14. Kyle
"So how's Gabby after all this?" Lola asks.
"Not good. She is really hurt."
"I can't believe Troy and Dani had sex. That's.."
"..Gross, we should talk about something else."
"But it's kinda funny. I mean your brother and Gabby's sister, I never saw that coming." She laughs.
"Yeah and you can just always predict everything right?" I snap. And I'm not even sure why, but it's like she only sees the fun in this, and this wasn't fun at all. Gabby was heartbroken and wasn't talking to Dani, and it was all because of my dumb brother.
"What?" She says confused.
"Forget it." I tell her.
"No. What did you mean by it?"
"Nothing, I'm just really sorry for Gabby. She's really upset. She was crying earlier."
"Wow it's that bad?"
"Yeah it is." I tell her and then I see Bree walking in our direction. I see a big smile on her face and I can't help but smile as well. "Hi Bree." I say.
"Hi Kyle." she smiles and then continues walking down the hall.
"Who the hell was that?" Lola asks. She seems pissed.
"Just a friend." I tell her and for some reason I can't stop smiling.
"You can't possible tell me that you two are friends?" She is almost yelling.
"And why's that?" I ask.
"Because she has been here for what a week? And she's a freshmen."
"Wow you too cool to talk with the freshmen's now? Remember you are only a sophomore!"
"What's in to you today?" She snaps.
"What's in to you? You act like you rule the school." I tell her and she leaves pissed at me.
After school Gabby comes over.
"You didn't sound too good. Are you okay?" She asks me.
"I guess. What about you?" I ask and give her a hug.
"I've been better. But I'm okay." She tells me.
We both head upstairs, luckily Troy isn't home by now, but I'm called for by Chad.
"Kyle when's mom coming home?" Chad asks me.
"I don't know why buddy?"
"Because she promised me we could go buy me new roller blades."
"Well ask Troy when he gets home." I suggest.
"Hey Chad." Gabriella says.
"Hi Gabby."
We both head to my room and I close the door behind me.
"Okay spill. What's going on?" She asks and I bump down on the bed and lie flat down on my back. She sits down next to me.
"Me and Lola were fighting."
"About what?"
"Bree."
"Wait who's Bree?" She asks confused.
"Bonnie's sister Bree."
"Wait you know her?"
"Kind of. I helped her last week. She had an epileptic seizure."
"Yeah she has that sometimes, it's so sad that she has to go through that."
"Tell me about it. Well I helped her and drove her home afterwards, and well I kinda ended up inviting her to a concert."
"What concert?"
"Dashboard Confessional."
"Wait no don't do that, you are going to scare her off with that lame music."
"She likes them too."
She laughs. "That doesn't surprise me, her music taste have always been different than everybody else's."
"But that's not a bad thing."
"No not at all. She's one of a kind, and that's what I've always loved about her."
"See I've finally found someone who likes the same music as me."
"You've found your soul mate." She teases.
"Stop it!" I laugh, but I can't help but think that maybe I have. "Well Lola is pissed because I'm friends with her. And I don't know what to do!"
"If Lol really loves you and trusts you, this shouldn't bother her. But remember Lol is my friend too. And I don't want to choose sides I don't want to be caught in the middle of all this."
"You won't. But is it wrong of me to have Bree as a friend and be going to a concert with her?"
"Not if you don't have those kind of feelings for her. Then I can't see there should be anything wrong with it. But you need to be honest towards both of them."
"I guess you're right." I tell her.
"I'm always right. You should know that by now." She teases and I laugh.
"But what do I do with Lola now?" I ask her.
"What exactly did you tell her?"
"Not really anything." I say.
"Then apologizing shouldn't be a problem for you. Just tell her you are sorry and you take everything you said back. She'll forgive you. No one can resist your charm." She tells me and I smile.
"Then could you please get me a coke from downstairs." I ask and she takes a pillow and throws it in my face.
"Get it yourself Bolton!"
"You are so going to pay for that Montez!" I tell her and she giggles while running out of the room. I follow her, but we both stop as we see Troy. Their eyes are locked on each other and then Gabriella continues walking downstairs with me right behind her.
"I'm sorry Brie I didn't think he was home." I tell her and she grabs a coke from the fridge and hands it to me. "Here you go." She says and gives me a smile. But I know she's faking it because inside she is sure not feeling that happy.
"You okay?" I ask and she nods. "Why wouldn't I be?" She looks down. I know Troy is watching us from the stairs, he knows we are only friends, but still I start tickling her to make her laugh. Just so Troy now that she can be happy without him.
"Stop it Bolton!" She says between laughs.
"I can't hear you Montez!" I tell her and continue what I'm doing, she then turns around and looks at me, and makes evil eyes at me, but it isn't working as she wants it to, and I burst out in laugh. She then laughs with me. But our laughs are breaking by Chad's voice.
"Troy I'm talking to you!" Both Gabby and me stop what we are doing and look at Troy. He has his eyes frozen on us. Chad waves a hand in front of Troy's face. "Troy can you take me to the mall?"
"Yeah sure whatever!" Troy says and doesn't move.
"Like now!" Chad says.
"I said I'd do it! Just relax already!" Troy yells at him, and I see tears forming in Chad's eyes. He is not used to Troy yelling at him, and apparently it hurts.
Gabby notices this too and she walks over to Chad. "C'mon buddy, Kyle and I will take you." Gabby says and takes his hand.
"Did I do something wrong?" He asks Gabby with a sobbing voice and she shakes her head.
"No, Troy is just having a hard time at the moment."
Both Gabby and Chad leaves out the door, and I look at Troy who has his eyes locked at the door. "Troy not to let your own unhappiness get to the rest of us!" I tell him before I slam the door after me.