Chapter One

From Gray to Pink

NPOV

Gray: ANXIOUS,NERVOUS,STRAINED,

"I-I cant be your friend anymore . We cant be your friends anymore."

Tears were spilling down my cheeks as I tried my hardest, to no avail, to conceal them.

"Why the hell not Andrew? And since when do YOU make Christina s decisions?"

Chrissy shifted her gaze to her shoes and fumbled with her fingers.

"Well somebody answer me!"

Andrew took a heavy sigh and raised his eyes to meet mine .
He opened his mouth to speak, but quickly shut it when he realized the words that were stuck in his brain wouldn t travel out of his mouth .

"Don't make this harder than it already is Nicky.."

I winced when he said the nickname the two of them had given me when we were little . It was then we promised to be best friends forever .

11 years ago

"Thank you." The little girl spoke as wet tears clung to her lashes .

It really sounded like "Fankfoom", but Nicole knew it wasn t the time to make fun

"Its okay. I was only helping. I m Nicole."

"Christina. Miranda's like the biggest bully on the playground . I cant believe you did that to her. she spoke softly, refering to the bloody nose Nicole had given Miranda .

"No big deal. Its only a cause of the karate lessons my dad teaches me." Little Nicole boasted proudly .

The little girls eyes almost popped out of their sockets .

"YOU do karate?"

"Sure sure, its really tae kwon do . But whatever you want to call it is fine ."

"B-but.-" The little girl started. "Your, not a boy.."

Nicole was dumfounded . She d play and fight just as hard as the other boys on the playground . When the little girl told her that tae kwon do was a boys sport Nicole wanted to hit her just as hard as she d hit Miranda .

"So? My daddy says its good to be a well bounded person ." She smiled at the use of her big girl words

"And sides, girls can do anything that boys can do-" She was cut off by a little sandy blonde haired boy .

"Nah-uh!" He protested. "Boys are way tougher than girls."

Nicole rolled her little hazel eyes .

"Oh really? Prove it boy." she spat .
"Your so on. Girl." He spat back with just as much vengeance.

The two wrestled playfully until Nicole had him pinned under her with his hands on either side of his head .

"Wow." The little boy whispered . "Maybe girls aren t so weak after all.."

Nicole smiled at the dazed boy and held out her hand to help him up .

"Told you so . I'm Nicole."

He flashed a toothy grin and spoke . "I'm Andrew. Hey maybe we could be like super heros. Me and you."

Nicole nodded towards Christina who's eyes were glued to her shoes.

" Of course. You too. Yeah! We ll be called the.."

He paused to think of a name for the trio .

"Best friends?" Christina piped in with a squeal .

"Psh, No. That s so girly."

"Well I like it ." Nicole defended her new found friend, slinging an arm around her shoulder.

Andrews face blushed a deep red "Yeah, that's what I mean to say . I-I like it too ."

"So then its settled . We're the best friends." Nicole smiled holding out her pinky .

The best friends! The other two spoke joining their pinkies with Nicole's .

Present

"Don't you call me that!"

I was so angry she could barely stand to look at the two people who claimed they would be my best friends .

"Please Nicky, its for the best. Really. I promise when we get settled we ll fix everything. We ll be the best friends just like before." Christina pleaded hopefully .

"I don't think that would be such a good idea Chrissy." Andrew sighed, tightening his grip on her hand .

I felt as if the whole world was being pulled out from under me . My best friends were leaving me and wouldn t even give me a reasonable explanation as to why . It was so frustrating. They didn't even give a damn about the way I felt . All they were interested in as they're new found "love". Lately, I'd been feeling really left out . Andrew would disappear for days and come right back as if nothing had happened. And he'd gotten really protective over Chris. I'd question them, but they'd just shrug it off . Really fucking frustrating .

"I hate you, I hate you!" I furiously rubbed at the tears coming from my eyes .

I wouldn t give them the satisfaction of letting them see me cry .

"Nicole please." Christina grabbed at me .

I stumbled back in an effort to get away from her lying hands .

"Just get out." I whispered .

"Nicole we love you. We really do. This just has to be where that love ends."

His eyes darted everywhere except to mine .

"I'm so sorry Nicky." Christina blurted out before Andrew closed the door behind them .

he color of my mood ring changed from gray to a pinkish color.
PINK: FEAR, UNCERTAIN, UNANSWERED QUESTIONS

I guess the cheap things really do work.

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