Anyways, as our freshman year went on, Chris, Tim, and myself had a blast in Gym class. Too bad I wasn’t single anymore I thought laughing to myself. I had been dating another guy since the 8th grade. He was a great guy but 9th grade changed him completely. We fought about everything. I couldn’t take it. A few days later I found out my best friend Erica was dating Chris. I asked her why she didn’t tell me, she said she didn’t want to upset me. I laughed a little at that and thought why would that upset me? Chris and I were just friends. Erica told me that she invited Chris to come over that weekend and that I could come over too if I wanted.
It was Friday I was trying to get off of the phone with my boyfriend Rick. We had been fighting all day, which was no surprise there. I left for Erica’s house and hoped I would forget about Rick. I did once I saw Chris. The three of us sat out on Erica’s front porch. Erica and Chris in the bench swing, and me on the floor. Rick wouldn’t stop calling me even after I answered and told him to stop calling me. Then I got a text message from a random number saying, “Who’s the stalker that’s calling you.” I’d never seen the number so I was a little confused, I asked Erica if she knew who’s number it was. Chris laughed and said “it’s mine.” I smiled to myself and discreetly saved his number into my phone. That night Erica called me and said, “Can you break up with Chris for me?” I didn’t say anything at first, but then managed a “Why?” She told me she didn’t like him anymore. Like he was an old shirt or something, she was just going to throw him out. I said fine I’ll do it. Thinking this is terrible how could she do that to Chris? I sucked it up and waited for Monday.
I found Chris before gym class started and I told him I needed to talk to him. He said it’s fine he already knows. I felt terrible and I told him I was really sorry. He seemed unaffected by Erica’s sheer carelessness. He smiled and said “I’ll see you in gym.” I turned to walk into the locker room when Rick grabbed my arm.
