"What are you doing here?" She's standing in front of me looking utterly confused as to why in the hell I would be at her house.
"I need to talk to you." I turn around to glare at Andrew as if I could make him disappear.
Katie clears her throat bringing my attention back to her. "Come on." She starts up the stairs to her room and I follow, leaving Andrew about his day.
"I'll see you later, Alexis." Andrew calls up to me. I turn to smile at him and flip him off.
He chuckled and walked out the door without another word, so I turned around and continued to follow Katie to her room.
[* Last Year Flash Back *]
"We shouldn't be friends. I mean your brother just broke my heart and I can't be anywhere near anything that reminds me of him." I stare into her confused blue eyes and feel bad because I know it wasn't her fault but she looks just like him and I can't pretend it doesn't affect me.
"Lexi you can't let him break you like this. You're so strong and you're letting him get to you. I'm here for you, just let me."
Somewhere my brain understood what she was saying but it doesn't change the fact that I won't be able to look at her without thinking about Andrew.
"I can't. Every time I see you I see him." I shake my head and try to get him out my thoughts.
"I'm not him. I'm you're best friend. I will always be here for you."
"I only met you because of him. I don't want to owe him anything, if it's only your friendship! I can't and I don't want to!"
The little café went quite as my voice got louder. Some of the workers gave me strange looks but I didn't care. They needed to get back to work and mind their own business.
"He doesn't control me and he's definitely not the reason I became your friend!" Katie yelled back.
"It's whatever. I just don't want to be in debt to him. So let it go and this friendship. I'm sorry."
I got up and walked out the café quickly. I couldn't sit in front of her anymore than I had to. I let go of everything connected to him and she had to go too. As much as it hurt me I just couldn't risk it.
[* Last Year Flash Back Over *]
I didn't know what to say to her now. I was dumb last year and when I realized it it was too late, so I threw it in the past.
"What are you doing here, Lexi? I thought we weren't friends anymore. And now you show up at my house." Her face showed her confusion clearly, with a hint of shock.
Hell, I was confused as to why I came here too. No. I wasn't. I knew.
I couldn't go to my family, Derek was off limits and I had no one else. She was the closest thing to me. And me being dumb, I had let her go.
So my sophomore and freshman years I was, what many call, an idiot and I didn't even know it.
"I'm so sorry. I was an idiot and I thought if I didn't see you or him I could move on. I did move on but I missed you. I'm here because you were the only person I could think of to come and help me from being an idiot for another year.
I understand if you don't want to forgive me and tell me to leave you the fuck alone but I did miss you and if I could do anything differently I would." I finish my rant and look at her with pleading eyes.
I know what I said sounds so stereotypical but it was true. Mushy? It was that too. But I did miss her and I would understand, but that didn't mean I would like it.
