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Evan.”
“What? You never told me that you liked Reed,” I said, surprised at the news.
Daphne stared at me uncomfortably and finally spoke. “I didn’t tell you because I felt stupid. He was dating Carla and then he was after you. I really didn’t want to be sloppy thirds.”
“That doesn’t make sense. I never went out with him.” We were best friends yet she never told me about her feelings for Reed. I should talk since I said nothing at all about Daniel.
Daphne shrugged her shoulders. “Whatever. I don’t know what you can do. Reed posted it on Facebook and now he’s going to look like a fool when you dump him. Forget about being friends. That’s never going to happen.”
Feeling absolutely miserable , I knew that Daphne was right. This wouldn’t end well. “It’s like he’s trying to force me to date him,” I rambled.
Why didn’t I like Reed? He was nice, popular, and cute. I wondered if it was because he had dated Carla, the antithesis of me , for over a year. Carla was Spanish and very loud and gregarious. She was the girl version of Reed as far as athletics were concerned. The difference was that Reed was nice and she was a horror. She played sports year round and was adept at a lot of them. She was a gifted athlete, but was a miserable human being. Playing on some varsity teams her freshman year, then all varsity teams since then, the coaches treated her like the second coming. Her head was so swollen from all the accolades that she treated everybody in school who wasn’t a teammate with contempt. In school, she only conversed with her teammates, girls on other Varsity teams or her absolute favorite, the boys. No one else mattered. Since I was only on the JV tennis team, I didn’t exist to Carla.
Daphne was on Carla’s softball team and said that the coaches continually stroked her ego and kowtowed to her. One day, Daphne overheard Carla telling the coach that she was too tired to go to practice. She didn’t come that whole week and when she returned, she left early every day. She came and went as she pleased and her teammates were sick of the preferential treatment. All that mattered to the athletic department was that the team won .
In gym class, if someone couldn’t do something up to her standards, she rolled her eyes, smirked and laughed out loud. She was never reprimanded because she made sure the teachers weren’t nearby to hear her. Carla knew how to play the game. In the presence of teachers and grown-ups she was the politest, sweetest girl and had the entire faculty fooled. No one in school complained about her because the teachers never believed that she was a bully.
In the halls, whenever Reed said hi to me, she gave me venomous glares. When they broke up last year and she found out that he asked me out, she became even more unbearable. How could Reed have ever dated her?
After discussing Reed ad-nauseam, I couldn’t talk about him anymore. “He caused this mess so if we can’t be friends it’s all his fault,” I said angrily. “I have to go. I’ll talk to you later.”
I called Lily as I walked home and it went to voicemail. Where was she?
As I entered the apartment, Lily called so I ran to my bedroom.
“Where have you been? I’ve been trying to reach you all day.”
“Sorry, my phone died and I forgot to bring my charger to work today. What’s up?”
I told her about Reed and she wasn’t sure what to do either.
“I don’t get it. Why would anybody do that? He’s going to look ridiculous when it gets around that you aren’t dating.”
“I know. Why hasn’t he called me back? He’s supposedly my boyfriend,” I joked.
M aybe he tried, but with my phone acting crazy his calls didn’t go through. If he couldn’t reach me, maybe he’d leave me alone.
“Just call him again and get it over with. Try his cell this time. You’ll drive yourself crazy worrying about it.”
All of a sudden , I realized I forgot to tell Lily the most important news
“What? You never told me that you liked Reed,” I said, surprised at the news.
Daphne stared at me uncomfortably and finally spoke. “I didn’t tell you because I felt stupid. He was dating Carla and then he was after you. I really didn’t want to be sloppy thirds.”
“That doesn’t make sense. I never went out with him.” We were best friends yet she never told me about her feelings for Reed. I should talk since I said nothing at all about Daniel.
Daphne shrugged her shoulders. “Whatever. I don’t know what you can do. Reed posted it on Facebook and now he’s going to look like a fool when you dump him. Forget about being friends. That’s never going to happen.”
Feeling absolutely miserable , I knew that Daphne was right. This wouldn’t end well. “It’s like he’s trying to force me to date him,” I rambled.
Why didn’t I like Reed? He was nice, popular, and cute. I wondered if it was because he had dated Carla, the antithesis of me , for over a year. Carla was Spanish and very loud and gregarious. She was the girl version of Reed as far as athletics were concerned. The difference was that Reed was nice and she was a horror. She played sports year round and was adept at a lot of them. She was a gifted athlete, but was a miserable human being. Playing on some varsity teams her freshman year, then all varsity teams since then, the coaches treated her like the second coming. Her head was so swollen from all the accolades that she treated everybody in school who wasn’t a teammate with contempt. In school, she only conversed with her teammates, girls on other Varsity teams or her absolute favorite, the boys. No one else mattered. Since I was only on the JV tennis team, I didn’t exist to Carla.
Daphne was on Carla’s softball team and said that the coaches continually stroked her ego and kowtowed to her. One day, Daphne overheard Carla telling the coach that she was too tired to go to practice. She didn’t come that whole week and when she returned, she left early every day. She came and went as she pleased and her teammates were sick of the preferential treatment. All that mattered to the athletic department was that the team won .
In gym class, if someone couldn’t do something up to her standards, she rolled her eyes, smirked and laughed out loud. She was never reprimanded because she made sure the teachers weren’t nearby to hear her. Carla knew how to play the game. In the presence of teachers and grown-ups she was the politest, sweetest girl and had the entire faculty fooled. No one in school complained about her because the teachers never believed that she was a bully.
In the halls, whenever Reed said hi to me, she gave me venomous glares. When they broke up last year and she found out that he asked me out, she became even more unbearable. How could Reed have ever dated her?
After discussing Reed ad-nauseam, I couldn’t talk about him anymore. “He caused this mess so if we can’t be friends it’s all his fault,” I said angrily. “I have to go. I’ll talk to you later.”
I called Lily as I walked home and it went to voicemail. Where was she?
As I entered the apartment, Lily called so I ran to my bedroom.
“Where have you been? I’ve been trying to reach you all day.”
“Sorry, my phone died and I forgot to bring my charger to work today. What’s up?”
I told her about Reed and she wasn’t sure what to do either.
“I don’t get it. Why would anybody do that? He’s going to look ridiculous when it gets around that you aren’t dating.”
“I know. Why hasn’t he called me back? He’s supposedly my boyfriend,” I joked.
M aybe he tried, but with my phone acting crazy his calls didn’t go through. If he couldn’t reach me, maybe he’d leave me alone.
“Just call him again and get it over with. Try his cell this time. You’ll drive yourself crazy worrying about it.”
All of a sudden , I realized I forgot to tell Lily the most important news
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