By: Roxanne Moxie
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“I wonder if Josh is okay…” I took the phone next to me and dialed my best friend Haylie’s number. She came right over to my house so we could talk our whole situation through: If Josh was okay or not.
“Belle, what is this all about?” Haylie asked me as she sat on my mini-couch. I sighed, “We all know Josh is acting sort of…strange lately. And I want you to be there when I call him”
she looked at me with hard eyes. She looked scared as if I was about to eat her or something.
“Haylie? Is everything alright you look horrible!” I said as I walked over to the couch with the phone.
She looked down and then up at me. “Listen, Belle, if you call him he’s going to tell you the truth…and I don’t think you’d want the truth. Trust me…” she sat up and handed me the phone. I looked confused. “Wait…you know why he’s acting weird around me? Why he hasn’t answered my calls, and why he has forgotten my birthday? How can you if you hardly talk to him?” I asked looking her in the eye. She said nothing but dialed the number and handed the phone to me. I panicked, she knew something I didn’t and I wanted to know what it was. I panted as I heard the other line say,
“Hello?” I paused and took control and put the phone on speaker so Haylie could hear. “Hey, Josh it’s me…Belle” I waited for a response. He said nothing but sighed, “I want you to be honest with me Josh, tell me the honest truth; why are you acting so weird around me all of a sudden, huh? You even forgot my birthday. I care about you and I want to know the truth…is anything wrong?” I asked bravely. Haylie looked as if she was about to cry.
Josh answered, “Listen Belle…it’s the summer and I’ve been to camp. I haven’t been seeing you often so it is so easy to forget. And I also have something else to tell you” he paused and Haylie exploded.
“JOSH! It’s me Haylie, PLEASE don’t tell her! She’d blow up! I'm here too, if you do decide to tell her, then that’s okay but just know that I'm here for both of you” the suspense turned up as Josh recognized the voice,
“Haylie? That’s you? You know Belle? You two know each other? Oh geez, this is bad. Okay, I’ll tell her anyways” I stood up from the couch and yelled,
“Tell me what Josh? What’s wrong?” I could hear Josh gulp.
“Listen, at camp I met Haylie and she was the most beautiful girl I’ve ever met. She was nice, a great bubbly personality. She was everything I was looking for. But when I'm with you it’s different. You aren’t the one for me and we all know that, I hope this didn’t hurt you but I'm with Haylie and I meant to tell you Belle, I really did” he sighed again and Haylie let out a big sigh of relief.
I fell over and tipped my lamp. “Well don’t expect to talk to me again Josh! Since you decided to be with another girl before even telling me or breaking up with me! I hate you!” I hung up and threw the phone at Haylie.
“And for you! How could you? You KNEW I was dating Josh and been waiting for him since 5th grade! I can’t believe you would do this to me! Get out and don’t come back!” I was steaming hot. She looked at me and almost cried,
“Listen but I'm sorry! He was happier with me and I knew I would hurt you if I told you, I thought if I said nothing then you would take a clue and leave him alone, but it didn’t happen that way. So adios, Amiga if that’s who you want to be”
she left the room and the neighborhood and we never spoke from then on. We became nothing. We saw each other but felt no emotions, and to the point to where it hurt me so bad that I never dated again. The moral I guess is to always be honest to your friends. Even if it means hurting them, or else it turns to be a big mess and it gets bigger and bigger every day. But what ever, I still have me and that’s all I really truly need.
