...I follow Emma until she steps outside and walks towards James. I hide just inside of the wall so I can hear what they are talking about. I know I shouldn't but I want to know.
"You still up for tonight?" Emma asks.
My heart starts to race.
"Of course! I guess I'll just tell Emma that I'm going to go for a walk or something and I'll meet you there," He says softly.
What? I think to myself.
I quickly look out the door and see that James has his arms around Emma's waist. She giggles and looks into his eyes. He leans down to kiss her but I step out to where they can see me.
"What the hell!" I scream.
"Um, Katherine, it's... uh... it's not what it looks like," James says.
"Oh of course it's not!" I yell back and I grab my phone and run out the front door and down the Jetty.
I can hear James running after me but I don't turn around until I'm at the end of the Jetty. He stops in front of me and reaches for my hand but I pull it away.
"What the hell was that!" I yell.
"I'm sorry!" He says stubbornly.
"Sure you are!" I say.
"I am!" He replies.
"I'm sick of your lies! I'm sick of being hurt or injured! I'm sick of you!" I scream.
James throws me a look of frustration then walks back to the cabin. I sigh and turn around and step off the jetty and onto the beach. My phone starts to vibrate in my hand and I answer it, it's Emma.
"Hey," she starts, "can we please talk?"
"Do you wanna talk or make out with my boyfriend, I don't mind," I say sarcastically.
"Katherine please," She says quietly.
"Please what? Please let me date your boyfriend when I have a perfectly good boyfriend?" I argue.
"Where are you?" Emma asks.
"Why do you care?" I reply stubbornly.
"Because I need to talk to you!" She says frustrated.
I hang up and sit down in the sand. Head in my hands. What is it? Am I not good enough for him? Did I say or do something? I think. I look up and see Chris standing in front of me.
"You ok?" He asks looking down at me.
I shrug.
"Can I sit?" He asks again.
"Sure," I say quietly.
He sits down next to me and stares out into the blue ocean.
"You know, you can tell me what's wrong," He says.
"If you really want to know I'll tell you, but you won't like it," I say.
I explain to him what has happened and he looks hurt, shocked, and almost broken.
"Do you know where they were planning to go tonight?" He asks quietly.
I shake my head, a lump forming in my throat.
"We should follow them. Wait five minutes after they leave the cabins, and then we'll meet in front of your cabin, and by five minutes they should be half way down the jetty, so, we can catch up to them, but we have to be quiet," He says.
I look at him and into his blue eyes, I know it's wrong and I know it's hypocritical, but I think I'm starting to fall for Chris.
"Sounds good," I reply with a soft smile.
We sit in silence for another few minutes, but then Chris stands up and brushes the sand off of him.
"You coming back?" He asks holding out his hand.
"I think I'll stay here for a little," I reply.
He nods and continues walking up the beach. Not long after, Emma taps me on my shoulder.
"I'm sorry," She mumbles, "I know, I'm stupid, say it all you want, but I guess I'm jealous."
"Why would you be jealous, you have a perfectly good boyfriend?" I say staring out into the horizon.
"I... I liked James before you did, and I never showed anything towards him, and when you told me that year, I became instantly jealous because I knew he liked you back, and I tried to get on his side, but he only ever talked about you," She said.
"And?" I ask.
"And when I saw you two together that time at the beach, all those feelings came rushing back, and him and I have been texting Katherine, he doesn't even love you anymore," She says frustrated.
"And how do you know that?" I ask.
"Because, he wouldn't try to kiss me otherwise would he? He wouldn't try to harm you if he still did would he?" She says annoyed.
"You're a bitch Emma, I was really excited for this trip, really, really excited, I would get to meet your boyfriend, and be with my two best friends, turns out that has been turned down by you two!" I yell.
I stand up and run back to my cabin. James isn't anywhere inside, but I find his phone and I login in to it, I know I shouldn't but I have to. I find Emma and James's chat and click on it. I scroll up a little bit and start reading.
James: Hey! Heard you were back in town!
Emma: Yeah I'm back for the summer!
I scroll back down a little bit and continue reading.
Emma: You know I always loved you right? That I've had a crush on you since forever.
James: Yeah I know, wanna hang out sometime ;)
Emma: Yeah duh! With or without Katherine?
James: Without
Emma: Ok, what should we do?
James: We could go see a movie or something?
Emma: Sounds great ❤️
James: ❤️
I get a sick feeling through my stomach and my head starts to hurt, he was cheating on me, with my best friend? How, why? I hear footsteps in the cabin, and quickly turn off James's phone and throw it across the bed.
"There you are," He says sitting next to me.
"I'm sorry for yelling at you, but I really need to talk to you," I say.
"Ok, what's up?" He asks pulling me closer to him.
I shake his hands off of me and sigh heavily. I feel the sick feeling washing through my stomach and my heart pounding in my ears.
"Emma, came and talked to me," I say almost crying.
"And? What did she say?" He asks nervously.
"She told me that you don't love me James, and that you and her had been hanging out and talking heaps," I say a tear rolling down my cheek.
"I... I can explain," He replies....
