School is normal again, people are gossiping, people are trying to bully me as usual and my teachers are concerned but don't do anything about it. Ethan hasn't changed my school career as much as I thought he would. We don't really see each other at school unless we are in class. I'm normally around Emma Amanda and Amber so nothing has really changed I haven't really spoken to any new kids. But there is on who hangs out with Ethan and Tristan, they seem kinda close and are very friendly around each other. That's great! Ethan has friends other than Nick and his friends so I think I shouldn't hover around him like a helicopter parent. After all we are growing up and he needs his space.
It's finally Friday and Ethan brings Tristan and his friend over. "Hi" he said "I'm Luke" I replied with my name and smiled (just to show him that I "cared") we started a fun and interesting conversation. He is really fun to be around. Ethan always had a great pick in friends (after all I'm his friend). Luke is an interesting character and we ended up exchanging numbers. It was early evening when Tristan and Luke left so I finally got out of Ethans room. I still haven't worked up the courage to talk to Tristan, I still blush and faint around him. It's so annoying, this is awful. We used to be such great friends all three of us but when I started crushing on Tristan things got weird, Tristan became distant and mean even though I only said I liked him. He flat out rejected me and started bullying me, I get that it was so long ago but time doesn't completely heal all wounds, there are still scares left behind.
The pain he caused me was the worst. Now they are still great friends and I must forget all the pain that he caused me all those years ago. Will I ever get over it, over him?
That night Ethan and I sat through a movie marathon. We ended up talking about Tristan and if I could try to figure out a way to be around him (for Ethan's sake) I guess it was gonna happen soon enough. I have to get over this. He started asking how I felt about luke as well. (He knows very well I don't crush on people yet he asks me this) I told him that I don't like him in that way but he is pretty cool.
Ethan: You know you can tell me anything.
Me: I know I'm just not sure how I feel anymore.
Ethan: What do you mean?
Me: well ever since Tristan broke my heart the only other guy I've ever thought of was Nick but he hurt me too.
Ethan: What?! Why didn't you tell me!!!
Me: I didn't like him I just thought he was cute.
Ethan: So what!! That doesn't matter, he hurt you!!
Me: I'm still alive aren't I?
Ethan: (with anger and frustration on his face) He better stay away from you!
Me: don't worry about it.
Ethan: I am but I'll let it slide this once.
Me: Thanks
Ethan: So your gonna stay clear from Tris
Me: I have to ace him one day.
Ethan: I'm sorry for doing this to you princess
Me: (laughing) don't worry my knight.
Ethan: Well I think luke is a great fit for you if Tristan isn't available.
Me: Well I just think of him as a cool dude, maybe a friend but I have my own view of how my prince charming is supposed to be.
Ethan: Eell since you can't be it has me or Tris, luke is he best option right?
Me: Well poor luke, he is compared with the most idiotic guy in my life. Well ill never be with Tris and well I would never date you, your like family.
Ethan: Well I'm so sorry that I'm not good enough for her highness but I'm not interested
Me: Shut up and watch the movie moron.
We sat there until who knows when. I guess I fell asleep on him because he woke me up in the morning. We both had the worst headaches and life wasn't getting better. His family wasn't around for the weekend so we where both in pain and had nobody to help us in this situation. I called Amber to come over and she kept talking nonsense about how cute Ethan and I could've been if we didn't have headaches. She finally said that she was coming and hung up. Ethan said he called a friend as well. (I feel like he called luke to make me look like a total idiot in front of the onlyguy I didn't purposely looked like an idiot towards, but instead Tristan comes in and sees us both dying. I believe that Tristan seeing me in this state is worse than Ethan and I sleeping on the couch...together...in the cold. Amber comes not long after and as always she starts screaming, I have no clue why this time because she told me that she might have a crush on Tristan so that could be why, the state Ethan and I are in or how Ethan and I are in this situation. Knowing her it could be all three. I see what Ethan is planning here, he is either trying to set Amber and Tristan up or get me to tolerate him. Thay are both awful ideas but I'm guessing he isn't gonna stop this anytime soon.
Amber can cook so she made us chicken soup and Tristan just tried to help us with our homework (even though he knew nothing and got most of them wrong, I guess this is why Ethan makes him come study with us) when we are all done with our homework we eat and play Runimate. Tris and Amber decided to sleep over. Ethan's mom calls a few times to check on us but we don't tell her that we aren't feeling well. Eventually things get better (I feel better), Ethan is asleep and the other two where getting to know each other which is great but I'm now the odd one out like always...I slip into their conversation and we just talked about our past and meeting up again. Now that is a story for another day...