It was finally Friday and I was dreading it. I'd been completely avoiding Henry since he pulled that stunt in the man cave. I haven't gone to work and I haven't sat and had lunch with my friends. I actually found Chris and sat with him and his friends. Today I might be on my own because during lunch the basketball players are supposed to be having a lunch in the teachers lounge and that includes Chris and all his friends.

Oddly enough, ignoring Henry was easy until I saw him yesterday making out with Bianca by his locker. I actually scoffed. After that anytime I saw them I just got this sick feeling in my stomach but I got over it very quickly.

"Charlotte!" Chris called snapping me out of my thoughts. I looked at him then I looked straight.

"Boy, it's a green light go!" I yelled at him and he smiled, then continued driving to school.

"What had you so distracted?" He asks.

"Still thinking about Henry." I mutter and he sighs.

"Why don't you just talk to him then you big baby?" Chris teases.

"I will have you know, I am not a baby and he is the one who has to make the first move. I don't care if he's in my life or not." I declare.

"Yeah that tough girl shit don't work on me. He was your best friend and I think you like him but don't want to admit it." Chris says and I start laughing. This boy has no idea how wrong he is. I actually like Chris but I'm not going to tell him that.

"Oh he's not who I like. Anyways yeah you bring out a good point, was my best friend." I point out.

"I misspoke, he still is your best friend. Don't ruin your life like that nor his for the matter. Matter of fact, you guys have to do that project today, talk then." Chris says and suddenly I regret telling him so much but he was so easy to talk to and he told me so much about him in exchange. I glare at him as he pulls into the school parking lot.

"I feel you trying to burn my skin off. Oh before I forget, the team is allowed to invite 4 people to lunch, me and the guys will vouch for you if you want to come." Chris throws at me.

"Yes please, I did not want to see Henry." I say happy I've got an excuse.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that." I swear Chris whispers but when I look at him he's looking around for a parking spot. He finally finds one and pulls into it. We get out the car and walk inside.

"I'm gonna talk to him. Thanks Chris." I say once we're at my locker.

"Anytime short stuff." He says and I punch him. He groans.

"Now I gotta go to the nurse. Anyways when the lunch bell rings meet me at my locker." He says and I nod. He smiles then walks off. The kid is a huge sweetheart and that smile, that damn smile is just so amazing. I shake my head and open my locker, I get out my books then lock my locker. I head to class early which is what I've been doing all week. I get there and I see Henry and Bianca inside completely absorbed in each other. She's on his lap and they're making out.

Of course, they're so disgusting. I just stand outside the room and wait for the bell to ring.

"Henry, we have to go past this. Don't you want to feel my lips elsewhere?" I hear Bianca fail at saying seductively.

"B, I'm fine with making out-"

"Don't want you want to be better than fine ?"

"When I want you, I'll tell you." Henry says and he sounds annoyed.

"No get off, I'm not in the mood now." I hear Henry say.

"You always do this!" I hear Bianca say, raising her voice a bit.

"Maybe if you would just let me be instead of trying to force me into something I'm not ready for we'd be fine!" Henry fires back.

"Well I'm a girl with needs so when you finally grow up you can come find me!" I hear her spit back.

"I won't even bother! That's why I'm not actually a virgin! That was a lie I told you because I just didn't want to fuck you! No guy wants a girl that brags about being with everyone and you'd constantly throw that shit in my face like that's more appealing. There's nothing attractive about having a high body count." Henry spews out and I almost feel like stepping in. I hear silence for a while. I will admit I'm proud of Henry for not calling her a slut or a whore because that's something I sure would have said.

"You know what, I'm done." Bianca says.

"Good, I am too. Have a good life, door's that way." Henry says and I honestly admire him. When I argue with anyone I don't remain so calm, you can see from miles away that I'm going into attack mode. He didn't raise his voice when she raised hers, he only had slight hints of attitude and disgust in his tone but you couldn't tell if you didn't know him like I did. Bianca walks out and I know she didn't see me because she would have said something to me about her not being with Henry now. The bell rings and I wait 10 seconds before walking in. I see Henry in his usual seat, behind me. I sit down and don't say anything just like I have before. I don't want him to know I heard all that. He looks completely fine except for the spark in his eye that definitely wasn't anything good. Throughout the whole class I felt his gaze on me, burning through my skin.

The day continues just like that and I was happy to meet Chris by his locker. But when I got there I was met with a surprise. A cheerleader who had sat with us once, I think her name was Veronica was there as well. He was all jittery and they were talking. Out of nowhere he kissed her and she kissed back. They hugged and she walked off. My heart broke. He likes someone else, he really just wants to be my friend.

I just plaster on a fake smile and try to act like I'm fine. I walk up to him and he immediately hugs me tight.

"Remember how I told you I couldn't work up nerve to tell this girl I like her. I finally did and well she told me she didn't like me that way but she was willing to learn to." Chris says excitedly once he pulls away. I nod my head, I remember that conversation. I had thought he was talking about me, not to be arrogant but the way he looked at me when he said it I was so convinced I had a chance.

"Congrats." My voice cracks a bit and Chris looks at me weird. I clear my throat and I punch him.

"Good job dude, now lets go eat." I say appearing to be in a good mood. Chris throws his arm around my shoulder and guides me to the teacher's lounge. I can't help but picture what it'd be like for him to actually like me. I guess I'll never know. We get there and everyone greets me with open arms. I notice everyone has a plate and a soda.

"Dang no one got me anything ?" I say trying to joke with Chris but I hadn't even noticed he was gone. I looked around for him and saw he was with that damn Veronica. I sigh and just find a corner seat next to some dude who wasn't interacting with everyone. He had his hood on and he was turned in his chair, his head leaned against the wall and he was someone I didn't recognize. I saw him wipe his face and he turned around to look at me.

"Holy shit, Henry?" I say and he looks at me.

"Charlotte." He says in confirmation.

"I didn't even recognize you." I say and he just shrugs.

"Want a soda ? It's grape." He says and I nod. I can't say no to grape soda and he knows that. I take the soda and soon the Coach stands up.

"Alright before we eat, I just wanted to say you boys did a good job this year and next year we'll do even better. Now 2 weeks ago I had you all vote on our MVP. So without further ado," Coach Hunter says then pauses while a few guys beatbox a drum roll.

"It was a unanimous decision, our MVP  is the one and only, Henryyyyy Hart!" Coach yells and the guys all cheer. Henry throws on a small smile and gets up. The guys crowd around him and congratulate him.

"Now Henry, you get pizza first, take all you want." Coach says and I see Henry walk back towards me with a whole box of pizza, 2 more sodas in his hoodie pockets and a smirk on his face. I just laugh and we share the pizza and he gives me another soda. We haven't really fixed anything but this is fine, I don't want to. I forgive him and I'm over the issue we had. I look around the room once again and I see Chris and Veronica hugging. She kisses his lips and smirks at him while he tries to pull her back in for another kiss no doubt. Damn, I was so sure that was going to be me. Hell, that was supposed to be me!

"Charlotte, you're in need of some good ole Henry therapy. Spend the weekend at mines so we can do the project and then have a movie marathon. We missed the Harry Potter one so we can just do that." Henry says pulling me out of my feelings. I just nod and he pulls me in for a side hug. I just sit there feeling worse about myself, why can't I get the guy for once ?