Making Her Fall

Chapter 35

     We reach the lake house in no time and Amber marches straight to the empty kitchen. Her hands land on a half filled bottle of tequila with the intention of just turning it up. I clamp my hand down on the bottle stopping her in the process I earn the same death glare she was giving Zoe at the dock. "We are here to talk not drink Amber. What is the problem? I already know it isn't about us falling in the lake."

     I reach back setting the bottle down and turn back to face her while crossing my arms. She turns away from me quickly running her hands through her hair groaning and for a moment I believe she wants to start pulling her hair out. She snaps back to me and finally says, "My problem is that damn blonde witch!"

     "Woah there. Are you talking about Zoe? I thought Zoe was a good friend of yours." Now I was totally confused. Zoe had been friends with Amber for a couple years before Amber set me up with Zoe. She can't just start having problems with her. Could it be where she just up and left?

     "She used to be my friend. She said she would help me, but she was just a sneaky selfish bitch. You know what? I can't do this right now." She turns away again trying to rush away, but I reach out snatching her by the wrist before she can get too far. A loud smack echos in the room as her hand reaches my face.

     Terror fills her face when she realizes what she did and she tries to escape my grasp. My grip on her is like iron and I pull her to me while my face is boiling with anger. I grab her by the waist to lift her up onto the counter like a child. I make sure to place my hands on the counter on both sides of her so she has no where to go before taking a deep breath. "We are doing this now. Talk."

     I barely was able to bite out the words because of my anger. Amber had been acting weird the past couple of days and I want to get to the bottom of it now. I stare into her eyes until she gets uncomfortable and she looks down to stare at her lap. I wait patiently until she finally speaks softly, "You and Zoe weren't supposed to date at all. She said she was going to help me."

     She refuses to meet my gaze when I refuse to talk. I have to wait her out so she will explain. "Jay I l... I like you. I have liked you for awhile now, but I never had a clue if you felt the same. The only person I told was Zoe. She came up with a plan to get close to you and find out for me. I knew she had a crush on you, but she said because I had known you longer she would back off. Well apparently she didn't. I confronted her about it when she said y'all started dating and all she could say was you were too charming. She said she couldn't think clearly when she was with you and she was sorry.

     "She was one of my closest friends at school and she stabbed me in the back and taking you from me. Then she saw us at the party and she suddenly felt angry and guilty. We ended up fighting a couple days later and I had to take a couple days for the bruises to fade. Now she is back and just as close to you as before."

     Amber actually likes me. She just poured out her whole plan and how Zoe screwed it up, but the point is she likes me. "Amber I'm not getting back with Zoe. She is just a friend."

     "Just like we are friends right Jayden!?" She snaps at me almost like a dog trying to take a bite out of someone. "Is she going to wear your shirts or cuddle with you in bed like I have been this week? If that is how it's going to be then we should just stop. I can see how she still looks at you. That's why I jumped in your lap today so she knew to stay away. The only time I thought you felt the same about me was when we were alone at the Christmas party. The way you looked at me made me feel like the luckiest girl in the world. And the way you touched me and kissed my skin was enough to drive me insane. Then Richard had to screw everything up. My perfect night ended in disaster and I couldn't even explain it to you because you ran away. It made me feel like you didn't want me."