She knocked back the shot in one smooth motion, then turned to face me fully, her knees parting to bracket my leg. “Whose law? Your dad’s? Derek’s? Because last I checked, I’m a grown woman who knows exactly what she wants.” She leaned in, her lips nearly brushing my ear. “And I’ve wanted you since I was fifteen, when you showed up to my brother’s birthday party with a black eye and a bloody knuckle because you’d defended him in a fight. You didn’t even know I was watching from the stairs. But I was.”
I’ll be at the old train bridge at midnight. If you want to stop pretending. Phatassedangel69 - Best Friend-s Obsessive Sister
Choline “Chloe” Marek. Twenty-two years old, a helix piercing that glinted like a warning sign, and a habit of finding me in crowded rooms with a stare that felt like being held underwater. My best friend, Derek, had introduced us when she was a pimply fourteen-year-old obsessed with anime. I’d patted her head and called her “squirt.” She knocked back the shot in one smooth
“Because she’s crazy, man,” he whispered. “Because she’s been in love with you for years, and she finally decided that if she couldn’t have you, she’d burn it all down so nobody could.” I didn’t go to Derek’s house. I didn’t call Chloe. I sat on my kitchen floor, staring at my phone, waiting for the inevitable. Derek’s
“You destroyed our friendship.”