Summer Rain

[27] I Must Be Dreaming

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She moves in closer.

Whispering to me, "I thought I told ya."

And oh she's playing games now.

And I've figured it out now that we're, now that we're closer.

Two kids, one love

Who cares if we make it up?

~I Must Be Dreaming- The Maine

      I couldn't help it. As soon as I heard Blake's oh-so-familiar voice, my eyes snapped to Kaden's. He shot me a confused look. I probably looked kind of crazy right now, completely panicked from a phone call, but it was Blake! And Kaden was here! Talk about bad timing. I mean, yeah, I was going to tell Kaden about what happened with Blake, but now with him calling, it'd be even more awkward. I couldn't walk away, either, that would just make things look suspicious.

      "Blake?" I finally answered in a croak, watching as Kaden's eyes hardened a bit, though he tried not to show his anger.

      "Hey," Blake replied in a slightly way voice. I bit my lip as confusion swept through me. Why was he calling me? I mean, with what had happened... "You're probably wondering why I'm calling," he said, as if reading my mind. He didn't sound like the Blake I knew. Instead of sounding calm and collected, with a slight hint of teasing arrogance, he sounded nervous. Wow. That was a first. I don't think I had ever really heard him sound distressed.

      "Yeah, I am," I admitted in the coldest voice I could manage. I didn't want to be mean, but he shouldn't have done what he had done yesterday. I wasn't sure if I was really ready to forgive him for it.

      A part got to me, though. Had I accidentally lead him on? I mean, yeah, at first, before I really got to know him, I had kind of used him to help distract me from Kaden, but it wasn't, romantic or anything, right? Hadn't he known that? What had I done to make him think I wanted something more? Did I unconsciously four with him or something?

      "Raine," Blake started, pulling me out of my thoughts. I shot another quick glance at Kaden. He had his eyes squeezed shut; his face down and he looked as if he was chanting something under his breath.

      "Yeah," I replied to Blake in a voice that was a cross between casual and frosty. I wasn't sure if Kaden had noticed my cold tones yet, and honestly, I wasn't sure whether I wanted him to or not.

      "Look, Raine, I'm really sorry for what happened. That had been incredibly stupid of me and I'm a terrible friend, I know," he said. It felt like a punch to gut, or like someone had suddenly yanked my heart into my throat and left it there. What Blake had said, it was so, so, so scarily similar to what Jared had said every time he had gotten drunk or we had a fight. It wasn't exactly the same, especially since Blake was just a friend and I had been dating Jared, but the words were close enough to make me stop short. It was probably just a coincidence; the speech wasn't the most original, but still... As stupid as it sounded, it reminded me of Jared. "It was a complete ass move," Blake continued, pulling me out of my thoughts yet again.

      "Yeah, it was," I agreed, bluntly. Maybe I was being too harsh, but the memory of Jared mixed with Kaden's heavy state was getting to me. Then I saw Kaden making some wild motions at me, trying to catch my attention. "One sec, Blake," I said into the phone before pulling it away and pressing the mute button.