The Deal with Bestfriends

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"And the lead male role, Javier, will be played by Brandon Phillips."

Hold on. Pause and rewind. Did she just say Brandon Phillips will be playing Javier? Well, he was really good at his audition. And he is a good actor so I should have expected it.

It would be a bit awkward if I kissed my brothers best friend. It's even more awkward because Aaron, along with other friends and family will be watching this play.

Oh my gosh. My family is going to watch this. Meaning, my mom will watch Brandon and I kiss. Knowing her, she's going to make a big deal out of this. She's always believed that Brandon and I would end up together and I quote, 'make me many beautiful grandchildren.'

I mean, come on! Gross! Why Brandon? I've been friends with Marcus for even longer but she never thought that I would end up with him. Well, I'll prove her wrong. I will end up with the love of my life, Marcus, before graduation day.

I was startled out of my musings when I heard the bell ring. Wow, that was fast. I must have been thinking harder than I thought.

I exited the room, grabbed my stuff from my locker and headed outside to meet Marcus. He was outside spacing out again.

"Hey, ready to go?" I asked him.

"Yeah." He replied in a distracted voice.

We started walking home quietly together. What's on his mind? It looks like it's eating him up! I wish Anna were here. Why did she have to be sick and absent? With her here, at least it wouldn't have been as quiet..

We reached home and I said my goodbye to Marcus. I entered my home to see Aaron standing there, arms crossed.

"We need to talk." Aaron told me.

I raised my eyebrow at this, as I made my way to the living room couch and sat down. Aaron followed suit.

"About?"

"Did you kiss any boys today?"

"No.."

"How about girls?"

"I don't swing that way, Aaron."

"Animals?"

"Um, no...."

"Did you do anything remotely out of character?"

"No! What's with the sudden interrogation?" I asked.

He ignored my question and continued. "Do you have a secret boyfriend that I don't know about?"

"No."

"LIES!!!!"

"I'm not lying, Aaron. I don't have a boyfriend." yet.. I wanted to add. Marcus will be my boyfriend once he realizes his undying love for me.

"Stop pretending, Monica. I heard you had a boyfriend."

I'm pretty sure my eyeballs grew considerably. "What? I don't have a boyfriend! What are you talking about?"

"Well, I heard from Bianca. She was gushing about how cute it was that my best friend and my little sister are dating! Care to explain why I wasn't the first to hear about this?"

"Well, we're not--" I started to explain when he interrupted me.

"So, he finally had the guts! How did he tell you?" He asked me excitedly, looking like a puppy about to pee itself.

"What are you talking about? What do you mean he finally had the guts? Guts to do what?" I asked, genuinely confused.

He looked confused as well. "Wait, you're not dating Brandon?"

"Yeah, I'm not. It was all just a big misunderstanding. Anyways, answer my question. What do you mean Brandon finally had the guts?"

"Never mind. Ignore everything I said. Why was there a misunderstanding in the first place?"

"Well, it's your fault. We auditioned together so that no 'slimy guy' would get to kiss me. Brandon said he was just following your orders."

"My orders?" He looked confused again.

"Didn't you tell him to do that?"

It seemed like a lightbulb went off in his head. "Oh yeah! Yeah I did. No one touches my little sister!"

I raised my eyebrow. He seemed to be unsure of himself. I didn't think much of it and said "Okay, are we done with our talk?"

"Yeah, you can go. I just wanted to confirm some things. Besides, I need to have a little chat with Brandon."

"Okay, whatever." I said as I made my way upstairs to my room.

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