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started packing up their stuff, Kevin and Mark came into the kitchen.
Chloe got a mischievous sparkle in her eyes. “Nick, aren’t you going to tell them the great news?!” she laughed while leaning on his shoulder.
“You’re running away and joining the circus?” Kevin exclaimed with a goofy face.
“Chloe wised up and is mock divorcing you?” Mark added.
“No, actually, you’re going to be mock uncles,” Nick replied. “We had this incredible night where we got drunk on cheap wine and…” He was laughing now.
Kevin covered his ears. “Shut up, I don’t want to hear this!” he shouted.
Josh came over to Chloe and gave her a smirking look. “So, Chloe, what are you doing Friday night?” he asked.
Nick glanced over at Chloe to see what she was thinking.
Chloe looked uneasy. “I’m volunteering at that hospital.”
“I mean after. I know you get done at six. I could pick you up at seven and we could do dinner and a movie,” Josh said, trying again, and he was very arrogant about it.
The way he stroked her cheek and touched her hair, it was too much for Nick to take. “Aren’t we going shopping for Halloween costumes that night?” Nick butted in, hoping to add to her excuse. He was nervously tapping his pencil onto the table.
She glanced over at him. “Ah, yeah, we are.”
“You can go another time,” Josh said firmly to Nick, then turned his attention back to Chloe. “Chloe, you can’t keep doing this. I’m not taking no this time.”
“Okay, fine.” She nodded, dropping her head.
The sound of the pencil Nick had been tapping on the desk was loud in the room, as it snapped in two.
With his victory, Josh came over and kissed her cheek. “I’ll see you in school tomorrow. And I will pick you up around seven on Friday.” He smiled, motioning for Robyn to get her things and then left.
Nick stared at her in disbelief. What had just happened? What did she just do?
“What?” Chloe asked, not able to look him in the eyes. She’d started to gather her books together, avoiding eye contact with him.
“You hate that guy. You’ve told me that at least a million times.” He couldn’t understand what she had been thinking.
“Hey, Nick, shut up,” Mark piped in.
“What do you want me to do? Maybe if he takes me out and has a horrible time, he’ll finally get the message.”
“Or you could have a really great time and realize you like him,” Kevin added while suggesting that the opposite could happen.
“Really? Do you have to be in here?” Nick glared at him and could not believe he had just said that.
“Look, I don’t know why you’re so upset. Be my friend and support me on this.” Chloe pleaded like she needed his understanding for some reason.
“How can I support you on this when I know the thought of him aggravates you? This is a mistake, Chlo. You know that,” Nick said to her, angry that she would want Josh over him.
“Who are you to tell me I’m making a mistake?”
“Don’t answer that,” Mark put in.
Nick was too far gone now in his anger to even listen to him. “I thought I was your friend who is just trying to look out for you. But if you want to go out with some guy who you can’t stand just to shut him up, then by all means, don’t let me stop you!” he yelled at her.
“Why are you so mad about this?”
Mark covered his eyes..“Again, for the love of God, don’t answer that.”
“Because unlike your other friends, I’m not going to push you to date some guy who only wants you because you can do his homework and make him look good!” Nick exclaimed as he threw the pieces of the pencil down and looked away from her. He could feel the heat in his cheeks. He was fighting a losing battle with her and himself.
“You know what? That’s my mistake to make, and if you can’t be my friend and support me on this, then why bother being my friend at all?” she said, grabbing her books and storming out.
Nick sat back down and put
Chloe got a mischievous sparkle in her eyes. “Nick, aren’t you going to tell them the great news?!” she laughed while leaning on his shoulder.
“You’re running away and joining the circus?” Kevin exclaimed with a goofy face.
“Chloe wised up and is mock divorcing you?” Mark added.
“No, actually, you’re going to be mock uncles,” Nick replied. “We had this incredible night where we got drunk on cheap wine and…” He was laughing now.
Kevin covered his ears. “Shut up, I don’t want to hear this!” he shouted.
Josh came over to Chloe and gave her a smirking look. “So, Chloe, what are you doing Friday night?” he asked.
Nick glanced over at Chloe to see what she was thinking.
Chloe looked uneasy. “I’m volunteering at that hospital.”
“I mean after. I know you get done at six. I could pick you up at seven and we could do dinner and a movie,” Josh said, trying again, and he was very arrogant about it.
The way he stroked her cheek and touched her hair, it was too much for Nick to take. “Aren’t we going shopping for Halloween costumes that night?” Nick butted in, hoping to add to her excuse. He was nervously tapping his pencil onto the table.
She glanced over at him. “Ah, yeah, we are.”
“You can go another time,” Josh said firmly to Nick, then turned his attention back to Chloe. “Chloe, you can’t keep doing this. I’m not taking no this time.”
“Okay, fine.” She nodded, dropping her head.
The sound of the pencil Nick had been tapping on the desk was loud in the room, as it snapped in two.
With his victory, Josh came over and kissed her cheek. “I’ll see you in school tomorrow. And I will pick you up around seven on Friday.” He smiled, motioning for Robyn to get her things and then left.
Nick stared at her in disbelief. What had just happened? What did she just do?
“What?” Chloe asked, not able to look him in the eyes. She’d started to gather her books together, avoiding eye contact with him.
“You hate that guy. You’ve told me that at least a million times.” He couldn’t understand what she had been thinking.
“Hey, Nick, shut up,” Mark piped in.
“What do you want me to do? Maybe if he takes me out and has a horrible time, he’ll finally get the message.”
“Or you could have a really great time and realize you like him,” Kevin added while suggesting that the opposite could happen.
“Really? Do you have to be in here?” Nick glared at him and could not believe he had just said that.
“Look, I don’t know why you’re so upset. Be my friend and support me on this.” Chloe pleaded like she needed his understanding for some reason.
“How can I support you on this when I know the thought of him aggravates you? This is a mistake, Chlo. You know that,” Nick said to her, angry that she would want Josh over him.
“Who are you to tell me I’m making a mistake?”
“Don’t answer that,” Mark put in.
Nick was too far gone now in his anger to even listen to him. “I thought I was your friend who is just trying to look out for you. But if you want to go out with some guy who you can’t stand just to shut him up, then by all means, don’t let me stop you!” he yelled at her.
“Why are you so mad about this?”
Mark covered his eyes..“Again, for the love of God, don’t answer that.”
“Because unlike your other friends, I’m not going to push you to date some guy who only wants you because you can do his homework and make him look good!” Nick exclaimed as he threw the pieces of the pencil down and looked away from her. He could feel the heat in his cheeks. He was fighting a losing battle with her and himself.
“You know what? That’s my mistake to make, and if you can’t be my friend and support me on this, then why bother being my friend at all?” she said, grabbing her books and storming out.
Nick sat back down and put
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