I fell in love with a jock

Chapter 8

When I wake up in the morning, Oreo is sprawled out on my chest with his nose against my neck leaving a wet spot from his runny nose. I try not to wake him which is nearly impossible because he is laying on me so I push the cover back off of me and wrap them around him instead. he wakes up and looks around before nuzzling into the blanket and watches me move around the room.

I smell like dog so I decide to take a morning shower which is not exactly my favorite thing to do so early in the morning. I wash the smell off of me and get dressed in some skinny jeans and a grey sweater. My hair, still being wet from the shower is a hassle to work with. I just end up blow drying my hair dry and let it my blonde hair fall naturally on my shoulders.

I discover both my parents have already left for work when I find a note they have left me on the counter reading; "Have a good day. we left some muffins for you on the dinning table." I look onto the table to see my favorite kind of muffins -banana nut muffins- and grab one, along with my keys and head out the door with a quick pet and bye to Oreo.

On the way to school, I have the thought to text Brandon to see if we are still meeting this morning at our coffee shop but I sadly discover that I have never bothered asking for his number. I still make hasty decision and go to the coffee shop and see if he is there.

I scan the parking lot looking for his truck but don't seem to find it anywhere but I still park my car and get off and walk into the shop. Without getting into the line yet I look around at the tables to see if maybe he is here, but he is not.

"He's probably late, I should wait for him." I tell myself. I wait in the long line and I order my coffee. I am about to ask for a second coffee for Brandon but I have no idea what he drinks. So I just get mine and go sit at a small table and wait for him.

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Andrew: where are you? You didn't bring me my coffee!!

I had been waiting for 10 minuets when Andrew texted me asking me for his coffee. It was kind of lonely and awkward waiting for Brandon, and I was pretty sure he wasn't going to show up. I try not to feel so disappointed and  order Andrews coffee to go, and leave the coffee shop to go to school.

Me: hey, sorry I have it. I'll be at the school in 5.

Still determined to find Brandon, I drive over to the parking lot next to the athletics building and circle the parking lot looking for his truck. Its a pathetic idea to try and look for him but I want to see him and find out if he just forgot about getting coffee or just didn't want to see me again. Near my first look around the parking lot I spot Brandon. With another girl.

He has the girl pinned against his car, with both hands on her waist and he seems to be whispering to her, because his face is very close to hers. I am mistaken when I see him lean in and give her a quick swift kiss.

I am confused on what i'm seeing and confused on how it makes me feel. I thought he had feelings for me but I see now he was most likely just toying with me, because here he is with another girl who I am assuming is his girlfriend.

What I want to do at that moment is drive past him and throw my coffee out the window at him and let the girl know what he has been doing. I know it wont solve anything if i do that, and I would never do it to begin with.

Instead I do a U-turn and go back to the front of the building and pretend I didn't see anything. Like it was apart of my imagination. But the betrayal that i'm feeling tells me that its real, and that I was just being used.

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"How could he do that to you? Just mess with you for fun and then go back with another girl or his girlfriend. Who ever she is, I hope she comes to her senses and sees what a bad guy he is." It seemed to me that Andrew was more upset at Brandon than I was. For what reason, I am not sure.

Andrew has me in his grasp, with his arms wrapped around me and my head against his chest. I wasn't crying, I just felt used and didn't want to see or talk to him anymore. He  doesn't know that i saw him and i'm not going to let him continue using me for the fun of it. why was he doing it? What did he get out of it?

"We're not going to study hall. okay? We're gonna go somewhere else so you don't have to see him." He says reading my mind about not wanting to see or talk to Brandon.

"Yea, that sounds good. Thank you Andrew." I really was thankful for Andrew and all these years we have been friends. Our families knew each other so well. They've taken us on vacations, Concerts, and long road trips together. I really did love him and we both knew when we said it to each other it was nothing more then a friendly love.

"Of course Em."  He releases me from his grasp and looks at me once more in the eye to make sure I am okay before he leads me out into the hallway. We had walked into an empty classroom when I told we needed to talk and this was the first one. Thankfully no teachers walked in during our talk.

"Here's your coffee. Sorry its probably cold." I hand him his coffee that I have been holding all morning and give him a small, but genuine smile along with the coffee.

"That's fine. At least I won't have to wait for it to cool down." He laughs trying to make a small joke and take a drink from it.

We leave the room and Andrew puts his arm around my shoulders and pulls me in towards him. I'm happy for the comfort and lean my head in to him. I feel his head move and I know he is looking down on me, but I don't have it in me to look back up at him.

With my incredible luck, Brandon is walking our way from the opposite side of the hallway. I see him first before Andrew does but I don't tell him anything. When we get close to Brandon, Andrew can see him and he moves is hand around to my waist and holds onto me tightly, and his pace quickens.

Brandon sees us and the way Andrew is holding me. He stares at us as we pass him but he doesn't say anything to us. He just stares at us. A part of me wanted him to stop us and ask what was wrong, but another part of me was glad he ignored us.

Andrew leaves me and I go to my first period. All the decorations for homecoming makes me feel sick and I take off the gators taped on my desk and lay my head down on my crossed arms.

This day is going to be long.

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