're her best friend, that means she trusts you. It'll be the easiest bet we've ever made for you," Xavier stated.

"Xav, bro, he's not gonna do it." Luke replied.

"I bet you five hundred bucks that you can't take her virginity by spring break." Xavier said to me.

"Why does it have to be her virginity? Why can't I do something else? I shouldn't have to take a girls virginity to prove anything to you fuckers."

"Fine then, get into a relationship with her. Become boyfriend and girlfriend." Luke stated, making it slightly easier.

"You want me to ruin my friendship with my best friend for you assholes?" I said to him, trying to understand what he was asking of me. If my best friend and I were to date, it would ruin everything we have spent since we were five, building.

Xavier smirked. "I can almost guarantee you; it will not ruin your relationship."

"You don't know that." I replied, glaring at him.

"Oh, but I do." He replied, confident.

"No." I replied, "I'm not doing either."

"You can't turn a bet down, Hunter. That's the deal we made when we were kids." Luke reminded me.

"Do you fuckers have any idea how wrong this is?"

"It's not wrong," Xavier deadpanned. "She loves you, and you love her."

"Not in that way though," I groaned.

"You can't turn down a dare," Xavier taunted.

"I hate you both," I muttered.

My best friend isn't a virgin. My friends don't know that, which is why I don't want to do any dare that is associated with her. She was traumatized once; I'm not going to ruin her again. But, five hundred bucks is a lot of money. Do I want to jeopardize my friendship though? "Fine, I'll do it."

I'm Hunter Thomas and I'm your typical fuck boy. I know what you're thinking. What damaged him to turn him into a fuck boy? Or, my personal favourite, who fucked him up that much that he needed sex to feel good about himself?

Let me clear something up, I'm a senior in high school. High school is basically all sex crazed wannabees. I've got the looks, I'm popular, I'm rich and I'm smart. I'm the whole package. All guys want to be me, and every girl wants to fuck me. No one fucked me up and nothing happened to damage me. I just like the act of sex. All the girls know they are literally one-night stands and all the girls consent to sleeping with me. If they get attached and get their hearts broken, that's their problem.

There is one girl I refuse to sleep with, that my friends will not drop, my best friend Samantha Dawson. We have been neighbors since I moved next door to her when I was five. We are the same age, we have similar interests and she knows I'm the typical popular fuck boy. She doesn't care, and she doesn't judge me. She lets me live my life and I let her live hers. I'm not the relationship type, which she knows.

Sam has a traumatic past, which is the reason she swore off sex. When we were growing up, her uncle used to take care of her a lot because her parents traveled for work. Apparently, it happened for years, but one night I walked in with him on top of her. We had been friends for like three years at this point, we were eight. You best believe I kicked him off her and beat him to a pulp and called the cops. I have never seen Sam that broken and defeated. After I caught him, I swore to protect Sam at all costs. If I hadn't walked in on him doing that to her, I never would have known it was happening. Sam is a very closed off person, you can't read her facial expressions and she doesn't let many people in. She was never the same after I walked in on that situation. She made me promise not to tell anyone about it after court and everything was over, and we have never talked about it since. I swore, she would never go through that again, alone.

Now I know what you're thinking, I'm just going to use her and traumatize her all over again and I'm a horrible person. You're wrong. I was and will always be there for Sam and I would never do anything she didn't want. I'm not a complete dick.

Sam is the only girl that can wear my hoodies, treat me like I'm her boyfriend and can spend all night in the same bed as me. I guess where we've been friends for so long, our parents don't care and don't expect us to get into a relationship. I think it would be weird to be in a relationship with her. We've been friends for so long, it's weird to see her as anything but my best friend.

Now you're going to ask me why am I going to try to sleep with her then? I didn't expect to be friends with Sam after that night. I thought she would have left me or told me to go to hell or something. Nope, that didn't happen. She just cuddled into me at the hospital, cried a lot and fell asleep in my arms. That whole night is one memory I will never forget. She has never had a boyfriend, no other guy friends beside me and she barely talks to guys. I'm pretty sure she only kept me around because I saved her from him, but our relationship continued to develop and now we're here. We're best friends and rely on each other for everything.

I'm never going to win this dare. I wouldn't do her dirty like that. I wouldn't betray her like that, and I wouldn't use her like that. I'm a dick, but that's my best friend. I can't tell the guys what she's been through, but I'm also not going to win a stupid dare and break my best friend.

I asked her many times if she was lesbian because I never saw her with a guy. I thought she could have been lesbian. I wouldn't have judged her. She told me she wasn't, she just didn't want a relationship.

I'm going to tell her about the bet, eventually.

No, I'm not in love with her. She's my best friend. Guys and girls can be best friends without developing anything.