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I stared at AJ. "You're crying." I said stupidly. Blame my dad, he's the dumb one! Anyway, AJ smiled through his tears.
"Duh." I laughed at him uneasily then frowned.
"What happened?" I asked. He slumped his shoulders.
"Megan broke up with me."
"Oh." I didn't comfort him. I hated Megan, I always had. She was a little-miss-perfect, a flirt, and, quite frankly, an airhead. I thought she'd two-time him for a while, but no, straight to the point. It was easy to rid my face of emotion, because I felt none towards my sobbing friend.
"Aren't you gonna comfort me?" AJ asked. I shook my head.
"I told you she'd break up with you. I called it. But you ignored me." I told him tartly.
"You know, the reason I came here is to see my best friend. Friends are always there for each other. Why aren't you?" He asked rudely. He'd stopped crying but he looked wounded.
"I've always been there for you AJ. You just never realised it." I said quietly. AJ rolled his eyes. (Uh uh, that's my thing, AJ. I'm the eye-roller here)
"Right." He stormed away angrily.
I yelled after him, "AND STAY OUT!"
It's an hour later, and AJ still hasn't come calling back. I'm (dare I say it) slightly...worried about the idiot. Auntie Piper text and said he'd gone out and hadn't come back since he yelled at me. I looked around. Olivia was out, probably with Harvey. I grabbed my boots and snuck past my parents, quiet as a mouse. They luckily didn't hear me – they were watching a movie, the Titanic I think. I was just getting my key out of my pocket when Dan and Luke appeared out of nowhere. They grinned identically. "Where are you going, then?" They asked.
I groaned internally. "Out."
"Oh yeah?" They smirked the trademark smirk.
"Sh!" I hissed, pointing to mom and dad. "Be quiet!"
Dan and Luke exchanged a look. "This is golden! You're sneaking out?"
I growled, frustrated. They let me pass, so I stepped outside into the cold winter air of New York.
The frosty wind stung my face. It was starting to snow lightly. It looked pretty, but each flake was like icy daggers on my bare skin. I forgot to wear a coat, and I was bitterly regretting it. "AJ!" I yelled desperately. "AJ, WHERE ARE YOU? COME BACK!" My voice was simply carried away by the wind. I scanned the streets quickly. Out of the corner of my eyes I noticed an alleyway. There's hundreds in Manhattan. But this one, about 100ft away, had AJ and some monsters down it. I took off.
AJ didn't see me coming. Of course, he was too focused on the monsters. Manticores, I thought grimly. Three of them, their ugly faces leering at AJ. They shot spikes and whacked him with their thorny tails. I sprang into action. I tackled the first one and stabbed it from behind. The second one, who seemed dazed after my attack, was easy game. I kicked him in the head hard in my combat boots, and he crumbled to dust. The third one ran away. AJ looked up to see his rescuer. He opened his mouth as if to utter a thank you. "Don't bothering thanking me." I spat. "I was never there for you." He sighed heavily.
"I'm sorry! I was a fool. I should have listened to you. What I said was mean, you were always there for me. Every time I had a problem. I leant on you when I needed help. You were always right beside me. I just never realised it." I was kinda touched by that little heartfelt speech. He noticed me shivering.
"Gods, Toni. You didn't put a coat on?! It's the middle of February!" He exclaimed, staring at me. I laughed weakly, rubbing my red arms.
"Hey, I was panicking!" I retorted. The smile slid off AJ's face. His features contorted guiltily – his nose wrinkled, and his eyebrows scrunched together. It looked kinda cute –
WAIT WHAT. DID. I. JUST. SERIOUSLY. PUT. THAT. I. NEED. AN. ERASER. AND. A. KNIFE. TO. STAB. APHRODITE. WITH. She's messing with my thoughts. Gah! Oh well.
I went home with AJ, walking him right to his door in case he "got into trouble again" and needed his butt saving. Just as we stood outside his door he stopped.
He rubbed the back of his neck self-consciously. "Hey, um, Toni..."
