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from her wrist and was replaced with
silver chain bracelet that had come from Ethan. I wanted so much to
be an arsehole to him because of it, but he was a decent guy, and I
had to accept that it was hard for him to have me around.
He actually
asked me to hang out with them himself a few times and did his best
to be really cool about me and Trina being so close. He even tried
not to seem annoyed when he showed up to Trina’s house, and I was
already there. I could tell he didn’t like that his girlfriend had
a guy for a best friend, but he still made an effort. I couldn’t
dislike him if I tried.
As per usual, I
spilled my guts to my mum. Admitting to her that I had started to
see Katrina as more than just a friend, but it was too late. She’d
moved on.
“Well David,
you could always just tell her how you feel.”
“Mum, that’s so
not an option right now. She’s with Ethan, and she’s happy. Plus, I
don’t know – I want to be with her, but I’m still scared I’ll stuff
it up.”
“Then I guess
you have to decide whether you can be the guy on the outside of her
relationship, waiting for it to end. Or whether you just move on
yourself. You’re young David. You have your whole life ahead of you
and if you’re a good friend, then some way or another, Katrina is
going to be a part of it.”
The more my mum
and I talked the more I realised that now wasn’t the right time for
me and Trina, and it was unfair for me to keep being the third
wheel in her and Ethan’s relationship.
We even spoke
about all the events of the past year, and I realised that half the
shit that happened could have been avoided if I wasn’t behaving
like a little kid and acting out because I was jealous while she
was dating Ben, and he had most of her attention.
My mother
helped me see that I only seemed to want Katrina when she was
dating someone else. I was lucky Ethan played it cool when I was
around because most guys would hate it and show it. If I didn’t
learn to back off a little, then eventually, my behaviour would
drive Katrina away from me.
She told me
that if I wanted to keep Katrina in my life, then I was going to
have to become the friend she deserved. I was going to have to
spend time with other people and stop putting myself around
Katrina’s relationship so much.
“I’m not saying
that you have to stop seeing her. I’m just saying that maybe you
should give her the chance to come to you occasionally.”
“What if she
doesn’t?” I asked, suddenly really worried.
“She will
David. I guarantee it.”
Chapter
Eight
February came
quickly, and with it, the start of the school year, as well as my
birthday. I’m one of the rare people who was born on the 29th of
the month, so for a long time we have just celebrated my birthday
on the last day of the month, and we’d have a party every leap year
for my actual birth date.
We were
currently in a leap year and after all the drama I’d been through
at school, the last thing I wanted was to invite them all to a
party. All I wanted, was the day off school, so I could go and get
my license.
A few people
remembered that there should have been a party and asked me about
it, but most of them didn’t give a shit. I’d given up my friends
the day I beat Ben up, and I didn’t even really care about the new
group I had started to hang out with anymore.
We were in our
final two years of school, and all I could think about was a way to
get out of Western Sydney and away from these people. Some of the
top-ranked students were invited to the Sydney University campus in
Redfern to have a look around and see if it was somewhere we’d like
to attend.
Along with UTS,
it was the best university in Sydney, and I was in awe being there.
Katrina had been invited along as well, but she wasn’t as excited
about it as I was.
Ethan didn’t
make it into university and was doing a TAFE, which stands for
Tertiary and Further Education, course instead. It was a place you
could go
silver chain bracelet that had come from Ethan. I wanted so much to
be an arsehole to him because of it, but he was a decent guy, and I
had to accept that it was hard for him to have me around.
He actually
asked me to hang out with them himself a few times and did his best
to be really cool about me and Trina being so close. He even tried
not to seem annoyed when he showed up to Trina’s house, and I was
already there. I could tell he didn’t like that his girlfriend had
a guy for a best friend, but he still made an effort. I couldn’t
dislike him if I tried.
As per usual, I
spilled my guts to my mum. Admitting to her that I had started to
see Katrina as more than just a friend, but it was too late. She’d
moved on.
“Well David,
you could always just tell her how you feel.”
“Mum, that’s so
not an option right now. She’s with Ethan, and she’s happy. Plus, I
don’t know – I want to be with her, but I’m still scared I’ll stuff
it up.”
“Then I guess
you have to decide whether you can be the guy on the outside of her
relationship, waiting for it to end. Or whether you just move on
yourself. You’re young David. You have your whole life ahead of you
and if you’re a good friend, then some way or another, Katrina is
going to be a part of it.”
The more my mum
and I talked the more I realised that now wasn’t the right time for
me and Trina, and it was unfair for me to keep being the third
wheel in her and Ethan’s relationship.
We even spoke
about all the events of the past year, and I realised that half the
shit that happened could have been avoided if I wasn’t behaving
like a little kid and acting out because I was jealous while she
was dating Ben, and he had most of her attention.
My mother
helped me see that I only seemed to want Katrina when she was
dating someone else. I was lucky Ethan played it cool when I was
around because most guys would hate it and show it. If I didn’t
learn to back off a little, then eventually, my behaviour would
drive Katrina away from me.
She told me
that if I wanted to keep Katrina in my life, then I was going to
have to become the friend she deserved. I was going to have to
spend time with other people and stop putting myself around
Katrina’s relationship so much.
“I’m not saying
that you have to stop seeing her. I’m just saying that maybe you
should give her the chance to come to you occasionally.”
“What if she
doesn’t?” I asked, suddenly really worried.
“She will
David. I guarantee it.”
Chapter
Eight
February came
quickly, and with it, the start of the school year, as well as my
birthday. I’m one of the rare people who was born on the 29th of
the month, so for a long time we have just celebrated my birthday
on the last day of the month, and we’d have a party every leap year
for my actual birth date.
We were
currently in a leap year and after all the drama I’d been through
at school, the last thing I wanted was to invite them all to a
party. All I wanted, was the day off school, so I could go and get
my license.
A few people
remembered that there should have been a party and asked me about
it, but most of them didn’t give a shit. I’d given up my friends
the day I beat Ben up, and I didn’t even really care about the new
group I had started to hang out with anymore.
We were in our
final two years of school, and all I could think about was a way to
get out of Western Sydney and away from these people. Some of the
top-ranked students were invited to the Sydney University campus in
Redfern to have a look around and see if it was somewhere we’d like
to attend.
Along with UTS,
it was the best university in Sydney, and I was in awe being there.
Katrina had been invited along as well, but she wasn’t as excited
about it as I was.
Ethan didn’t
make it into university and was doing a TAFE, which stands for
Tertiary and Further Education, course instead. It was a place you
could go
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