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kissing and making up. It was a very passionate relationship.”
I felt like I had swallowed a brick. “Great, fabulous image to have in my mind.”
“I just want you to know in case Nick is…”
“What?”
“Well, I know he likes you and I even told you he’s more relaxed and comfortable around you than he ever was with Morgan and Reagan. He was always a little shy and awkward around them. To be honest, I always thought of him as being too young for me, you know? Connor and Lucas were always so much more mature and, I dunno, masculine compared to him.”
So she was never into Nick. That was a relief at least.
“I just don’t want you to get hurt if he gets bored.”
“But, Simone, you don’t know what we’re like when we’re together. He can be himself with me and he can share things with me he can’t talk about with anyone else.”
“Yeah, but, honey, do you hear yourself? Talking, being himself? Is he looking for a girlfriend or a buddy?”
“I think you’re wrong. Maybe we don’t have what he had with Reagan, but what we have is sweet and special.”
“But other than that little thing with Will, you haven’t had a boyfriend before, right?” she asked.
“Well, no. Not technically.”
“So you have nothing to base it on,” she said.
I bit my lip. “Guess not.”
“I didn’t mean to upset you with any of this. I was just trying to be a good friend because I don’t want to see you get hurt.”
“Thanks,” I said. Her words sounded thoughtful, but they didn’t make me feel good. I had been so happy, but now she had put all this weird doubt in my mind. We got off the phone and I felt like I needed to have a heart-to-heart over all of this with someone, but who? Charlotte was my best friend, but I knew she wouldn’t understand what I was feeling. And I didn’t feel like I could confide in Asia because she was best friends with Simone—I didn’t want to put her in a weird position by sharing everything that Simone had said or how she made me feel. But who else could I talk to? I decided the only person was Lexi, so I texted her and poured out my feelings about what Reagan had said at the pizza place and what Simone had just told me.
A half hour later she texted back.
Lexi: Is Nick the guy with sandy blond hair on your social media page?
Me: Yeah, that’s him
Lexi: He’s hot. Good 4 u, girlie.
I waited and she didn’t type anything else, so I sent her another message asking if she had any advice.
Lexi: Yeah, keep the other girls away. LOL
How helpful. Who was I supposed to turn to when I was feeling insecure about one girl and wondering about Nick’s real feelings? Plus, I was also unsure of Simone’s motives in telling me all that stuff. She said she was just being a good friend, but why did I feel so uneasy about it? As much as I felt like I was getting closer to Asia, I could never confide those feelings to her. But who else would understand? Who else had been in my shoes, wondering if someone was still into her boyfriend even though they acted like they weren’t, and was used to dealing with frenemies and crap? Then it hit me—Pilar. But she and I weren’t exactly friends. Sure, she confided in me about her family stuff at the nursing home, but that was probably because she didn’t have anyone else to talk to about it. Morgan would probably roll her eyes and say, “Depressing much?” if she brought any of that up. Plus, Pilar was friends with Reagan and Simone anyway. So that left me with no one. It was weird, I used to have one super close best friend and that was it, and now I had a group of friends and had never felt more alone.
Chapter Nine
The next day, I was heading to school when I saw Nick walking into the building with Connor and Simone. The three of them were laughing and Simone punched him in the arm—like you would an older brother. My shoulders relaxed. She wasn’t into him, she
I felt like I had swallowed a brick. “Great, fabulous image to have in my mind.”
“I just want you to know in case Nick is…”
“What?”
“Well, I know he likes you and I even told you he’s more relaxed and comfortable around you than he ever was with Morgan and Reagan. He was always a little shy and awkward around them. To be honest, I always thought of him as being too young for me, you know? Connor and Lucas were always so much more mature and, I dunno, masculine compared to him.”
So she was never into Nick. That was a relief at least.
“I just don’t want you to get hurt if he gets bored.”
“But, Simone, you don’t know what we’re like when we’re together. He can be himself with me and he can share things with me he can’t talk about with anyone else.”
“Yeah, but, honey, do you hear yourself? Talking, being himself? Is he looking for a girlfriend or a buddy?”
“I think you’re wrong. Maybe we don’t have what he had with Reagan, but what we have is sweet and special.”
“But other than that little thing with Will, you haven’t had a boyfriend before, right?” she asked.
“Well, no. Not technically.”
“So you have nothing to base it on,” she said.
I bit my lip. “Guess not.”
“I didn’t mean to upset you with any of this. I was just trying to be a good friend because I don’t want to see you get hurt.”
“Thanks,” I said. Her words sounded thoughtful, but they didn’t make me feel good. I had been so happy, but now she had put all this weird doubt in my mind. We got off the phone and I felt like I needed to have a heart-to-heart over all of this with someone, but who? Charlotte was my best friend, but I knew she wouldn’t understand what I was feeling. And I didn’t feel like I could confide in Asia because she was best friends with Simone—I didn’t want to put her in a weird position by sharing everything that Simone had said or how she made me feel. But who else could I talk to? I decided the only person was Lexi, so I texted her and poured out my feelings about what Reagan had said at the pizza place and what Simone had just told me.
A half hour later she texted back.
Lexi: Is Nick the guy with sandy blond hair on your social media page?
Me: Yeah, that’s him
Lexi: He’s hot. Good 4 u, girlie.
I waited and she didn’t type anything else, so I sent her another message asking if she had any advice.
Lexi: Yeah, keep the other girls away. LOL
How helpful. Who was I supposed to turn to when I was feeling insecure about one girl and wondering about Nick’s real feelings? Plus, I was also unsure of Simone’s motives in telling me all that stuff. She said she was just being a good friend, but why did I feel so uneasy about it? As much as I felt like I was getting closer to Asia, I could never confide those feelings to her. But who else would understand? Who else had been in my shoes, wondering if someone was still into her boyfriend even though they acted like they weren’t, and was used to dealing with frenemies and crap? Then it hit me—Pilar. But she and I weren’t exactly friends. Sure, she confided in me about her family stuff at the nursing home, but that was probably because she didn’t have anyone else to talk to about it. Morgan would probably roll her eyes and say, “Depressing much?” if she brought any of that up. Plus, Pilar was friends with Reagan and Simone anyway. So that left me with no one. It was weird, I used to have one super close best friend and that was it, and now I had a group of friends and had never felt more alone.
Chapter Nine
The next day, I was heading to school when I saw Nick walking into the building with Connor and Simone. The three of them were laughing and Simone punched him in the arm—like you would an older brother. My shoulders relaxed. She wasn’t into him, she
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