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     The next day at dinner, my phone rang. So Derek listened for once and called me earlier. I got up to answer the call when my mom stopped me. "No calls during dinner, sweetheart. It's family time."

     I slumped back down on my chair. "Right." I was so restless to talk to him that I finished my dinner early and hoped we were not having any long conversations after dinner. Thankfully, we weren't.

     Before I reached my room, my phone rang again and I answered it while walking to my room. "You actually called me early today. Wow. I thought you were more stubborn than that." I smiled as I spoke to him.

     He cleared his throat. "Yes, I did. Hi, Viv."

     I scrunched my eyebrows in confusion. That's not Derek's voice and he never called me Viv. "Cabe? Hi." The smile was wiped from my face.

     "Who did you think I was?"

     "No one." I shook my head. "I didn't see the name on my phone. I answered as soon as it rang. Anyway, what's up?"

     "I'm having a party at my home tomorrow. I wanted to invite you."

     A party? I could use a party. I was jobless anyway. "Sure, I'll come."

     "The parents are going out for the weekend. So I have the house to myself," he said excited.

     "Great, I'll see you there."

     "Great. I got some stuff to take care of for the party. So I'll call you later, okay?"

     "Yep. Bye." I sat on my bed cross legged and tossed the phone aside. I didn't have anything else to do the rest of the evening and thought of catching up on my shows. I brought my laptop and a bag of popcorn and whiled away the hours on Netflix.

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     It was six hours later and I had binge watched half a season of Teen Wolf. It looked like Derek wasn't going to call tonight, I thought disappointed. But he called every night. It was like some unsaid rule. It was a habit. I became so used to talking to him every night that it looked odd tonight.

     Maybe he took me seriously when I said talking to him made me miss classes. I was just exaggerating. I didn't actually think he'd stop calling because of that.

     While I was debating whether to call him or not, Derek finally called. It was later than usual. My mood immediately lifted seeing his name. "Hey. I thought you weren't going to call tonight," I said happily.

     He hesitated. "It's late, right? I was making up my mind."

     "To call me or not?"

     "Among other things."

     I frowned. "Can you get any more cryptic?"

     He ignored answering that, and instead asked, "So what were you doing tonight?"

     "Living life. Breathing." I answered in a sing song voice.

     "What are you doing tomorrow?" Why did he sound so serious when I was so chill tonight? It was like the roles were reversed.

     "Same thing repeat." I continued talking in a sing song voice. He sounded irritated by my tone and that made me want to continue talking like that, just to annoy him. I suppressed my laugh hearing him grumble.

     "Don't you have any plans for tomorrow?"

     It almost sounded like he knew I was going to Cabe's party tomorrow. But I said it anyway. "Yes, infact I do. Cabe's having a party at his house."

     "Are you going?"

     "Duh. That's why I mentioned it."

     "Why are you going?"

     "Because he invited me. Guess what, I'm not as boring as you think. I do go to parties."

     "Are you dating him?"

     "Jeez, Derek. Why do you sound like you're interrogating me?"

     He took a deep breath and then talked in a rush. "I don't want you to go."

     "Um, what?" I asked confused. What did he mean by that?

     "I said I don't want you to go," he repeated again, this time slower.

     I didn't like the tone he used. It sounded so authoritative. Like he expected me to do exactly what he said without questioning it. "I heard you perfectly okay the first time! What are you talking about?"

     "Listen, Vivian. I don't want you to date Cabe. You're better off without him."

     I felt my anger rising. "What do you mean you don't want me to date him? Since when do you tell me what to do?"

     "Why don't you get it? Just do what I say, okay?" He sounded so mad right now.

     It was the way he talked that made me feel like hitting him on the head. One, this Cabe stuff came out of the blue. We never talked about Cabe. Two, he can't order me to do anything. I didn't want to start a fight right now, so I said calmly, "You can't expect me to just do what you say."

     "I have a reason for saying what I'm saying," he said earnestly. "Please listen to me."

     "Then let's hear it," I challenged him. "Give me your reason."

     "He's not a good guy for you."

     I let out a humorless laugh. "Really? That's your reason? Coming from you, I don't think I can take that seriously."

     "Why are you acting so difficult?"

     By now, it had turned into a heated conversation and we were just yelling things at each other without thinking through. "I am acting difficult? If you think I'm going to stop dating someone just because you ask me to, you are so wrong!"

     "Fine! Do whatever you want to! I don't fucking care!" he yelled.

     "Don't yell at me!" I shrieked. "You can't expect me to not date anyone when you are dating Shayna."

     "This has got nothing to do with it!"

     "It has got everything to do with it. I know why you're saying the things you're saying!"

     "No, you don't. If you knew, you'd listen to me!"

     "Then spit it out! Whatever it is, just spit it out!"

     "You won't believe me," he said angrily.

     "If you don't have the guts to tell me how you feel about me, then you have no right to tell me to stop seeing Cabe!"

     "No! That's not . . .  What?! No!"

     My breath caught in my chest. I realized what I said and my face turned hot.

     No!

     I didn't just say that.

     All the anger that was building up in me seeped away and was replaced by regret. I closed my eyes. "Don't call me again," I said quietly.

     "Vivian. Please, please listen to-"

     I hung up on him. This was for the best. Who was I kidding all this while? I still had feelings for Derek. They never went away. And talking to him only aggravated those feelings. This had to stop one day. It's good that it happened now.

     I didn't care what he said about Cabe. I didn't care what his reason was. I was stupid to assume he said it because he was jealous. I should never have said anything. Now he knew how I felt. He called me again, but I didn't answer.

     He's not going to be here for long, I told myself. He'll go away to college and everything would be back to normal. I didn't want to think about what he was thinking about me right now. Was he surprised? Or did he think I was stupid for thinking he'd like me back? My phone kept ringing and I ignored it.

     This shouldn't have happened the way it did. My head throbbed thinking of all the possibilities of what would happen when I see him again. I shot him a text.

Please don't call me again. Forget I said anything.

     If he was the friend I thought he was, he'd just respect my wishes and stop calling me.

     He didn't call again.

     And after a long time, I went to bed without saying good night to him.

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