is my best friend the one? (finished)

chapter 4

i noticed i had gotten to the road so i stopped my bike and waited for the boys to catch up.

[tyler pov]
the boys were teasing my about liking ada but i concealed it pretty well. i liked her a little bit but i could never tell anyone that. especially not her.

when we got to the road we usually race on, i pulled up next to ada. "excited to lose, ty?" she smiled, excitedly.

"i dont know are you?" i asked her.

real smooth, tyler. i thought.

she giggled. she always said she hated her laugh but i thought it was pretty cute. "ready guys?" she said.

"whos gonna say 'go' so its fair?" greg asked.

"i have a simple solution." ada said, getting us to look at her.

"someone tosses a rock real high, then as soon as it hit the ground we race to the end of the road. loser sleeps outside?" she says.

she looked cute when she was fired up. what am i saying?? i cant like ada. shes just my friend.

mike knew he would win so he agreed
the slowest of us, greg, was ready to lose but he agreed anyways.

[ada pov]
michael wanted to be the one to throw the rock so we let him. as soon as it hit, we all pedalled like it was life or death. all of a sudden, my bike hit the rock mike tossed so i made a sharp turn straight down into some dirt pit there was at the side of the road. it was small enough for me to walk out, but i kept pedalling, somehow. i was still in the lead of greg and almost steve.

[tyler pov]
"how the hell did she recover from that??" steve asked.

"shes badass." i replied, quietly.

"what was that? you think ada's badass?" greg said.

just then ada shreiked and her bike toppled over.

[ada pov]
i let out a squeal before falling over another rock. i scraped my knees so bad. i knew it was bad, too, because it tingled and everyone knows after a tingling sensation on a wound comes a new world of hurt.

not only my knees, but my hands too! not to mention forehead scratched against a stick, no not a stick a whole ass branch.

"ada!" tyler yelled.

greg and tyler pulled over. soon steve did too. i stood up real quick, kinda dizzy though. "holy shit, ada, youre bleedng bad!" tyler said.

i climbed out of the pit. i then gave the boys a smirk before running to catch up with michael. "aint no way in hell im sleeping outside!" i called over my shoulder.

my knees stung badly and my head ached like there was no tomorrow. tyler passed me. then steve. then just as i was maybe 10 steps away, so did greg.

as soon as i got to the end, i collapsed to my knees. i sat on my knees while my hands propped me up on the ground. my brown hair sheilded my face from the boys.

i panted. my knees hurt like the devil. my hands stung there was a whole swarm of bees attacking my palms. dont even get me started on my forehead. just then, i felt it. blood trickled down the bridge of my nose, onto my mouth. it had been there before but i had just now acknowledged it.