○ SEVEN ○

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○ SEVEN ○

"I don't know what to say Matt" I said as he placed his head in his hands.

"We've literally been civil only for today, this isn't a friendship Matt, we've barely started to know each other again" I added, the ice cream forgotten.

"I know that, I didn't assume and think that the moment I apologise it fixes everything because I know it doesn't, but I just wanted to know if apologising can put us in the right direction,if it can give me another chance of being your friend" he trailed off.

Studying his face, I realised two things. He was serious and two, he was genuine.
"You want another chance?" I asked, almost in doubt.

"Yes" he replied.

I shouldn't give it to him. He had seriously hurt me. A lot of people would think I was stupid if I didn't give him a chance because he had done nothing wrong. But he had. He might have lost his parents but I had to watch him deal with all of that alone because he didn't give me the chance to help him.
I had to watch my best friend suffer because he pushed me away.

It wasn't the fact that he had pushed me away that hurt, it was the fact that I could see how much everything was affecting him and he wasn't letting me be his best friend.

I stared at him for a long time. He wanted to genuinely have a second chance. I could see it in his eyes. But something else flickered there. Like a flicker of revenge or a flicker of love, I couldn't tell.

I really didn't want to get hurt again. I didn't want to spend the rest of my high school life cursing Matthew because he had once again tricked me.

"Okay" I breathed out.

I was going to regret this.

His face lit up in the most spectacular way. "Really?" He asked, almost not believing it.

"Yeah" I replied.

He rounded the bench and paused in front of me. I frowned at him, curious. What was he doing? "You won't regret this" he said before holding out his hand.

I frowned at it. "It's a hand Shelby, it won't hurt you" he said almost laughing.

Putting my hand in his grasp, I shook it. "Thank you" he said sincerely.

"I should go" I said as I grabbed my movie.

"Already?" He asked, as if disappointed.

"Yeah, got things to do" I lied.

"Oh okay" he said as I walked towards his front door.

He followed me. "Shame, I thought we could actually spend some time together, but its okay" he said, holding open the door for me.

I smiled, hesitantly. This felt weird to be civil or friends with him now. I was about to reply but the sound of a car broke my thoughts and I turned my head to see a silver Toyota pull into Matthew's driveway.

Courtney climbed out. "Yeah, totally wanted to spend time together" I muttered.

Courtney spotted me and rage filled her face before wiping it clear. She trotted up the pathway and stood behind me. "Hey babe" she said, shooting Matthew a grin and me a glare.

"Courtney? What are you doing here?" Matt asked, genuinely surprised to see her.

"I thought I'd give you some company" she said, pushing past me and knocking into my shoulder.

I fell forward but caught myself. I looked up to see Courtney run a hand across Matt's covered chest before pulling him into a kiss, deliberately looking at me.
I looked away. "Oh sorry Shelby, I thought you left" she lied, pulling away from Matt and giving me a smug look.

In that instant, I really wanted to rip her apart. "Oh it's fine, I was just leaving" I replied through gritted teeth.

Matt looked embarrassed and a little annoyed. "Sorry Shels, I'll see you at school tomorrow, thanks for stopping by... friend" he said as he said my old nickname so easily.

A gasp caught in my throat. "Yeah, see you tomorrow" I replied turning around and walking away.

"C'mon babe" I heard Courtney drawl.

I kept walking, the hard plastic of the DVD cover cracking underneath my grip.
Opening my front door, I unlocked the house and walked inside. I went back to my kitchen and stood there, staring at the wall.

I felt my phone buzz and I reached into my pocket to pull it out.

Unknown:
This is my number. It's Matt btw.

Shelby McGraw:
Cool, thanks.

Matthew Kane:
Please help me. I can't rid of her 😑

I couldn't help but smile.

Shelby McGraw:
Make some fake excuse and push her out your front door. 😂😂

I didn't get a reply but that was okay. I wandered up to my room and sat at my desk, turning on my computer. I was busy in the middle of watching some funny YouTube video when I heard our doorbell rang.

I paused the video and walked downstairs, wondering who it could be. I pulled open the front door and saw Courtney standing there with her arms crossed.

I kept the screen door in place but just gave her a blank look. "Can I help you?"I asked as Courtney stared at the ground.

She looked up and jealousy crossed her face. "Stay away from Matthew" she snapped.

I raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me?" I asked, uncaring.

"You heard me, stay away from him, he doesn't need some low life loser messing with him while he's on the road to fame and glory, he needs a woman who understands that" she said, tapping her foot.

I couldn't help it but I started laughing. "And you think you're the woman who's going to get him there?" I asked between laughing.

She scowled. "I'm better than you in a lot of ways Shelby" she said smug.

I frowned but opened the screen door, stepping out of my house. "Oh yeah? Tell me in what way are you so much better than me?" I asked angry.

She smirked. "I've heard the rumours Shelby, that you're still a virgin, I however am experienced, who do you think he'll choose" she snapped.

My mind fell blank as pure fury flew over me. "For your information Courtney, I was there because I'm his friend, if you have a problem with that than you can put it a box labeled Shelby doesn't give a fuck and hand it over to Matt" I snapped.

Her smirk vanished. "If you think you can walk over to my house, knock on my door and snap at me with your jealous ass fake lips and threaten me to stay away from Matt than you have another thing coming" I added as she stepped back.

"Take a bow Courtney, because I'm done with your shitty show" I said, stepping back and slamming the door shut in her surprised face.

A/N

Trust me. Shelby isn't even mad. She mildly annoyed.
Wait til she gets mad.
It's going to be pretty epic.

At least Shelby has given Matt another chance. But Courtney's going to do her very best to ruin things.

I say we bury her alive. I mean *cough* we tell her to stop. *wink*

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