A/N
See I told you the next update would be soon. Sorry I'm just getting super excited for this book. Is that bad? Plus I've been traveling all day since I went out of town for Thanksgiving (btw I hope your thanksgiving was GREAT and AMAZING and you told everyone you love that your thankful for them and stuff) and writing is a good way to pass the time. Oh and sleeping.
Anyways enjoy the next chapter! I hope you love it cause I do
Clouds and Rainbows,
KoalaBear5101
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"Christine are you ok?" Candy asked.
"What wouldn't I be?" I asked.
"Well you kind of barged into my house, didn't say a word, and raided my fridge for the cookie dough ice cream. We only eat the cookie dough ice cream when our hearts are hurting. And what's worse is that your eating out of the carton. What's wrong?!" Candy nudges my arm and I looked at her pleading eyes.
I sighed in defeat. I mean the whole reason I came here was to talk about my feelings but it was so hard. Normally she's the one freaking about boys and here I am dying of a hurting heart for some unknown reason.
"I took Colton to ask Layla to go to the Winter Dance with him," I said stuffing another spoonful of ice cream in my mouth.
"OMG! Did she say yes?!" Candy asked her eyes popping out of her head.
"Yeah," I mumbled. I swirled my spoon in a small puddle of melted ice cream.
"Oh my gosh that's amazing! Can you believe that you actually brought two great love birds together! They're gonna grow up and get married and have babies..." Suddenly Candy stopped talking for once. I guess she finally noticed the look in my eyes.
"Ok I take that back. It's not amazing," she sat in the chair next to me at her marble kitchen table. "How did you feel when she said yes?"
I was silently for a moment as I tried to figure out how to put my feelings into words. I took a deep breath.
"Well at first I was angry. I wanted to jump out of that car and rip Layla to pieces. But then I looked at Colton and I saw this look of complete... happiness. That killed me. I just wanted to sit in that car and cry my eyes out," I wiped a stray tear off my cheek as my emotions got the best of me. "And what's worse is that he didn't even notice! I'm dropping him off at his house and he's grinning like a fool and my face is full of hurt and he doesn't even blink!"
Angry tears began to run down my cheeks as I stabbed at the ice cream with great force. Suddenly the spoon was taken from my hands and two small arms wrapped around me. I sobbed into Candy's shoulder for who knows how long until it finally turned to a few silent tears every now and then.
"Candy what is wrong with me?" I asked quietly.
Candy released me and held me at arms length. Se scanned my face for a minute or two until a huge grin broke across her face.
"Christine you are in love!" she exclaimed.
Realization spread across my face as I realized Candy was right. I was in love! Fucking love!
"No. No, no, no, no, no. I can't be in love! Colton's annoying and geeky and nerdy and... and sweet and soft and beautiful." I seemed to be staring into Colton's blue eyes until I realized what I said. "Wait no I take that back!"
Candy was grinning like a fool. "Sorry hun! You already said what I needed to hear and you are in love!"
"Oh shit! This can't be possible! I can't be in love with him Candy! I can't cause it'll just break me over and over again!"
Candy looked confused for a minute until she finally understood. Colton's already with Layla and there's nothing I could do considering I made it possible. Pity filled her eyes and she pulled me into another hug.
"Oh honey I wish I could help you and make it all go away but I can't. Although if you want I could slap Colton," she said.
I laughed a little and then I realized that I actually wouldn't mind. Gosh what am I saying? This has never happened to me before.
"Nah that's ok. It won't fix anything it'll just make it worse," I said.
"Yeah you're right. Hey there's a party going on this Friday! Wanna go and get drunk and make out with guys until they forget their own name?" she asked. She looked at me with a devilish grin.
"As fun as that sounds I can't. I have to teach Colton how to dance on Saturday and a hangover will not do me any good."
"Oh my gosh Chris your hurting yourself!" Candy exclaimed throwing her hands in the air.
"What?" I asked.
"You're gonna go teach the guy you like to dance with a girl you hate just so you could what? Get your heart broken? Hell I say you should let him make a fool of himself in front of Layla. Then he'll know how you feel once she rejects him for stepping on her perfect manicured toes."
"I can't do that Candy. I told him I would help him till the end. After the dance I'll go die in a hole while Colton and Layla ride off into the sunset together on a white horse but until then I have to finish what I started," I said. This was going to hurt. A lot. But I could handle it.
"Your hopeless," Candy said after awhile and shook her head. "Well if you ain't coming to the party then I guess I'll take Garret."
"Ooh. Speaking of Garret how are things?" I asked trying to change the subject.
Candy took the bait and she immediately started rambling on about her relationship. I half listened as I started thinking about how I like Colton.
I mean it makes sense but I wish it wasn't true. He'll have his Juliet and Layla will have her Romeo and all I'll have is my stuffed moose from Alaska to collect my tears on it's soft fuzzy, stuffed body.
Life sucks it really does and there's nothing to do but live it.
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