It's been two months since then and Bobby and I were so in love.
Everything was perfect. All except for the fact that Julia doesn't approve of him at all. How can I be best friends with a girl who complains about my boyfriend twenty-four seven.
I pick up the phone and call Bobby. After explaining what just happened to me I finally gave him room to respond.
"She is just jealous of what we have baby.” Bobby says softly.
"You keep saying that, but I just don't know.”
"I know you don't want to loose her as a friend sweetie, but that seems to be the only choice you have."
"I don't know. She's my best friend. Isn't she?"
"What kind of friend would tell you can't date someone you love. I mean, you do love me. Don't you?"
"Of course I love you!" I practically scream into the phone.
"Well then prove it to me. Don't talk to her anymore. She is making you so unhappy and I can't stand it."
Julia and I had been friends for three years. And just like that I had given up that friendship for him. I threw it all away over night. The next day at school was awful.
Bobby and I were standing at my locker. He was telling me about how he got tickets for the big game next moth when the Yankees play the Phillies.
"I'm not really into baseball. You know that." I said to him." Why don't you take Jason, or Mark."
Jason and Mark were Bobby's best friends. They play all different kinds of sports together. We tried setting Julia and Mark up before but it didn't work out. So then we tried her with Jason and she had a problem with him too. They were popular and hot I don't understand what her problem was.
"I wanted to go with you." He growled.
"Bobby, come on. I went to a game last month with you and was bored out of my mind. I love you. But I don't want to sit through another stupid game."
He slammed his fist into a locker. I jumped . A few heads turned, he leaned in close to my ear. "It's not a stupid game. And if you loved me, you would go. " He backed away. “But, hey I guess you don't love me." He started to walk away and I grabbed his hand. “Bobby!" I yell. He whips back around so fast that I jump back into the lockers. My head banged against it. “What the hell Bobby."
"Stop trying to get attention Mel. You did that to yourself."
"You know what. You're right. It's my fault."
"Come here." He says opening his arms out wide.
I take two steps into him and he wraps his arms tightly around me.
“I love you.” I whisper.
He kisses the top of my head. "I love you too. I'm sorry I over-reacted. I just thought you'd want to go with me. More time for us to be together. You know?"
"It's ok. I shouldn't have called it stupid. I'll go to the game with you." He squeezes me tighter. "You're the best."
The bell rings and he kisses me quickly and dashes down the hall to homeroom. I walk across the hall into my homeroom.
"Nice of you to join us Miss. Jones. If you’re late one more time, I'm going to have to give you detention."
Mrs. Bailey doesn't like me. I swear she has this need to ruin my life. Even if I'm only ten seconds late she b*tches about it. "So what's your excuse this time?"
I have a huge headache so I don't bother arguing with her. “I just lost track of the time." I walk over and sit in my seat in front of Julia.
"Oh my gosh!" She screeches.
I turn around and look at her as Mrs. Bailey’s head pops up from her desk. "Is there a problem back there?" She asks sounding quite angry. "No.” I reply.
"YES!" Julia yelps. “It’s Mel. Hh-her head it's. It's. Oh my god."
She hunches over and hurls right there.
I touch the back of my head with my hand. It's wet. I pull my hand back out in front of me. The whole class stares in disbelief as I look at my hand covered in blood. No wonder why Julia barfed. Just the sight of blood can do that to her.
I must've hit that locker harder than I thought.
"Oh my!" Mrs. Bailey says rushing to the phone. She picks up the phone and calls the nurses office. Informing her that she is sending a student down who may need medical attention.
I stand up, grab my books, and walk out of the classroom.
Everyone was speechless