“So what do you say Ez? Our usual awesome foursome go out for pizza than back here for some movies?” I asked as she skipped down the hall with a flurry.

She shook her head “I can’t sorry.” She said as me, Eli and Liam followed her around as we tried to get together like old times sake. I was adamant to go out with the two boys alone; being around Liam without Erin was unsafe, dangerous.

“Why not?” Liam cried with agitation making me send him a sympathetic smile as we knew what her response was going to do to us.

She shrugged “Jed’s taking me out.” She said simply with a happy smile.

I sighed sadly, what did she really see in him? She was so happy that a popular guy had taken interest in her to worry or care about what they were truly like underneath it, oblivious.

The honk of a car’s horn reached our ears “He’s here! I'm off, have fun!” she cried grabbing her handbag and giving us all a kiss on the cheek before running outside.

We all turned to Eli who threw himself onto the couch in defeat, Liam and I shared a look of worry before I walked over to Eli and wrapped my arms around him and comforted him. “It will be okay, she’ll wake up to herself.” I tried comforting him pathetically, when I knew a smile would only touch his eyes when Ez walked back in that door.

“You guys go get pizza, I'll wait here. I prefer the sound of takeaway now.” he mumbled as he bought the Xbox controller towards himself and began slaughtering his opponents on Call of Duty.

Liam and I shared a glance before we silent left for Liam’s car, I was too depressed and worried about Eli to worry or resist being alone in a car with Liam. I sighed walking out the door before Liam “I hope she wakes up to herself.”

Liam nodded “I hope they both do.”

I nodded oblivious that the “they” involved me.

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It was Friday night and I was being an utter idiot and trying to see how far I could slide on the floorboards of my lounge room. Hey, I was home alone for basically my entire life; you grew bored with the normality of things to do within a house so I was always making up new things for fun.

A lot had happened this weekend in some ways and others no progress was made whatsoever. Erin wise she was, well ignoring Jed and he wasn’t fighting for her either, he had just left her be. If Jed was a good person I’d think he was being sweet and giving her time and wallowing away in guilt. But as talk met my ears in school, especially the gossip you hear in detention I was pretty sure he was too busy off fighting for rather the disappearances of girls pants. Our hometown was rather small and news spread fast meaning no secrets were able to be kept that’s why this was hard to find the truth. Erin had mention briefly without a second thought weeks ago that Jed’s Nan in the town over has been sick, which is actually true. What is weird about it is how often he spends his time with her during school nights and weeknights apparently “caring” for her. To me it was beyond suspicious and I would bet my life that he had some lady friends and they weren’t his Nan’s friends. So in the Erin world we had gotten not very far but I guess her still holding a grudge was something great, at least she wasn’t caving like she always did. Sometimes being too nice did more damage than help.

However progress was being made with Liam and I. what was happening between us was slightly….unnerving and yet exciting for me. Liam and I were spending more and more time together if it wasn’t talking about Ez and such it was because Liam was slyly trying to give Ez and Eli some alone time. However in all honesty we spoke very little of drama and we were hanging around and mucking about like old times, before I became this hard shelled bitch. Liam was around at my house every afternoon after school keeping me company and we’d literally just muck about and hang out. I loved every inch of it and I was finding my house not so empty anymore with Liam inside with me, his smell lingered at night and I couldn’t be happier as it sent me into a blissful sleep. I had to admit, we were growing closer and no part of me could take a step back, I craved for his security and smile and I craved for a lot more.

Trying a slide again I stumbled and landed on the floor with an ‘off’ the breath taken out of me. I chuckled softly on the floor as I looked to where I had reached and fist pumped the air “New record!” I cheered to myself.

When my phone started vibrating in my jeans pocket loudly making the floorboards vibrate and rattle also I smiled to myself “That’s not right.” I mumbled as I rolled onto my back and pulled my phone out and looked at it as I held it above me as I read:

Liam: Coming to football tonight? X

I smiled like the biggest fool on the planet as I admired the ‘X’ for over a minute. It wasn’t until my door slammed open that it slid from my hands and stabbed me in the eye. “Shit.” I hissed as my eyes watered and teared up.

“You know for the whole tough girl act you sure are a cry baby.” A voice noted.

I arched my head backwards and shot her a dirty “Bite me Ez.”

She smiled “Funny you should mention that, it’s exactly what this stupid girl said in this book to the Vampire. I mean I'm not saying I hate Vampires but what girl goes randomly “Bit me!” I mean c’mon!” she cried throwing her hands up in the air. “Next thing you know the werewolves girlfriends will be all “Lick me!””

I choked on my words as I shot her a bewildered look “Erin! Innocent my ass!” I cried.

Her eyes grew “EW!” she screamed. “I did not mean it that way!” she screeched her skin heating to a crimson red as she grimaced in disgust.

I chortled “You act like sex is a bad thing.” I teased as I pulled myself off the floor.

“It is if it’s with a douche.” She mumbled to herself.

I patted her shoulder “It won’t be bad at all when it’s the right person.” I stressed like some overprotective father wanting to keep their child’s innocence intact.

She saluted me “Yes mum!”

I chortled “What the hell are you doing here anyways?” I asked her my brow furrowing.

She shot me a mock offended glance “Cant a best friend visit? Or were you craving Liam’s presence?” she asked wiggling her eyebrows at me with a huge smile.

My jaw hit the floor “What? No! No!” I cried quickly, too quickly.

Ez rolled her eyes “You act as if I'm blind, hate to break it sweetie but I'm not. I know for a fact he’s been spending his time with you after school every day and also if he’s not he’s at home watching The Simpsons or Family Guy and texting a little miss someone.” She said smirking whilst giving me a suggestive wiggle of those brows again.

I blushed “So what, we’re just becoming really good friends again.” I mumbled.

Erin frowned at that “I don’t know why you guys drifted in the first place.” She muttered.

I swallowed roughly, I knew perfectly well though. I watched my family fall to bits and wound up on my own. After that all was shoved out of my heart apart from Ez and I became as Ez liked to say the wicked bitch from the west, I hardened up and grew a set. After all I went through I found it a necessity to limit all my close friends to only Ez and look after my own self, independence and solitude was my best bet on being kept together.

I shrugged it off lightly acting innocent “It doesn’t matter. So what’s up?” I asked breezily, acting although it wasn’t necessarily. Ez saw right through me as if I was glass, and as always she’d see but never act or speak out on it.

Ez smiled “Footballs tonight so I'm coming over to help you get ready.” She said brightly with a huge goofy smile, I studied her closer curious now. she was in light grey skinnies and a off the shoulder navy blue shirt with thick bangles racing up one arm and her hair in wild tangles of messy curls, in all honesty she looked sexy and tempting. I snickered mentally at what Eli will have to deal with tonight.

I smiled “This wouldn’t have anything to do with the text I just got off Liam?” I asked smelling something fishy.

Ez smiled “Liam sent me over.” she shrugged.

“And what happens if I was busy or didn’t want to?” I asked raising a single brow.

Ez rolled her eyes at me with a pointed look “Football boys sweating and racing around, hot football boys. Plus an after party with those boys, alcohol and music. I'm pretty sure you’d show up even dead honey.” She teased.

I gasped “You know me so well! Do you read my diary?”

Ez spluttered “You have a diary?” she cried incredulously.

I sent her a wink as I tailed up to my room “I guess you don’t read it then.”

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“I'm just saying I like it.” Ez shrugged as she held out a grey shirt with a splash of silver circles scattered along the shoulders of the off the shoulder top.

I sighed heavily “Fine.” I mumbled chucking the shirt on to pair with my black skinnies and black gladiators before grabbing my huge gold chunky bangle and running my straightener through my hair one last time.

Flipping on the TV we still had some time to kill as I attacked my face to freshen it up as it looked frazzled and in all honesty I was. I was nervous about tonight, and I personally didn’t deal with nerves, I was nervous over every little details; what to wear, what to do to my face and hair, what perfume to even use right down to the detail of what handbag. I mean it was a football game with an after party for crying out loud! I really didn’t care any other time but this time was different, I wasn’t planning on going to get smashed and make out with some random guy and maybe some more. Tonight I was going to impress and act with some amount of dignity and class. I may not admit it out loud but my plan was to get Liam to notice me with my responsible act whilst playing detective with Liam on dear Jed.

Ez was sitting on my huge ass bed as she flipped through my Cosmopolitan magazine and lingered more on the photographs. It was normal for her to do so so I didn’t stop and stare, however I was stopping and staring tonight because she didn’t look at the images but was rather just flipping through them.

“Ez, sweetie….is something wrong?” I asked glancing at her through the mirror in my bedroom.

Ez sighed heavily “My life is a mess Mel.” She finally whispered.

I paused with the mascara brush near my eye, sitting down slowly I turned and hesitantly placed myself on my bed beside her. I didn’t know what to say or do, how far did I push or press the fact that Jed and her was a huge mistake? How did I go about this without making a lot of mess?

“How so?” I finally asked.

Her brow furrowed deeply and harshly as she glanced down at the magazine “I…..I don’t think I like Jed…” she finally mumbled.

I pursed my lips in slow contemplation “You don’t think?” I asked.

She sighed loudly “No I know I don’t like him.” She mumbled finally in defeat.

I bit my bottom lip hiding back a smile of victory, if only I could have reordered that and showed Liam later. I held it all back though and went into best friend mode “Why don’t you like him?” I pressed gently.

She sighed “I….we’re just too different you know? At first it was great and now….well now we’re meant to be closer than ever and I know couples fight. But since the whole honeymoon phase is over and I see the reality of us…..we’re just too different. I mean….I thought it would work out and we could figure it out at first but now….well now I just want out.” She admitted sadly.

I reached out and squeezed her knee “Sweetie there is nothing wrong with that.” I said gently.

She looked up at me with glistening eyes “Is….Is it wrong for me to be dating one person when having…..really big feelings for someone else?” she trembled.

I smiled at her sympathetically, faintly “No, it just means you know that you aren’t meant to be with Jed and that….you have to choose. Do you follow the path of your story and stay with Jed dreaming for it work or do you choose Eli,” she blushed as I stated who the other person obviously was “who would treat you as you should and be the best thing for you.” I murmured softly.

Ez blushed deeper as she stammered “I-I know he doesn’t like me Mel….like that.” I bit my tongue “But when I'm around him…..I can’t deny how I feel around him….my heart goes crazy and I turn into the mumbled mess. All Jed makes me do is get extremely angry and agitated.” She mumbled. “I want to but…..I don’t want to hurt his feelings by calling us off.” She said lowly as she looked back down.

I squeezed her knee again “Sweetie…..I- I may be wrong here.” I stammered, unsure if I should say what was on the tip of my tongue. Would be Liam be mad?

Ez looked up at me swiftly “What? What’s happened? What do you know?” she asked quickly, desperate. Her wide eyes of a cry for help made me cave, she deserved to know and she was already going to split with Jed, this wouldn’t hurt the direction she was going now.

I smiled faintly with sympathy “Talk goes around this school and well….I’m not one hundred percent sure but some of that talk is suggesting Jed has a couple of screw bunnies.” I said slowly waiting for any reaction possible.

I watched her slowly as she pondered the words over “He may be cheating on me?” she mumbled to herself. She snorted suddenly “I'm so glad I haven’t slept with him than, can you imagine the diseases I could have caught?” she cried giggling making me smile too as we began to bag the shit out of Jed.

Calming down Ez smiled sadly “Do you think he….well he wasn’t really looking after his Nan?” she asked tentatively. I shot her a look that said ‘what do you think?’ making her nod her head.

Then finally she burst into tears “Shit.” I cursed under my breath. “Sweetie its okay, there’s no loss. Shhh, it’s okay.” I cooed wrapping her in my arms.

She cried harder “I’m not worried about him cheating on me, it doesn’t hurt really. It’s the fact….” She broke off sobbing as she wiped at her eyes. “I'm the biggest fool ever! I'm so gullible, he must have been laughing behind my back with all his fuck bunnies about how naïve I am!” she wailed.

I rubbed her back snorting “Don’t forget the catching STI’s part either.” I murmured into her hair.

Ez let a bubble of laughter left her lips and the next thing we were rolling around on the floor tears running down our face in utter and complete laughter.

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