Romantic Promises (Alluring Promises Series, #2) (59 page)

“But it won’t be the same, you know that,” she whined, slouching back in her seat and tilted her head back looking up at the ceiling of my Bronco. Her amazing green eyes were glossy with tears, which made them look even more gorgeous.

I looked over at her and softly said, “I know, but you’ll have to make do and so will I.” I tried to sound sympathetic, but probably sounded more annoyed.

“HA! You’ll be partying all the time! I’m so jealous. I wish I could go with you.” She rolled her eyes, looking down at her hands and chipped at her nail polish.

“You’ll be going next year. It’s not too far off.” I tried to convince her. “Look, it won’t be so bad. You’ll actually be hanging around more people when I leave. We’ve been stuck together for years. You’ll finally be free of me,” I teased her, hoping that would make her feel a bit better.

“I know,” She mumbled, looking down again and chipped some more at her nail polish.

“I better get in before I miss curfew. Come on, we’ll talk about this tomorrow and I’m sure every day until I go away for that matter,” I mumbled the last part as I opened the door to my Bronco and got out. I started walking and realized she was still sitting in my Bronco. I walked over to the passenger side and opened the door; I put my arm on the door frame, leaning in knowing she was going to continue her whining.

Why couldn’t I have a best friend that was a guy? My other guy friends don’t do this crap. Although she wasn’t my girlfriend, there were times she acted like one, instead of a best friend. There were times I never wanted a girlfriend if this was the type of crap they do. “Come on. Really, it won’t be that bad,” I insisted. I looked at her green eyes brimming with threatened tears.
Please don’t cry again, please don’t cry again
. I held my hand out hoping she’d take it instead of that pouting thing she does. It may be cute, but after all the whining she’s done this past week, I was over it. I just wanted to head off to college. Luckily, she took my hand and jumped down. I hugged her tightly and whispered, “We’ll still talk or text every day like we did all summer. It’ll be alright. Promise.”

She nodded her head into my shoulder, hugging me back. “I’m just going to miss you, that’s all. I’m used to having you at school all the time, not to mention everywhere else we always go.” Then she released me and stepped back. She looked up at me with her beautiful green eyes. They were sparkling even more than usual because of the tears that were brimming her eyes. “Do you ever think that we should have done the relationship thing?”

I did everything I could not to roll my eyes, considering how many times we discussed this. “Come on. We’re best friends, remember? Nick told us years ago how it would mess everything up between us. We never want to change that. We can talk about everything.” I let out a deep breath. “Who would you have talked to about how much you liked Will? Or that Luke guy?”

She nodded again, “I know. It just seems like it would be easier. Sometimes this dating thing sucks.”

I laughed and hugged her, “I’m sure you won’t be saying that when I’m gone. I’m pretty sure a lot more guys will ask you out now that I’m away. I told you how many times I had guys coming up to me asking if we were together.” Of course, I told them we weren’t, but if they touched her, I’d kill them. She had very few dates, which I felt bad about, but I couldn’t stand the thought of anyone else touching her.

She shook her head and rolled her eyes again. “They still never approached me though!”

“See…now they will! Just…don’t let them go all the way or don’t let me hear about it.”

We made a pact that we could talk about who we liked, but we couldn’t talk about what we do with them because we didn’t want to get jealous. Even though it was tough and I still couldn’t sort out my feelings for her. I loved to kiss and experiment stuff with her, but at the same time I really liked being with other girls too. I mean, Jordan was my friend, not my girlfriend and I wanted it to stay that way. It was kind of the best of both worlds.

She sniffled and looked up at me, smiling big, “Okay. You’re right. We can do this. Just make sure you text or call me. Best friends?”

“Best friends.”

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