Better off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg

Author:Elizabeth Eulberg [Eulberg, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2014-11-24T16:00:00+00:00

I went with Keith, but it was like I wasn’t there. I caught the ball because I needed to catch the ball. But that was it. My mind was back in that hallway. My mind would not move.

I wasn’t proud of myself for making Macallan sad or knowing full well she was probably crying at that very second, somewhere out of my reach.

But she just got to me.

I hated that she was making me feel guilty, when she was the one who should’ve been —

I mean, she was the one who, like, wanted to —

I was so angry, I couldn’t even think straight. I hated that I felt that way. I hated that I used to be able to tell Macallan everything, but couldn’t anymore.

She drove me nuts. She had these certain ways about her that would fill me with rage when I thought about it.

The way she would tease me.

The way she would expect me to be there for her.

The way she would rest her head on my shoulder when we’d watch a movie.

The way she would taunt me by messing up my hair.

The way she kissed me and pulled away.

Really, when I thought about it, it was that moment. That kiss was when I started to feel differently about her.

But to her it was nothing.

Why did it have to be nothing?

Why couldn’t it have been something?

Why did she have to pull away?

Why couldn’t she —

And then it hit me.

I knew I could sometimes be slow with things, but why on earth had it taken me so long to realize what was really going on?

What I really felt. Why I was really mad. Why I was pushing Macallan away. Why being with her became more and more difficult. Why I felt nervous and angry anytime a guy mentioned her.

The second I admitted it to myself, I knew it had been true for a very, very long time.

I was in love with Macallan.

I dropped the ball and left it there on the ground. Keith asked me what was going on. I yelled something to him and the other guys about needing to talk to Macallan and ran.

I knew love was a strong word for someone my age. But that was what it was. That was what we had.

And I wasn’t going to let it go.

We’d hit rock bottom, but this is what I found there. The truth.

I ran faster than I’d ever run before. There wouldn’t have been a one-tenth difference that day. I would’ve blown away every last runner that time. Because at the end of this finish line wasn’t a trophy — it was Macallan.

I was a little winded when I knocked on the door. I didn’t care that I was sweating and probably looked a little crazy.

What I was about to do was crazy.

What I was about to do would change everything.

But I couldn’t hold it in any longer. The truth I was concealing was driving her away.

It was time I stopped messing around and stepped up.

“Oh, hello, Levi,” Mr.

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