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Courtney.
I lay on my bed the tears that were threatening to spill had finally done so. I should never have listened to them. Issac and I were just friends and it was obvious by the words he spoke we wouldn’t be anything more.
“Just drop it Simone.”
“Shut the hell up Brendon, you always cause problems when you're around. Now you're doing it again with Courtney cause your brother had a crush on her.”
‘No I do not!’ He protested. “I..I..”
“Cat got your tongue Bro?”
“Shut the hell up Brendon.” He said angrily.
“Well do you like Courtney or don’t you?” Simone asked again, but I already knew the answer.
“Of course I do, she's my friend and always will be. Nothing more nothing less. We’re too young to be thinking about relationships we’re friends, that's all.”
Ouch that hurt more than I thought it would.
The tears kept coming. My chest was tight like I was having an anxiety attack. It hurt so goddamn much, but why? I knew we were only friends, but his words cut like a knife, deep and painful. Why was I feeling like this? My breathing was ragged and my head was fuzzy, my body was tingling. I'd never felt like this before. God please help me I don’t want to die cause right now that’s how it feels. It feels like my heart is about to stop. The knock was faint but I heard it.
“Courtney, it’s me Bryce, me and the guys were just wondering if you wanted to come downstairs and join us in a little one on one wrestling? We all know how you like a challenge.”
I lay unmoved, unable to speak.
“Courtney are you okay?”
Why was Bryce here, wasn’t he supposed to be with the others? If he was here it meant the others were here too, oh no this can’t be happening, not right now.
“Courtney you okay?”
I couldn’t answer, my body felt numb and unresponsive, what the hell was happening?
“Courtney are you okay?”
Silence. Has he gone?
“I’m on my own. I'm coming in.”
‘Please don’t, you can’t see me like this.’ Was the last thought I had before everytng around me went black.
Bryce
Me and the guys had been out all weekend. We'd all had a sleepover at Ashton's. I couldn’t wait to see my Angel again. She always made me feel so happy and alive and I’m sure the guys felt like it too. We’d all come to Tucker’s for a while to relax while we all downloaded. We'd been to the skatepark, rode our bikes, played footie. We were so energised right now and just wanted to take one last blow by going on the PlayStation. “If it’s alright with you guys I’ll go and ask Courtney to join us.”
“Sure whatever.”
They waved me off, until Tucker spoke. “I’ll go and get her.”
“Nagh it’s fine Tuck you’re still in her bad books. Just make sure these guys don’t argue who's fighting who okay.”
“Sure.” He sighed, he was still on a downer after everything that had happened between him and Courtney and who could blame him? Ashton was pretty good at twisting things to his advantage and all Tucker wanted to do was make new friends, but unfortunately he’d listen to Ash instead of listening to his heart and not his head and believing everything that came out of Ash’s mouth. We could’ve all been friends there was no need for what he’d done. I pulled myself up the stairs to Courtney’s room. I knocked on her door.
“Courtney, it’s me Bryce, me and the guys were just wondering if you wanted to come downstairs and join us in a little one on one wrestling? We all know how you like a challenge.”
There was no answer so I knocked agoan. “Courtney are you okay?”
Silence.
“Courtney you okay?”
What’s wrong? Why wasn’t she answering?
“What's wrong Bryce? How come you haven’t gone in yet?”
I jumped out of my skin looking directly at Tucker. “Damn dude you scared the living hell out of me.”
“Well why are you standing out here?”
“She’s not answering Tucker, she might be sleeping.”
“Knock louder.”
I nodded banging in the door. “Courtney are you okay?”
Still no answer we both looked at each other and nodded.
‘‘I’m on my own. I'm coming in.” I lied
If she saw Tucker with me she’d hate me for sure. I pushed the door open and both me and Tucker were both unprepared for what we were about to see.
She was lying on the bed shaking, but her eyes were closed.
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