Just Not Sure - Chapter 3 - The Truth Comes Out
The next day was very stressful for Erica and Frankie. This was the first time Erica was afraid to see Frankie or Trista. After the kiss the other day Erica and Frankie didn’t speak to eachother. It felt to awkward for them both. Erica sat up in her dorm brushing her hair. She had to meet Maria, Lindsay, Trista, Frankie, Chris, Matt and Jesse at Central Park. She heard a knock on the door. "Come in!" She shouted as she grabbed her jacket. "Hey! You almost ready?" Maria said, walking in. "Yea, almost." Erica replied. "Oh a few things, Matt and Lindsey arent gonna be coming with us, i dont know why, but they arent. Matt said he would see us later." Maria added. "Oh...... ok" Erica exclaimed. The 2 girls walked out of Erica’s dorm to Central Park. "Your awfully quiet." Maria mentioned on the walk there. "Yea, i’m just thinking," Erica told her. "About......" Maria asked. "If i tell you something can u promise to keep it a secret?" Erica asked Maria. "Yea! You can trust me, what is it?" Erica sighed and started to tell about the kiss. " OMG!! Are you Serious!? WOOOOOOOOO!! GO ERICA!!" Maria said excitingly. "No! thats BAD! Trista is like, in love with Frankie! She would be crushed!! and so would our friendship." Erica added. Mariah didn’t look so excited anymore. "Oh" was all she could think of saying. "Well, are you going to tell her?" Maria asked. "Yea, i’m gonna try." Erica told her. Before they knew it they arrived at central park. "Hey guys." Jesse said as he went over to Maria and hugged her. "Hey jesse, Hey Chris, hey Frankie." Maria said as she broke from the hug. Erica just followed her. Trista was already there talking to Frankie. ‘omg! what if he already told her!?’ Erica thought. "HAHA!! thats soooooooo funny Frankie!" Trista exclaimed as she bursted out with laughter. ‘Ok....I guess not’ Erica thought and sighed with relief. Frankie laughed too and then saw Erica. His smile died down. It’s not that he didn’t want to see her. But she ignored him all the way back after they kissed. He thought maybe she felt the same way he did but obviously she didn’t, he was so confused. He wanted to help Erica get Chris but at the same time, he wanted her. Chris wasn’t there at the time, he went to go get food to cook on the grill. "OMG Where is he?!" Maria yelled. "I’m sooooo freaken hungry!!" she added. "I know, i mean it doesnt take that long to-" Jesse tried to say. "WOO! I got the food people!" Chris said as he cut jesse off. They started cook. Since Trista was alone now(Frankie was helping with the cooking) she decided to attempt to tell her now. "Hey Trista...." Erica said as she walked over. "Hey Erica!! Oh my god! I’m having soooooooooo much fun with Frankie! He is soooo awsemone! I love him! I’m sooo glad that we like different guys so i wouldn’t have to worry about anything happening between you guys." Trista said excitingly. "yea i know really." Erica said nervously, she pretended to be happy. ‘Great! now how am i gonna tell her?!’ she thought. "Hey Trista, can you come take a walk with me really quick?" Erica asked. "Yea ok, sure!" Trista got up and started to walk with Erica. Erica stopped and sat down on a log. "Trista....how much do u like Frankie?" Erica asked. Trista looked suprised. "You should know that one Erica! I’m inlove i swear!" Trista gladly answered. Erica took a deep breath. "Um.. Trista....me and Frankie...well...we were talking and one thing led to another and he..." Erica paused. Trista looked at her. "He??!!" Trista sounded anxious. "He...we...kinda....kissed." Erica looked down, she really didn’t want to look at Trista at that moment. "You What!!??" Trista yelled. "I’m sorry! I tried to stop him..I..I really did! I’m sorry Trista." Erica could hear her voice start to crack because she was on the verge of tears. "How would you liked it if i kissed Chris!?" Trista asked angrily. "I would hate it Trista! ok!?" Erica yelled back. "I cant believe this...." Trista stopped and sat down. "You promised me Erica...you promised before you left that nothing would happen....you said....you said..that you only liked Chris" Trista didn’t know wether to be upset or confused. "I know Trista, i dont like frankie that way, i don’t know why i let him kiss me, im confused Trista.....Chris shows no interest in me whatsoever...its always Heather this, Heather that." Erica felt tears stream down her face. Her heart hurt so much. She wished she never moved to NYC, then none of this would of happened. She just wished she could go back in time to the night when her and Frankie kissed and re-do all of it. "Well, that’s not going to change the fact that you guys kissed." Trista got up and started to walk back to where the rest of them were. "Where are you going?" Erica asked as she got up. "Back to my friends, to eat and have fun, and forget that the one friend i thoguht i could trust betrayed me." And with that Trista walked back to the park. Erica attempted to walk back to them but walked the other way. The way to the dorms. Could she ever face Frankie or Trista again? Would Trista EVER forgive her? Could Chris ever feel the way he felt about Heather with her? Erica had so many questions in her head. She wanted to go to sleep, wake up and have everything over with. But she knew that wouldn’t happen. When Erica got back to her dorm she plopped down on her bed and decided to write in her diary:
Dear Diary,
Love,
"Like today could get worse" Erica thought to herself. She layed her head on her pillow and drifted off to a restless sleep. She thanked god that tomarrow was saturday so she wouldnt have to get up early for school.
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Erica awoke to her phone ringing. She looked at her clock. ‘3:30 am’ who is calling me now!? she thought. She reached for her phone. "Hello?" she mumbled. "Is this Erica?" a lady on the other end asked. "Yes this is her." Erica sat up. "Hello, i’m calling from the Manhatten Medical Center. We have a Lindsey and Matt in room 305 here. You know them right?" Erica sat there. "Y-y-y-yess...i know them, they;re ok right!?" Erica was getting worried. "It’s too complicated to explain over the phone. We’re having Frankie Galasso pick you up in 10 minutes. We’ve contacted Jesse Mccartney and Maria. Mrs. Ballinger and Lindsey’s mom will meet you there." The lady hung up. ‘You’ve got to be kidding me.’ Erica thought to herself. ‘This has to be a dream.’
This sucks soooooo bad. Last night me and Frankie kissed me. I dont know why he did. He said he was falling for me. I dont want him! I want Chris! But there’s Heather....Chris likes her so much. Well, atleast it seems like that. He barely knows i exist. Trista wont even talk to me anymore. I really want to talk to Lindsey, but i havent seen her in 2 days! She said she would see us later today, that was at 3pm its already 8pm! I wonder where she could be, ugh! i got a headache, talk to you tomarrow.
Erica Trousdale(HA! i wish!)
