The New Boy

Chapter 22

Henry gave me a ride to school the next day since Kylie and I were not on speaking terms. She hurt my feelings yesterday and I could not even bare to look at her at that moment. She was rude and inconsiderate of my feelings, she literally slammed the door right in my face when I was trying to reach out and help. Yet I was the same person that was always there for her when she was not feeling alright, I gave her all my support and unconditional love, no matter how much she screwed me over, chose that jerk over me, stood me up for him.

I supported her relationship anyway, I was there for her through every step of the way, I respected her decision, I never made her question my love for her or our friendship. I prioritized it. I was the same person that was there for her when Tim screwed her over for the first time, when she got intoxicated in that room, I made her feel better. I'm the one who advised her on second chances, I was her shoulder to cry on whenever she felt like shit but hey, that was the appreciation I got. So much for having a best friend right. She was acting like a brat yesterday.

But I still cared about her, I was still worried about how she was doing. I just did not believe how she spoke to me when I was just trying to help. She was being obnoxious to the only human that had been there for her through her best and worst. But it was okay, I was not about to hold that against her.

"Let me guess, you guys fought again?" Henry asked on our way to school and I nodded.

"Ugh! Girls and their drama."

"Don't be like that." I pouted.

"But seriously, look at us, we haven't even argued. You don't fully agree with things I do but because it makes me happy, you put your feelings aside and in the process you told me your honest opinion. Why did you guys fight this time around?"

He was right.

"You're all about honesty huh?"

"I value honesty and I respect anybody who's honest and real with me from the start. I hate being lied to, especially since I can be so understanding. So, why did you guys fight?"

"You know how I confronted Tim?"

"Yea?"

"Dude, Kylie is mad at me for that. She literally told me to back off, when I told her that I was just trying to help, she told me that nobody asked me to." I felt the heavy pain in my chest, begging for me to let the tears out but I would not.

"Damn! That's really obnoxious."

"I know right? She said that I crossed boundaries, can you believe her?"

"Whoa! That must have stung, how are you holding up?"

"I thought you were going to laugh about it."

"Hey, I have a heart too, I'm human." He put his hand on his chest to act offended.

"You have a heart but you don't love."

"Hey, a heart was meant to pump blood, it ends there okay. Dude you do Life Science." I rolled my eyes.

"I am not okay really, I think this is the end of us."

"Do you want it to be?"

"Of course not but like dude, have you realized how Kylie treats me? She turns against me every flipping chance she gets and I'm supposed to wait around until she comes back to her senses and apologize? How long are we going to do that? Kylie can't be the one to always call the shots in our friendship. So when she's upset, she upsets everybody around her?" I clicked my tongue after that. Tears were threatening to spill, they had already created a pool in my eyes.

"So you feel like the friendship is one-sided?"

"Kinda. I don't know how I feel bro. I just know that I am tired of this back and forth with her, I want stability in my life and lately, she isn't giving me that." I sniffled.