Faking It || l.r.h

19. Flirt

I went to my class and didn't pay much attention to what the teacher was saying, I was too caught up in my own thoughts. Things are going surprisingly well for me right now. Mentioning Ashton and Avery hanging out really threw her for a loop. It proves he's not one hundred percent honest with her. I was already quite aware but now she knows it. This one little incident will have her thinking of him differently and maybe with a bit more pushing, she'll be kicking him to the curb. Soon, he'll be Avery's problem.

But now I'm starting to feel bad. I know how he is with girls and handing him off to a friend who I kind of like is wrong. But then again, she knows how he is and still likes him for some reason so it can't be wrong, right?

Just going off of what I've learned about her so far, I don't see what she sees in him. He doesn't seem like her type at all. He, like I used to, likes to mess around. He's very flirtatious, a huge liar, and she deserves much better. I'm not saying this as someone who likes her, but as her friend. I'm gonna find a way to convince her to move on from him. I'm not saying I'm what she needs, but they shouldn't be together.

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"So what did you and Ash talk about?" I asked as we sat at the lunch table.

"Just a few random things. And he asked for my number and address so he'd be able to take me home tomorrow." She said. "Where'd you run off to this morning?"

"I went to go see Brooke. Things didn't start off the best but they ended pretty well. I convinced her to hang out with me tomorrow since you and Ash were gonna be together. When I told her that, she was a little caught off guard. She tried not to show it too much but I could tell she wasn't happy that he didn't at least tell her."

"That's good." She nodded. "Not that I'm happy that she was upset in any way, but for what we're trying to do it's good. You don't think she's mad at me do you? I don't want it to ruin our plans for Saturday."

"She'll be fine. Something minor like this isn't gonna change her opinion of you. It takes a lot more." I nodded with a little sigh.

She put her head on my shoulder. "It'll be okay. This will work and she'll have the same feelings for you she had before. We don't have much farther to go."

I smiled and put my arm around her.

"Are we distrupting anything?" Calum asked as he and Mike sat their trays down.

"Nope." I shook my head.

"I wouldn't have cared anyway." Mike said.

Avery chuckled and I rolled my eyes. As the three of them talked, she kept her head on my shoulder and I rubbed my hand up and down her arm.

I can't help all of my conflicted feelings. I know I care about Brooke and I want to be with her, but I enjoy having Avery around. I like the way her body feels pressed against mine when we hug or when she lays on me like she is now. It's wrong but it feels right in a way.

I glanced out the corner of my eye down the side of her body and noticed her shirt falling off her shoulder a little. It wasn't a big deal and I was gonna pull it up for her but I noticed something on her shoulder. It was a purplish color and the first thing that popped into my head was it was a bruise. Is that why she winced when I put my arm around her earlier? She said she slept wrong but how do you get a bruise from sleeping in the wrong position?

The bell rang and she got off of me. We cleaned up our mess and walked out of the cafeteria hand in hand.

How did she really hurt herself? Or did someone hurt her? I always had a feeling she was never being completely honest with me, but why not? Doesn't she trust me?