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Chapter 3 – Jealousy
The day after the party, was one that I would never forget. Unfortunately, it wasn't for a good reason.
I arrived at my first class of the morning in a good mood. I had put the fact behind me that I had once again been left by my best friend, who I more than just liked, while he got laid by some blonde Barbie doll. I had decided that despite how beyond jealous I was, I wasn't going to allow him, or anyone else, to know that.
"So, Ella, have you found that perfect guy yet?" Maria skipped along beside me, her usual cheerful self adding to my good mood.
"No, not yet," I shrugged, "But we haven't been here long."
"Hmm, what about Jesse?"
"Jesse?" I snorted, as we reached our classroom.
"You are so oblivious sometimes," She rolled her eyes dramatically, "Can't you see how hot he is for you?"
My eyes grew wide at my roommate's statement. Why did everyone think that Jesse had a thing for me? Apparently, both Randy and now Maria thought it was obvious... but I didn't. I couldn't possibly see how he could like me. I hadn't exactly been the greatest of friend's to him.
Of course, we had had some great times together when it was just me and him... but as soon as Randy appeared, although each time I tried to do otherwise, I couldn't rip my attention from him. He was too beautiful to ignore, so unfortunately for the just cute Jesse, he was the one that lost my attention.
"No, I don't think so," I shook my head eagerly, "Jesse and I go way back, we're just old friends."
"Right, sure... you just keep telling yourself that," The redhead sighed as the pair of us looked around the room to see who we could spot.
"Ooh, Taylor is here! Got to dash, love ya!"
I rolled my eyes as Maria gave me a suffocating hug before skipping off to her boyfriend. I watched as she ran into his arms, and frowned slightly in sadness. My roommate had the perfect boyfriend. Taylor was smart, athletic, drop dead gorgeous. Maria had been dating him since the second week in college, for the first week all she could tell me about was how much she wanted him as her boyfriend. Lucky her, she had him.
If only I could have the guy that I wanted.
I groaned as I looked back to my seat to see both Randy and Jesse were already there. I smiled lightly at my blonde friend, but it didn't last long. A glare that could quite possibly kill set onto my features as I spotted a beautiful Asian girl who I recognised from the back of the class speaking to Randy. She was sat in my seat, laughing and giggling as Randy told her something that was most probably not even funny. I watched as she battered her eyelashes at him, and rested her hand way too high up his leg as he whispered something in her ear, causing another bout of giggles to leave her mouth.
I stormed up the steps and pushed past the few people on my row, that angry about what I was seeing that I wasn't taking any notice of the path in front of me...
Before I knew it, I had tripped straight over someone's bag which was lying in the aisle way. I felt my self falling backwards, until a pair of arms grabbed me around the waist and pulled me down onto their lap.
I felt my cheeks blush immediately. I knew it wasn't Randy. I could feel his eyes on me from two seats away. I was actually relieved that it wasn't him... well; I would have been if it were anyone else.
Despite the fact that I thought we were only friends, it still made me feel uncomfortable that my other buddies thought we had something going on. Especially seeing as I was now sat on his lap.
"Woah there, Ella, take it easy," Jesse laughed casually in my ear, spinning me around to face him, his cute blonde spikes slightly out of place. I scrunched up my nose, realising I must have knocked them out of place when I was flying backwards, "Are you okay?"
"I, umm, I'm fine," My eyes grew extremely wide as I realised most of the people in the room were staring our way.
"Alright," Jesse laughed once more, "Just remember to look next time, okay?"
"Sure."
I tried to pull myself from his grasp, frowning in annoyance when he didn't let go. I looked up, wondering exactly why he was still holding on to me. I froze on the spot as I noticed that Randy was still looking my way, confusion placed on his features.
What the hell was he looking at me like that for? Did he think I was an idiot or something?
By this time, I was happy to see that everyone else except for the few around me had forgotten what I had done only a few minutes ago. They were all back to their conversations, most likely about how many cans of beer they managed to down the previous night.
I tore my eyes from Randy, and a glare grew back on my features as I noticed that the Asian girl was still there. She was undyingly trying to get Randy's attention back, by telling him god knows what and rubbing her hand up and down his thigh. Ew. If I hadn't have just made myself look like the biggest moron ever, I think I would have told her to keep her dirty hoe hands off of my, well... friend.
"Yeah, umm, sounds good," Randy finally looked back to the dark skinned girl, smirking, although I really doubted he had been listening to a word that she was saying, "How about you come around to mine later on, and we can... continue this?"
"Sounds good, baby."
Blowing him a rather disgusting and sloppy kiss, she stood up, and after sending a glare of her own my way, she made her way to her own seat, but not before she showed Randy nearly everything she had as she walked away in her tiny little skirt.
I really hated the fact that the guy I wanted attracted that type of woman. What the hell was it about him?
"So, umm, Ella?"
I cringed as I realised I was still sat upon Jesse's knee, his arms still wrapped around my mid section. My cheeks turned the shade of beetroot as I spotted Randy watching us. I smiled at the blonde haired man, before pulling myself rather harshly from his grasp. I didn't speak again until I was sat comfortably in my own seat.
"Yes, Jesse?" I asked, my voice sounding as if the past five minutes hadn't even happened.
"I was wondering, you know, if you weren't doing anything tonight..."
Jesse's sentence was interrupted by a cough from the opposite side of me. I turned to Randy, and rolled my eyes as he tried to act like he hadn't done anything. I thumped him angrily on the leg before turning back to the blonde man, plastering a smile on my face.
"Sorry, carry on."
"I, okay... I was wondering if you'd like to go out tonight?"
I sat in silence for a few moments, my mind not being able to work through the shock. Oh holy crap. Maria and Randy had been right.
What was I supposed to say? Could I really turn him down, when he was such a nice guy? I couldn't exactly tell him that I had feelings for someone else, especially when he was sat the opposite side.
"You know, man, I don't think Ella would like to go out tonight," Randy interrupted the silence, his voice slightly more commanding than usual; "She's got work to do."
I looked his way as the teacher finally entered the room and frowned at him in confusion. Why the hell was he saying I didn't want to go out with Jesse? What was his problem?
Oh right, of course. I wasn't allowed to have fun. I had to be the boring one that got left behind at a party, or the one that stayed in and did the homework while he got pissed and had sex with a different girl each time. If I went out and had my own fun, he wouldn't have anyone to tell his stories to the next morning. I'd be telling him mine.
It was about time that I changed all of that. I was too hung up on Randy... maybe if I tried things out with someone else then I'd forget about my feelings for my best friend. And who was better than Jesse? We already knew a lot about each other from going to school with each other when we were young. Not to mention that he really was cute.
"You know what, I'd love to," I turned back to Jesse, smiling at him.
"Really? That's great! I'll pick you up at 7."
We could no longer speak to each other as the teacher began her lecture on the book which we were studying, but I could tell that the pair of them wanted to say much more. Jesse sat with a beaming smile on his face the entire way through, obviously happy that I had agreed on a date.
I would have been happy... if I wasn't caught up on the scowl placed on Randy's features. I worried myself through the hour long lesson, wondering if he was angry at me for doing something he didn't want me to do. Not that it was any of his business who I dated. I never told him who he could and couldn't sleep with.
But that still didn't stop me from feeling uneasy at the sight of his frown. I didn't want him to be mad at me. He was my best friend. I couldn't lose him... and I definitely couldn't lose the man that I was slowly, but surely, falling in love with.
