She's No You
Chapter 9
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"How do you handle things...like, things that really, really bother you," Bradin asked me as he stared at the flames in the fire.
"Bad things?" I asked him and he nodded.
"Do you ever feel like maybe you're being sucked up by flames...or even waves in the ocean. Like you've fallen and you can't get up. The waves are overpowering you and sucking you into the dark black hole. You can't breathe and you don't know what to do next. You don't know where to turn or what to do," he sighed as he kept his trance on the flames.
"Believe it or not, I've felt like that quite often," I sighed and followed his trance to the flames. "Sometimes you have to just believe in yourself. You have to push back the feelings of fear or the feeling of falling to something higher than you. You just have to take the risk and believe." I said.
"But what if you can't believe," he sighed and looked up at me.
"You have to try. You can always believe," I smiled a small smile.
"Why didn't you believe at the beginning?" He asked me and looked at me with a sly smile. "You pretty much hated me in the beginning and don't even try to deny it. I know the way you looked at Lucas and I. And honestly? I'm really confused as to why you're even talking to me right now." He laughed lightly. "So...what's your explanation for it all?"
"Well...your sister, Nikki, actually talked me into a lot of it," I shrugged it off. "And believe me, I'm not completely into this whole 'friend' thing, anyway. I'm just getting to know a few people here and there and see who I like the best and then maybe make friends with them. I never said I was your friend, Bradin." I laughed lightly and so did he.
"Sure, whatever," he laughed sarcastically. "And so you chose to talk to me after you hated me...why?" He asked me.
"Well...like I said. Your sister talked to me and said that we had a lot in common, so I thought, since you're my neighbor and all, I should at least try and get to know you. Plus, my mom sorta kinda made me come and forced me to be nice," I shrugged and laughed. "So...yeah...I just started talking to you and...well...you're not that bad." I shrugged and played with a thin hair rubberband on my wrist.
"Not that bad?" he laughed lightly. I nodded and he shook his head with a laugh. "And I really thought you had changed." He said sarcastically. "So...what could a guy do to get to that friendship you're keeping from me?" He asked me.
"Well...I honestly don't know you that well...so I guess you'd have to get to know me for me," I said and thought hard about it. "Then, maybe if you understood me, I'd consider being your friend," I smiled.
"Well then. What's the first thing I can get to know about you?" He asked me. My smile faded and I kept a straight face as I looked at him. He was serious...he actually wanted to be my friend. He wanted to try. "Y-You okay?"
"You really wanna get to know me?" I asked him and he nodded with a frown. "Like the real me. The real me that's not like any other the other girls here. The real me that would prefer chocolate cake over a stick of celery any day. The real me that doesn't own a scale and doesn't care about what my figure happens to be shaped like. The real me that is shy, quiet and sometimes rude?" I asked him with tears in my eyes. He nodded and had a scared, confused look on his face. "You're one hundred percent positive and you aren't going to back out and change your mind--"
"Avery!" He exclaimed and laughed nervously. "I want to get to know you."
A/N: Okay! So I just got Jesse McCartney's CD today!! AHHH! It is sooo awesome! I totally recommend it if you don't have it :-D. So yeah, PLEASE keep the reviews coming! Thanks to those of you that have sent reviews! I am so glad y'all are enjoying it!