It's Only Time
By Spark'd

Found A Way - Chapter Four

The words just spilled out, the next thing I knew I was wrapping up my story with the cliché "What do you think I should do?"

We were both leaning forward, she was totally absorbed in everything I was saying, and I was trying to be secretive from the other people.

She took in a deep breath and I felt the air pass out of her nostrils, "Well... I'm not sure." She said with a frown, looking away from me. "If you don't really like Tara, you should break up with her, that way if Sara keeps coming onto you, their friendship won't be completely ruined." That made sense and I nodded to signal I agreed with her, I opened my mouth to talk but she cut me off.

"You could tell Alex a small lie," she held out two fingers to show how small of the lie it was, "Tell him you don't like Sara and would prefer it if you didn't go on double dates together, for as long as he's going out with her." She shrugged, "That's basically the truth... Right?" She looked back at me and I nodded.

She had long chestnut hair with red, black, and blond streaks. She was taller than Tara, but shorter than Sara. Her upper-body was skinny, but her legs were a little big, she looked a little funny with her somewhat large chest. She was actually, kind of pretty. I wished I had asked her or her friends out, instead of Sara and Tara.

"Yeah, you're right..." I mumbled, closing my eyes. I couldn't picture myself lying to Alex, ever since the day we had met we've been completely honest with each other, except I didn't know he liked Sara and he does know about Josh kissing me... Ew.

I opened them again and I caught her eyes, we stared at each other for a while before she said, "I feel really bad for you, Drake... You're a really nice guy and you've got great friends, and then this happened. I bet you have no idea how to handle this because it's never happened to you and you've never expected this to happen." She spoke quickly and it took me a few seconds to register what she had just said.

I nodded, "I think I'm going to... Break up with Tara, I think it would be the easiest to do, since I don't know her that well."

Dawn agreed, "It would be much easier to break it off with her, than to lie to your best friend."

I smiled at her and was about to thank her for helping me out when Elena Stigrad walked up to me and, sat on my lap.

Shes a good friend of Sara and Tara, and much fatter than either of them. She was taller than Sara, so it seemed to balance out her weight. She gave me a tight hug and some perfume from her black hair got into my eyes, it burned and my eyes almost watered.

I blinked a few times to get rid of the tears and I saw Dawn roll her eyes, "I'll see you around, Drake." She said standing up and giving me a small wave before walking off to her friends.

I grunted and tried to push Elena off me, "Stigrad, get off." She pulled herself off me, but stayed sitting on me. "What are you doing? I'm going out with Tara, you know that... Right?" I asked, not wanting another Sara on my lap.

She scoffed, "Of course I know. God, I'm not dense." She rolled her eyes and messed up my hair, I mentally cried for my hair. It had taken me a while to make it look the way it did. "I'm just being friendly, she's gets friendly with my boyfriends, so why shouldn't I get friendly with hers?"

I blinked, did that mean...? "Has she ever kissed one of your boy-" She cut me off with a high-pitched squeal.

"Fuck no. If she ever did that I would kill her! Best friend or not, girls do not kiss other girls' boyfriends." She hissed, glaring at me.

I felt the blood drain from my face, it seemed like she knew about what happened between me and Sara, I hoped not. "Okay, I was just curious." I said, trying my hardest to not look nervous.

She kept glaring at me, "You aren't making out with other girls... Are you?"

I shook my head quickly, maybe a little too quickly. "Of course not, I'm not a cheater." I returned the glare and she shrugged, understanding.

"She really likes you, you know that, right?" She said, running a hand though my hair.

I gave a gulp and it sounded pretty loud, I'm not sure Elena noticed. "I really like her too." Which was true. I really liked her, I wouldn't go as far as to say I loved her, but she was great and I was lucky to have her. Just, with Sara I'm confused.

Elena grinned, "Good, Drake."

The teacher yelled our ear off for not keeping our hands to ourselves before we went back to work. I couldn't help but look up from my wooden birdhouse every now and then at Dawn.

That probably sounded really bad, but I never did thank her for helping me out, so I figured I should before I forgot or she got mad at me.

I grabbed a hammer and casually walked over to her group, she was alone at the moment because the other girls in her group were either getting supplies or sick. "Hey, Dawn."

She looked up, surprised someone was talking to her, "Oh! Hey, Drake!" She smiled and me and quickly closed her open binder nearby her. As she did I noticed a piece of paper with my name on it, near the center.

Eyebrow raised, I continued talking to her, "Sorry about Stigrad, she just... Sat on me."

She laughed put down her drill, "Thats okay, I didn't mind. She is, like, your girlfriend's best friend." She shrugged and sat on her table.

I leaned on the table behind me and I copied her shrug. "She shouldn't sit on me, that's weird."

"Not that weird." We looked at the ground in silence for a while before I remembered why I walked over to talk to her.

"Thanks for the advice," I looked up at her with a grin, "I hope Tara won't be crushed, maybe I'll go out with her again after I'd slapped some sense into Sara." I hit the front of my left hand with the back of my right and she laughed.

"Nice idea, I better get back to work." She was hesitant to slide off the table, "I'll see you around?" She asked, hopefully.

"Hey, if I ever have another relationship problem..." She laughed and gave me a friendly shove.

She shook her head, "Get outta here, creep."

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I basically ran out of Wood Shop, Elena was yelling at me for something, I didn't know. On my way out I ran into Alex, a grin plastered over my face. I quickly made it vanish as he started yelling at me.

"Where were you? I thought we were going to go to school together but I guess not." He sent me a glare.

I frowned, "Sorry bro, I didn't feel too well an I guess I forgot to call you." I pushed him against the nearest locker and the girls nearby giggled. I raised a brow, "I'm not a fruit." I grumbled to them before they walked away.

Alex raised a brow and put a hand on my chest, trying to push me away but I clung close, I didn't want to yell to everyone that I was breaking up with Tara. "Um, dude? I'm still with Sara, remember?"

I closed my eyes and let out a slow breath, when I opened them again I glared at my best friend. "Didn't you hear me? I'm not a fruit. I don't play for the other team. I don't swing that way. Most importantly: I'm not gay."

He shrugged, "Could've fooled me."

I frowned but shook off my emotions for a second. "I think... I think I'm going to break up with Tara." I saw his look of shock, "I don't really dig her."

He snorted, "Your lips sure did." I glared at him again and he frowned. "I dunno man, she's really into you."

I nodded sadly, that was the hard part - she really liked me. "I don't know what I can do." I noticed how close our faces were and I quickly jumped away, Alex letting out a breath of relief that my face was further than an inch from his.

"I was thinking of inviting you to go on a double date with me and Sara," I almost hissed at the name, "Why don't you come with us, and break up with her afterwards?" He gave a friendly suggestion, but I though it would be harder to break up with her if I took her out on another date.

He saw my frown and shrugged, "I think it's a good idea... Cheat on her or something," I cringed, "Yeah yeah, I know... Bad stuff, but it's worth a shot."

I shook my head, "I'll go on the double date and then when I drop her off, I'll break the bad news."

He gave a sly grin, a grin that just screamed 'Not-So-Funny-Pun-Time'! "I guess you've, Found a Way, then... Hey?"

I gave a groan of disgust, "Don't quit your job just yet, Chris Rock, you need some practice in the funny department."

He snorted and we walked off into the lunchroom together.

A/N: ;; Really, really sorry about the super late chapter. I should've posted this in late December - early January.

If you haven't noticed, I'm kinda trying to make each title match whats going on in the story. I might have a little trouble with the next chapter, Makes Me Happy.

And yeah, I skipped It's Only Time because thats the title, and it would've bugged me if I had a chapter have the same name as the story.

xD I had to edit the chapter because I got Sara and Tara confused. oo Oh, the downsides of having two characters with similar names.

Disclaimer: The only thing I own in this story is made-up characters: Alex Vander, Sara Johnson, Tara Davids, Dawn Matthews, Elena Stigrad and the plot.