"Hello?" Bree asks.
"Hey, its Marcus." I reply.
"Oh-hi Marcus. I hope I'm not being a bother." Bree says, she sounds like shes been crying.
"You're not being a bother. So what's wrong?" I ask.
"Can I ask you for your advice?" Bree asks.
"Yeah." It sounded more like a question.
"So Owens parents are moving to the east coast." Bree states.
I'm a little confused. "So?" I ask, trying to sound cool and not lost.
"Well we live on the west coast." Bree says like she's trying to tell me something without actually telling me something.
"So we live on the west coast, and Owen is moving to the east coast. What's wrong with that?" I ask genuinely confused.
Bree lets out an exasperated sigh before saying, "Most long distance relationships don't work."
A light bulb goes off in my head, "Break up with him if you don't want a long distance relationship."
Bree starts crying, I probably could have been more sensitive.
"You don't think it would work?" Bree asks.
How did I become the bad guy here? I think. "If you both really want it to work then I'm sure it would." I say trying to appease her.
"But I don't want him to be stuck with a girlfriend on the other side of the country." Bree retorts.
I just can't win. I think. "Did you talk to Owen about your feelings?" I ask, trying to take some of the pressure off of me. I've never been in a relationship before, so I don't really know what to say.
"No, I don't want him to think I'm clingy or that I don't like him." Bree says with a sniffle.
"There's this old saying: 'if you love something set it free, if it comes back it was meant to be.' What it means is if you two were meant to be you will find each other in the future." I say.
I hear nothing for a minute; I was about to hang up when Bree said, "Thanks Marcus."
"You're welcome." I say glad that she finally stopped crying.
"I got to go, see you later." Bree says.
"Bye." I reply and then hang up.
"Wow I never knew girls could be this much work." I say to myself before going to the capsule.
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I walk into school and Caitlin immediately runs up to me.
"Hey." I say.
"OH MY GOSH! DID YOU HEAR?!" Caitlin screeches into my ear.
"Right now I can't hear anything." I say.
Caitlins face falls with guilt, but then she pushes it aside. "Bree dumped Owen." She says practically jumping up and down.
"Ok." I say trying to sound nonchalant, but I really want to know.
"Yeah, it was very mature. They broke up so they wouldn't hold each other back, they will still be friends and stuff, but when Owen moves over thanksgiving break their both officially single." Caitlin says, basically in one breath.
"Cool." I say. I was about to walk off when I heard Caitlin asked eight little words that made me stop.
"So are you going to ask her out?" I turned around and she was looking at me expectantly.
"No. Why?" I ask while crossing my arms and raising an eyebrow.
Caitlin looks nervous, "Um," she stammers, "Its just that you two would be cute together." She looks down at her feet.
I don't know what to say. I mean Brees nice but I'm a liar, plus Douglas would kill me. But instead of saying all that I say, "Bye." I turn and walk away before Caitlin could open her mouth.
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I take my seat behind Bree, and she turns around. She looks sad, yet relieved.
"Hey." I say, trying not to be awkward. Caitlin's words keep running through my mind.
"Hi. So um, I took your advice. Owen and I are no longer together, but we're still friends." Bree says.
"Not trying to bus chuck Caitlin here, but she already told me." I say.
Bree becomes red, "Oh. She-" Bree stops, hesitant about saying something offensive.
"I know what you mean." I try to smooth things over.
We laugh and all the awkwardness dissipates.
The rest of homeroom goes by a usual, and then we head to art. It's uncomfortable, Owen and Bree try to act like friends, and Caitlin not so subtly tries to tell me to ask Bree out. Luckily Owen and Bree are too nervous around each other to notice.
The rest of the day is normal, mostly because I avoid Caitlin, Owen, and Bree.
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I was at my locker gathering my books for tonight, when Owen meets up with me.
I ignore him till he speaks, "Hey Marcus, can we talk for a second?" He sounds anxious and he keeps fidgeting.
"K." I reply.
"Um-so I heard that you might ask Bree out-" He starts.
I slam my locker, stopping him. "Did Caitlin tell you? Or did you hear it through gossip?" I ask.
"Gossip." Owen responds.
"I think Caitlin started this rumor. I told her no, but she can't seem to keep her mouth shut." I say pinching my nose.
"Oh, I was just going to say I wouldn't hold it against you. I mean Bree is smart, kind, and pretty. So I would understand if you two dated." Owen says, still fidgeting.
I was surprised, this guy use to be jealous of me, thinking I would still his girlfriend. "Thanks man." I say, we then say goodbye.
A/N I know its short, but I wanted to update. If do ship Marcus/Bree I just need to warn you that romance isn't a strength.
Thanks for the reviews, favorites, and follows!
Please excuse any spelling and/or grammar mistakes.
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AwesomeWriter2013: Thanks for the constructive input, it was really helpful, and the compliment made me smile. I'm still deciding if I should ship them, I left this chapter bordering on the ship. It could still leave them as friends or maybe something more. Romance is something I don't excel in (Both in writing and life).
MB-CM: That was super nice, spam away! OCs are always hard to add, but I'm glad you like Maya. I used some qualities of my close friends: loyal, stubborn and honest. I agree just because you have a friend of the opposite gender doesn't mean you're going to fall in love. Adams very hard to write, because I don't think he is dumb, but he still has childlike tendency's that make him, well him. I'm glad you liked that! Don't worry your review was very entertaining, your personality was intertwined with every sentence, I felt like you were talking.