Never Expected This

I woke up blissfully this morning. March 1st, the calendar told me. But in my books,today since New Year's will forever be special to me. Just when you think someone can't get anymore perfect that what they are, he proves me wrong. In 8 weeks, he's made my world revolve around him. My heart is always aching for him. Mentally, I force myself to be concentrated in what I do. But Brendan, thinking his name my body shivers.
Annie had been back for awhile now but with school and me interacting with more people, we barely saw each other. It's not like I slept over at Brendan's place all the time, but she slept at Ian's place every single night. Like tonight, but it didn't bother me. I had 2 essays due for tomorrow and I had barely started. I know, it seems bad. But I've been distracted lately. And I don't just mean by Brendan. Anna had convinced me to get Twitter and boy was it fun. I found myself liking and posting things whenever I felt like it. But I had to put it all aside.Brendan was playing a game tonight, Annie was with Ian and I asked Anna to take the password from me for the night. After 2 hours of intense working, I had little left to do. I just needed to write my conclusion and review the whole thing. And that's when I heard a knock at my door. I got up, annoyed with whoever it was. When I opened the door, Annie stood there furious with me.
"You bitch!" She yelled at me. I looked at her in shock. I haven't seen her for a full week and this was her greeting?
"Hello to you too." I said sarcastically. "What do I owe being called that?"
"Brendan, fucking, Gallagher." She said taking a pause between each word. I felt my body stiffen. I may have let out a small, minor detail. Annie didn't know that I've been "hanging around" with Brendan. Honestly, I didn't think it mattered. But it clearly did for her.
"What about him?"
"You're sleeping with him!" She said.
"Slept with." I said correcting her sentence. After all it had only happened once.
"And you don't bother telling your best friend?" She said, her tone still raised.
"Where the hell were you for me to tell you this?" I retorted back.
"Don't you start giving me that bullshit! I had to find this by a newspaper Isabelle. A fucking newspaper! Do you know how I even feel about all of this?" She said.
"Honey, it's not bullshit if it's the truth. Is it my fault you can't seemed to accept that?" I said. "And what does it matter who I had sex with or who I'm "hanging" with! It's not like you're ever here to be with me!" I told her. Her face was red, I knew she was boiling in the inside.
"I'm not a puppy that you own." I said in a low tone.
"Then fine! Get out of my house!" She screamed. "I don't want to know anything about you anymore." She said. She walked to my room. She can't be serious. I walked towards my room and saw her fixing my stuff. Putting it all in my suitcase. She was serious. Angry, I pushed her away from my things and did it myself. I don't need her. She had left me on my own.And now she gets mad? I quickly finished everything and grabbed the keys to my car. Before I headed out of the place I use to call home, I looked at my, use to be, best friend one last time.
"I hope you die in hell, you two face bitch." I said and walked away. I got inside my car and called Anna. At the third ring, she picked up.
"Hello?"
"Hey." I said in a low voice.
"Isabelle, is everything alright?" She asked. I held my tears back, counting to 10. I took a deep breath.
"Anna, could I stay the night?" I asked.
"Of course. Anything, sweetheart." She said. I nod my head even though I knew she couldn't see me.
"I'll be there soon." I said and said my goodbye's. Absent mindlessly, I got to her place in no time. She opened the door and was surprised when she saw my bags.
"Oh Isabelle, what happened?" She said letting me into her place. I explained everything. And she paid close attention to everything I said. At the end she looked at me for a long time before speaking.
"Tonight you learned who your real friend really was." I nodded in agreement.
I did. Annie had always liked me because I made her look good. But when she realized that I was doing well on my own, that ticked her off. But she was in the pass. I needed to focus on my future. So I told Anna that I had 2 papers due tomorrow.
"Goodnight." She said hugging me one last time.
"Goodnight." I told her.
Annie was now an irrelevant part in my future. I don't need her. And tonight prove to me that she wasn't needed in my future. After all, what friend gets jealous when things finally start to look good for the other person?

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