3 GUYS, A GIRL, AND A ROSE
Chapter Thirty-Three
Christina got into her apartment after
walking home, happy that she wasn't alone with Jack. She had to get out of
there. He was ignoring her again for Rose. She couldn't take it.
She plopped down on her couch taking off her
shoes. She rested her feet on the coffee table happy to be home. Dinner with
Jack was so uncomfortable. She couldn't even look him in the eye. She turned
the TV on and flipped through the channels. She left it on MTV. Just then her
cell phone rang. She dug through her purse. She hoped it was Tommy or Fabrizio.
It wasn't. It was Jack. She clicked the talk button.
"Hello."
"Hey Chris."
"What do you want? I thought you were on
the phone with your girlfriend."
"Obviously I am not if I am talking to
you."
"So what do you want?"
"Why'd you leave like that?"
"Because I wanted to."
"You could have said bye."
"You looked busy."
"I was on the phone. You could have said
you were leaving."
"You were on the phone with her. You
always ignore me when you are on the phone with her."
"Stop giving me shit."
"Whatever."
"How many times do I have to say
sorry?"
"Until I know when to forgive you."
"When will that be?"
"Oh, I don't know. When you're dead."
"Christina, please. I really need
you."
"For what?"
"To be the way we were before."
"What? Being best friends before you met
her?"
"Yes."
"You want to be my best friend again,
and still say you love me while you are in love with miss flower?"
"Yes and her name is Rose. I do love
you, Christina. I care for you a lot, but I'm just not in love with you."
"Yeah well, I'm not in love with you
either." She said lying to herself.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah I'm fine."
"Positive? So if you see me with Rose
you're not gonna go crazy?"
"Yeah. I'll be fine. I'll prove it to
you. Don't think you're the center of my world."
"Alright then. So could we still hang
out? Like we use to?'
"Yeah. Whatever."
"Good. I'm gonna go now. I'll talk to
you later. I love you."
"Yeah. Right. Bye."
"Say it."
"Say what?"
"What I want to hear."
"You're crazy Jack."
"I'm not hanging up until you say
it."
"Fine, I'll hang up first. Bye."
Christina pressed the End button on her cell phone and threw it back in to her
bag.
She knew it was a lie telling Jack she wasn't
in love with Jack anymore. She knew they'd never be anything more than friends.
She just had to wait until she moved on.