More Lies

It was weird not to be Anne's friend. She had been my best friend my entire life, and not having her around was strange…. I went to their place when I could, because of Matt, but I was busy with interviews, contracts, recordings, concerts… my life had changed a lot.

But even with a cool head, I couldn't forgive Anne. How could she had been so selfish? Matt was here dying and she was there partying around? And I though Matt was one of the most important persons to her… I guess I was wrong.

One of the times I went to their house to see Matt, I was passing by Anne's room and the door was ajar. I heard her playing the guitar in there. I stopped and listened. He was playing a song I didn't know. It was about pain, a white light, not being heard… it looked…. I don't know if I was going crazy, but it was like… Matt and Anne were getting something out off their chests… That's when I truly realized how much she might have suffered with all that, and why she did all those crazy stuff. And I realized I had been a little unfair...

After AI, Kim and I made our relationship public. When I had some time off, I took her to Tulsa to meet my parents. They said they had liked her, but didn't seem too enthusiastic abut it…. They even asked about Anne, because hthey hadn't seen her for a while.

I took Kim to Matt's, to introduce them, after all, I talked a lot about her to him. They got along well, she was very nice to him... I went to the bedroom's door and saw Anne going to the living room to get her guitar. I decided to act normally with her, we couldn't be in that awkward situation forever…

"Always walking around in your socks, you never learn, do you?"

I always teased her when she walked around in socks…. She said hello, and I introduced her to Kim... but even trying to relieve the tension, I couldn't act totally normal… I think she liked Kim...

Kim and I were fine, she was with me as much as possible... I had tons of things to do everyday, concerts, interviews, photo shoots... my life had changed completely…. Of course I had always dreamed about that, but I was not used to that yet, sometimes I caught myself thinking about the calm life I had in Tulsa, working as a bartender… but next minute, I saw everything I had achieved and I knew that was the life I always had wanted…. After a while, I was able to go home more often, and Kim was always there… Everytime I went to Matt's, she was with me, but I barely talked to Anne, just some small talk about what I had been doing… I admit it, I missed her a lot, right when my dream had come true I couldn't count on her beside me…. But I was still a bit angry...

I was at home with Kim, and she said she was going to buy a chocolate. I said I'd wait for her there, it was very hot, and she agreed (very fast indeed) to go alone. When she left, I took a shower and went to my bedroom to change. When I got in, I automatically stared at the frame on my night stand…. It had a picture of Anne and me. Dispite everything that happened, I couldn't take that photo from there, as hurt as I might be with Anne…

I put my pants on and as facing the window for a while, trying to get some air… and then, I heard a voice…

"David I need to talk to you..."

I jumped, turned around and there was Anne. I turned to face the window again.

"Go ahead, Anne.."

"Can you at least look at me?"

With a huge effort, I turned around, crossed my arms and leaned on the wall...

"Your girlfriend is not what you imagine…"

I don't know why, but I wasn't chocked with what she said as I thought I would be... I think that, somehow, I was expecting something like that from her... At that moment, I felt she was almost like a stranger to me...

"I'm used to it... people are usually not what I imagine."

I couldn't stare at her, I looked down, through the window… I was feeling uncomfortable, and I didn't even know why...
She told me she saw Kim hitting on Matt, trying to kiss him...

"How dare you say something like that about Kim? You must be out of your mind..."

I couldn't believe her, Kim was a great person, she would never do something like that... hitting on my best friend? Never... Anne left, devastated. After a while, Kim came back and she seemed upset about something. I asked about my chocolate, she said she had eaten it on the way home…. Next day, I ran into Matt and he was normal, nut seemed bothered with something. He said he was worried about some stuff from work.