It's Always Been You

Are they frenemies, or soulmates?

Gabriel

Technically, Denise and I have been a "thing" since fifth grade. Problem is, she thought it was nothing, but to me it was everything.

So, I have been biding my time and saving myself for her-fifteen years, to be exact-until she comes to her senses. And to make sure she remembers, I basically became her shadow, even though I'm annoying sometimes. Okay, most of the time.

Then what does she do? She suddenly hooks up with a jerk named Nick, and now I'm her unwilling co-stalker to prove he's cheating. How crazy is that?

Well, I've had it! I'm making use of our first time alone together to make her remind her about us. This time, she'll come around.

Won't she?

Denise

Gabriel is my enemy number one ever since I can remember, bullying me and teasing me endlessly, basically making my life hard and difficult.

Okay, granted, he's been in all my birthdays and parties and graduation, always tailing me wherever I go, always hovering nearby, always fixing things for me. But he's. . .he's so. . . mean!

How so, you ask? Well . . . he always makes me feel like. . . like he owns me or something. Like I belong to him. Seriously.

Well, he doesn't own me. I don't belong to him.

Or do I?