Page 23 of All I Ask
She sighs and snuggles closer. “I’m freezing.”
“Well, it’s December.”
“We really need to pick a new spot to meet at.”
Never. This spot is where our friendship formed. “Not likely.”
Teagan lifts her head and smiles. “It’s special to me too. This is where you realized what an amazing person I am and how lucky you are to have me.”
“Is that so?”
She’s correct, but I’ll never give her a win that easily.
“Yup. You had no idea I was this extraordinary, did you?”
“Nope. I still don’t either.”
“Liar.”
I shake my head. “Did you ever think that you’re the lucky one out of this friendship?”
Her eyes sparkle in the moonlight. “I know I am.”
And it’s moments like this, when she’s not the perfect cheerleader or student, that she takes my breath away. She looks at me as though I’m the one person in the world who makes her happy, and I don’t know how to keep fighting against wanting more.
“I was thinking…” I start.
“That’s scary.”
I laugh once. “Shut up. I’m serious. I was thinking about what it would be like if…” I want to say: we dated. The words are on the tip of my tongue, desperate to get out, but then the fear becomes too much.
This is Teagan,my best friend, and I don’t want to lose her.
“If…?”
“If we were at the same school.”
She purses her lips and moves my arm to go over her shoulder. “It would be the end of me and Keith, that’s for sure.”
“Yeah, God knows we wouldn’t want to upset him.”
Like I give a shit about Keith. Stupid asshole.
“Stop, you know he’s just jealous…and an idiot.”
He’s completely undeserving of her. She’s a prize and he’s a thief that’s stealing something that shouldn’t belong to him.
“Yet…you’re still dating him.”
Teagan grumbles. “I know, but it’s freshman year and I figure if I can get through the next year, then I can dump him.”
Her logic is ridiculous. “You need mental help.”
“So you’ve told me…many times.”
And she never listens.
“Besides, it’s not like I have anyone else beating down my door.”
