In Love With My Best Friend

CHAPTER ELEVEN: TALK

When Saint comes back home it's late at night. Both of our parents are already asleep.

I hear him walk up the stairs as I am sitting in my room reading a book. I close the book and get up from my bed and after I hear his door shut I walk across the hallway.

I have tried to think of what to say to him but I guess I'll just wing it.

I open the door and he has his shirt off and is about to pull his pants off...

I tried to move but I was frozen.

"JULES!!!"

"SORRY!!!" I quickly shut the door.

Then my mom comes walking down the hall. "What is all the ruckus about!"

"Sorry mom I uh-"
"It's nothing she just came to speak to me." Saint says
"Alright well I'm going back to bed." My mom replies

Saint opens the door "alright I'm done changing now." Saint says. "Thanks for knocking." He sarcastically adds

"Sorry" I mutter as I try to step past him into his room but he blocks me.

"What are you doing?"

"I wanted to talk."

"Like you talked with my mom about how sweet Mia was and the cruel heartbreaker I was."

"Those were her words not mine. She is your mother Saint, not your best friend. She doesn't know you like I do. She doesn't know how Mia is like I do. For goodness sake she has had one silent car ride with the girl and thinks she knows everything about her. I would never say those things about you and I'm pretty sure you already know that I'm happy you broke up with Mia. She was toxic, manipulative, mean, and not good for you."

"Okay fine we can talk." He steps aside and I walk over and sit on the edge of his bed and he sits right next to me.

"Why do you care what she thinks anyways."

"Because she's right." He replies as he stars ahead to his blank wall

"No she's not-"

"Yes she is Julia! Don't you get it!? I did exactly what she said I would do!" He raises his voice but not too loud because he doesn't want to wake our parents. "I broke her heart." He adds more softly

I want to say "I don't think she has one" but I know right now isn't the right time.

"What do you mean."

Then he told me that he broke up with her the other day and this time they weren't getting back together.