Hey thanx soooo much for all of the reviews (and votes lol) for my last chapter, cause I know this is a really different story, so far if you have been counting J/C is in the lead with 5 with T/V trailing behind with one, so better get your votes in! And vote everytime you review so by now you can get 2 votes in lol! I'm having fun with this if you can tell. Time for the story.
The next morning.
Tyler wakes up to find Marie sitting in the living room with the phone in her lap.
"What are you doing?" He asks sleepily
"I'm waiting for it to become a decent hour, that Val might actually be awake during." Marie explains
Tyler sighs and sits down on the couch.
"Morning" Ali says walking in
"How long have you been awake?" Marie asks immediately
"A few minutes why?"
"Never mind" Marie checks her watch again
"Are you waiting for a good time to call Val?" Ali asks
"Yea"
"Well, let me give you some advice, go eat some breakfast, take a shower or a walk or do something, cause this isn't something anyone wants to wake up to." Ali says gently
"How 'bout not?" Marie says slightly annoyed "Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to snap I am so stressed out about this"
"It's ok, but I really think you need to do something for a little while at least." Ali suggests
"I am doing something, I am sitting here waiting patiently" Marie replies stubbornly
Ali sighs and goes into the kitchen to make herself a bowl of cereal.
An hour later Jamie stumbles into the room, "What time is it?" Marie asks forgetting she is wearing a watch
"11:00 I think" Jamie yawns "Is everyone awake?"
"For a while now." Tyler answers as Marie gets up with a phone in tow and heads to the privacy of her bedroom.
Marie sits down shakily on her bed and starts to dial, three tries later the phone rings.
"Hello?" The familiar voice asks
"V-Val?" Marie asks tentatively
"Marie? Hey how's it going at your cousins?"
"I need to talk to you, it's really important."
"What's wrong?" Val asks concerned
"I didn't go to my cousin's this weekend."
"So where are you?"
"Well I am with Ali, but I am also with Jamie and Tyler…………..Val?"
"I'm here." Val says faintly
"Just listen, OK? Tyler started to like me about 2 and a half months ago, and he kept asking me out, and even though I liked him I said no, because of you and you're my friend. He was so relentless about it, and we would hang out in groups or sometimes alone, I couldn't deny my feelings at that point." Marie takes a deep breath "We've been going out for 2 months." She finally says
Marie waits for some kind of response, but gets nothing and finally she hears the click on the other end of the line as Val hangs up the phone.
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Val sat there stunned, after she hung up for almost 5 minutes what had seemed as such a great day, was now bleak and dreary, in a daze she picks up the phone and dials the all so familiar phone number of her best friend Caitie. Val slams the phone down on the first ring.
"Who am I kidding, Caitie wont talk to me, after all that I did to her." Val sighs
5 minutes later the doorbell rings, Val opens the door and to her surprise Caitie is standing there.
"Caitie?" Val asks "What are you doing here?"
"You called and hung up after one ring. You never do that so I knew something was wrong."
"How did you know?" Val asks cofused
"Uh hello caller ID 21st century, remember? So what's wrong?"
Val sits down right on her front step and tells Caitie about this mornings phone call.
"You can say it" Val says when she is done
"I don't need to, and I don't want to" Caitie says
"Why not?"
"Cause I am your best friend, no matter what. That's why."
"So what do I do?" Val asks
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Numbly Marie stares at the phone sitting on the edge of her bed willing it to ring. A knock comes at the door and she ignores it, but the knocker persists, and finally lets themself in.
"So did you call?" Ali asks
"Yes"
"Went bad"
"Yes, why can't this just be a Cinderella story? I meet Tyler we fall in love…..happily ever after, there is no friend in that equation."
"And life isn't a cartoon."
"I know, I know and I know life isn't fair and it isn't great and all that other crap."
"Your ranting." Ali says
"So? I am allowed to, I just ruined a friendship"
"OK I'll give you that, but now you can go public with your relationship with Tyler."
"Right, maybe we should of never said anything to begin with."
"Is that what you really wanted?"
"Of course not, but I didn't want to ruin a friendship either."
"I think you did the right thing, but I know it doesn't matter what I think." Ali says gently
"Can I come in?" Tyler asks knocking on the door.
"Yea, I was just leaving." Ali says getting up
"I told her and she didn't even yell or cry or say anything she just hung up" Marie says
"I'm sorry and I know you are probably wondering if it was the right thing to do, and I'm not sure I even know, but I do love you and I am sure about that." Tyler tells her
"I am too, so then we did the right thing?"
"Yes, it was best, and she would of found out eventually anyway and it would of been worse."
"You're right."
"Course I am, now how about we go and try to enjoy some of this nice weather? Maybe go to the beach?" Tyler suggests
"OK, I'll go put my bikini on"
"Great I'll tell everyone else."
A half hour later the four of them are enjoying the ocean without a care in the world, the mornings events forgotten.
That night Jamie and Ali decided to take a walk on the beach and Tyler and Marie decide to stay behind and watch the sunset.
"It's so beautiful" Marie sighs "It makes you forget about everything."
"It is beautiful, like you." Tyler says to her.
She smiles thoughtfully. "We'll be OK right? I mean it will be tough but it'll be OK?"
"Yes, everything will be OK." Tyler says as the last sliver of sun drops into the ocean.
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The next morning.
Tyler wakes up to find Marie sitting in the living room with the phone in her lap.
"What are you doing?" He asks sleepily
"I'm waiting for it to become a decent hour, that Val might actually be awake during." Marie explains
Tyler sighs and sits down on the couch.
"Morning" Ali says walking in
"How long have you been awake?" Marie asks immediately
"A few minutes why?"
"Never mind" Marie checks her watch again
"Are you waiting for a good time to call Val?" Ali asks
"Yea"
"Well, let me give you some advice, go eat some breakfast, take a shower or a walk or do something, cause this isn't something anyone wants to wake up to." Ali says gently
"How 'bout not?" Marie says slightly annoyed "Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to snap I am so stressed out about this"
"It's ok, but I really think you need to do something for a little while at least." Ali suggests
"I am doing something, I am sitting here waiting patiently" Marie replies stubbornly
Ali sighs and goes into the kitchen to make herself a bowl of cereal.
An hour later Jamie stumbles into the room, "What time is it?" Marie asks forgetting she is wearing a watch
"11:00 I think" Jamie yawns "Is everyone awake?"
"For a while now." Tyler answers as Marie gets up with a phone in tow and heads to the privacy of her bedroom.
Marie sits down shakily on her bed and starts to dial, three tries later the phone rings.
"Hello?" The familiar voice asks
"V-Val?" Marie asks tentatively
"Marie? Hey how's it going at your cousins?"
"I need to talk to you, it's really important."
"What's wrong?" Val asks concerned
"I didn't go to my cousin's this weekend."
"So where are you?"
"Well I am with Ali, but I am also with Jamie and Tyler…………..Val?"
"I'm here." Val says faintly
"Just listen, OK? Tyler started to like me about 2 and a half months ago, and he kept asking me out, and even though I liked him I said no, because of you and you're my friend. He was so relentless about it, and we would hang out in groups or sometimes alone, I couldn't deny my feelings at that point." Marie takes a deep breath "We've been going out for 2 months." She finally says
Marie waits for some kind of response, but gets nothing and finally she hears the click on the other end of the line as Val hangs up the phone.
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Val sat there stunned, after she hung up for almost 5 minutes what had seemed as such a great day, was now bleak and dreary, in a daze she picks up the phone and dials the all so familiar phone number of her best friend Caitie. Val slams the phone down on the first ring.
"Who am I kidding, Caitie wont talk to me, after all that I did to her." Val sighs
5 minutes later the doorbell rings, Val opens the door and to her surprise Caitie is standing there.
"Caitie?" Val asks "What are you doing here?"
"You called and hung up after one ring. You never do that so I knew something was wrong."
"How did you know?" Val asks cofused
"Uh hello caller ID 21st century, remember? So what's wrong?"
Val sits down right on her front step and tells Caitie about this mornings phone call.
"You can say it" Val says when she is done
"I don't need to, and I don't want to" Caitie says
"Why not?"
"Cause I am your best friend, no matter what. That's why."
"So what do I do?" Val asks
*********************
Numbly Marie stares at the phone sitting on the edge of her bed willing it to ring. A knock comes at the door and she ignores it, but the knocker persists, and finally lets themself in.
"So did you call?" Ali asks
"Yes"
"Went bad"
"Yes, why can't this just be a Cinderella story? I meet Tyler we fall in love…..happily ever after, there is no friend in that equation."
"And life isn't a cartoon."
"I know, I know and I know life isn't fair and it isn't great and all that other crap."
"Your ranting." Ali says
"So? I am allowed to, I just ruined a friendship"
"OK I'll give you that, but now you can go public with your relationship with Tyler."
"Right, maybe we should of never said anything to begin with."
"Is that what you really wanted?"
"Of course not, but I didn't want to ruin a friendship either."
"I think you did the right thing, but I know it doesn't matter what I think." Ali says gently
"Can I come in?" Tyler asks knocking on the door.
"Yea, I was just leaving." Ali says getting up
"I told her and she didn't even yell or cry or say anything she just hung up" Marie says
"I'm sorry and I know you are probably wondering if it was the right thing to do, and I'm not sure I even know, but I do love you and I am sure about that." Tyler tells her
"I am too, so then we did the right thing?"
"Yes, it was best, and she would of found out eventually anyway and it would of been worse."
"You're right."
"Course I am, now how about we go and try to enjoy some of this nice weather? Maybe go to the beach?" Tyler suggests
"OK, I'll go put my bikini on"
"Great I'll tell everyone else."
A half hour later the four of them are enjoying the ocean without a care in the world, the mornings events forgotten.
That night Jamie and Ali decided to take a walk on the beach and Tyler and Marie decide to stay behind and watch the sunset.
"It's so beautiful" Marie sighs "It makes you forget about everything."
"It is beautiful, like you." Tyler says to her.
She smiles thoughtfully. "We'll be OK right? I mean it will be tough but it'll be OK?"
"Yes, everything will be OK." Tyler says as the last sliver of sun drops into the ocean.
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