My Best Friend?

Chapter 8

Ashton's POV

I smiled proudly as Michael moved Sam's bangs behind her ear, and then slowly moved in to kiss her. Yes I am taking full responsibility for that, because I convinced him to go to her house both Friday and Saturday night. Am I going to tell Emma that I had anything to do with it? Absolutely not.

They definitely are the school's hottest couple, but that can easily be taken over when -if- Emma and I start dating. Which I'm hoping is soon, but probably won't be because they're doing pretty good right now. Now that I think about it, it's probably because I haven't been in the way of anything... And now that I won the bet, they probably won't be doing so good. Yeah I want them to break up, but I don't want it to be because of a stupid bet that I thought of. And it definitely would have been a big deal because we all take our bets seriously.

"So I'm guessing you win?" Em asked as she came to stand next to me. I looked at her and almost whined. Literally. She was wearing a white t-shirt, dark blue skinny jeans, and brown and white flats. Her ice blue eyes were staring into mine, wide and concerned that I hadn't answered her yet.

"Yeah, about that-"

"Did you cheat?" she smirked.

"No," I lied. "But I've been thinking that you don't have to do the terms of it."

Her eyes narrowed and she turned completely to face me. "What do you mean? We always follow through with our bets, why is this any different?"

"Because I don't want to have to put you in a position to have to choose between me and Alex, and I know that's what it'll end up being."

She bit her lip, and looked away for a quick second. "I don't care."

"But I do, and there's no way I'm going to allow you to ruin a relationship because of some stupid bet that we made."

"Why do you care so much, because I know you don't like Alex."

"I care about you, and I don't want to see you hurt."

"You're literally gonna make me cry."

"I'm sorry," I laughed as I wrapped her in my arms. "Why are you gonna cry?"

"I don't know. Just because you're sweet and.."

"Please don't cry, I'd feel insanely bad."

She laughed, and slowly pulled away from me. I also noticed that she tried to discreetly wipe her eyes, and I wanted nothing more than to grab her and kiss her.

"Are you okay now? Do you want me to go find Alex?"

She glared, and quickly walked away. I felt my hands fall and figured they must have been resting on her hips; hopefully Alex didn't see that. But I was mostly confused about the look she gave me. I thought that I was saying all of the right things, but I guess not, and I don't even know what I said that triggered the mood swing.

"Where'd Emma go?" Luke asked.

"I honestly have no idea, but I think she's mad at me."

"At you? Since when does that happen?" Sammy said from Michael's arms.

"I don't know... Hey, what were you guys really talking about at that rehearsal?" I suddenly remembered how secretive they were being and I was definitely curious.

"Oh, uh-"

"Sam, can you come here for a second?" Spencer yelled from across the hallway.

"Yes!" she basically screamed and then ran over to him.