The Difference Between You and Me (GXG)

chapter 10

dakota's p.o.v

a blush creeps on my face at her words as i don't answer. i just relax in my bed, putting my phone on speaker and laying it on my chest. i look up at the ceiling, my chest rising and falling slowly.

"dakota?" i hear her say gently. the way my name falls so delicately from her mouth makes me squirm in my bed.

"yeah?" i ask, curious about what she wants to say now. she talks a lot, and i love it. but everyone she says my name or starts talking my heart starts beating fast.

"can i pick you up tomorrow morning for school?" she asks me. "i usually pick up nate or he gives me a ride but i don't want to see him that early." so she wants to see me that early, instead of her boyfriend.

"yeah, i'll send you my address and i have to tell kenzie not to get me." i tell her as i pick up my phone and go to message her. i type my addresses, sending it to her. then i go to kenzie and i's messages and tell her that lucy is picking me up for school tomorrow. she texts back right away saying 'damn girl!! get it ;)'.

i laugh a little at the winky face she sent me as i go back to the phone call and rest my phone on my chest again.

"why are you laughing?" she asks me and for some reason that makes me laugh harder.

"kenzie is just an idiot." i shake my head, my laughter slowly disappearing as a smile is just kept on my face.

"do you like kenzie?" she asks me and i furrow my eyebrows up at the ceiling.

"yeah, she's my best friend." i say confused. does she mean in a friend way or a romantic way? i don't like kenzie like that.

"no i mean..do you like like her?" she asks. why would she ask me something like that? maybe because she's curious on my love life? sure i'll go with that.

"n-no not in that way." i stutter just from being nervous at her asking me a question like this. i like like you!

"you stuttered." she points out and i slap my forehead with my palm, sighing.

"i always stutter..i don't like kenzie in that way. i never have." i explain to her and i hear a heavy breath over the phone. i wait for her to say something. anything.

"i started reading your book." she changes the subject. i smile and sit up, holding the phone with my hand in front of me.

"oh yeah?" i ask, tapping my phone quick to see how long we've been on.

"it's better than the movie." she says and i laugh a little, totally agreeing.

"i know right!" i say excitingly. she laughs at me being so excited over a book.

for the rest of the night we just kept talking about random things. more about the book and about school and all. eventually i told her i'll be back soon because i had to shower and grab some food to eat since i didn't go down to eat dinner. i stayed in my room on the phone with her during my dinner time.

when it was getting late, i finally relaxed, plugging my phone in and keeping it next to me on my bed. i kept my face close to it so i heard if she said anything. i have this strange feeling her voice gets even softer when she's tired.

i hear some shuffling on the other line as i just listen for anything she says to me. then i hear the soft, delicate voice. "you're lucky to have such a great best friend. nicole only talks to me when she wants to gossip about other people or talk about nate. it's weird how much she talks about him."

"i-i'm sorry." i say to her. this whole time i though lucy had this perfect life. like her friendship was perfect. her relationship was perfect. i always saw this big difference between us but it turns out it's not so big. she's perfect so, i thought everything around her turned perfect too.