Best Friends Forever? by thepurplebutterfly (acx book reading TXT) 📕

"That is so sad!" Jess exclaimed as we stumbled out into the flowing gushes of people going to lunch.
"Hey do you wanna do the 40 hour famine with me?" Zoe asked as I bent over to pick up our bags.
"Um, I don't know.. Maybe. I guess I could.. I'd have to ask mum." I replied swinging my bag on my back.
"Hey Jess, Jasi," Cam said wandering smoothly over to us. I gave him a funny look. "Oh, sorry do you mind if I call you that?"
"Um, I guess so.." I said awkwardly.
"I was just wondering if you guys were doing the charity thing?" He asked.
"Maybe, but I would probably be to weak and-" I started a joke but Jess cut me off.
"Yes we are!" She smiled a huge smile that I had never seen before. Whoa, I thought.
"Awesome! Do you guys wanna join me?" He asked.
I started tell him that I was going to do the 40 hour famine with Zoe but Jess cut me off again. "We'd love too!"
"Coolies!" He smiled. I swear Jess almost had heart failure because she stumbled backwards.
"You say 'coolies'?" I asked.
"Yeah its just an epic word!"
"You say 'epic'?" I asked again getting more and more shocked by his vocabulary.
"Yes, is that okay?" He enquired finally noticing my shock.
"Um, I guess not but I say those words all the time." I laughed.
"Haha, great people think a like." He laughed.
"Ahh we use the same sayings.. This is getting creepy!" I smiled.
"We must be synced. Oh and by the way has anyone ever told you that you have the cutest laugh and the most beautiful smile?" He winked and walked off with Elly, Hannah and Emily following him.
"OMG he is so hot!!" She said gazing after him longingly. I swear saw drool coming out. She turned around to face me and it just turned out to be a trick of the light.

The two of us walked over the others and just full on collapsed onto the bench and just laughed and laughed and laughed. The others flitted off to the library to work on their newspaper and Zoe was hanging out with her other friends and her sister.

"Hey, I have something I wanna confess to you." Jess said timidly.
"Watsup Jessie?" I asked.
"You know how I'm going on about how hot Cam is?"
"Well duh you've been telling me." I teased.
"Yeah but there is a reason for that," she said.
"Go on.."
"I like him."
"What?"
"I said, I like him."
"You hardly know him.."
"Yes I do." She argued.
"Oh really? How well do you know him?" I asked.
"Very well." She smiled seeming very pleased with herself.
"Okay then, what is his middle name?"
"Aaron.."
"He told you his middle name on his first day of ever meeting you?"
"Yes. He gave me a more detailed introduction of himself in maths."
"Really?"
"Yes! Is that so bad?"
"I'm just thinking a normal person would want to get know the other person before spilling all his secrets out to them."
"What are you jealous? Have you been possessed by the green eyed monster?"
"What? No I'm not jealous and what the hell is the green eyed monster?"
"Envy... You seem jealous."
"I'm not jealous, I'm worried about you. He only cares about status and reputation. I only care for you." I said.
"Like you would know. You don't even know him!"
"Well neither do you..."
"YES I do!"
"Why are you yelling at me?"
"Because you're listening and supporting me!"
"I'm helping you understand. Yeah I get that you like him and yes I can somehow find it in me to accept that but you're being and saying irrational things." I said cooly.
"I'm not being irrational!"
"Jess your like falling head over heels for a hot guy that doesn't know you and thinks your best friend is hot!"
"So? What does it matter what he thinks about you? You just think he is a big headed jerk."
"Well that he is."
"Just go back to your Tom! Leave me with my Cam and I'll be happy."
"Jess he isn't 'my' Tom."
"Well you like him don't you? He is moving here for you!"
"Jessie please calm down. I don't like him that way and I'm not the only one he is moving here for."
"Yes you do! Who else has he got to move here for!"
"Well there are his friends from Clunes. I did like him that way, did. As in the past."
"Yeah right.. Never mind I don't know why I even bothered to tell you."
"Wait. I'm sorry I should have just said cool and said nothing more and let you babble on about him but I wasn't going to sit by while my best friend gets used by some ego maniac."
"Babble? Egomaniac?" She said sounding really offended.
"Damn, wrong words.." I whispered.
She didn't listen. She just got up and walked away.
"Wait Jess! Come back!" I said. But she was to far away and didn't hear me.
"What sup lollipop?" Gabby said coming out of the library.
"Nothing." I replied dropping my head to face the ground.
"Hey are you okay? What happened?" She asked coming over and hugging me.
I hugged her back and the tears just started to fall. "I had a fight with Jess about a stupid boy!" I cried
"Oh its okay." Gabby consoled.
"No its not. I shouldn't have said that!" I said.
"Jasmine, listen to me, its okay. Everything will be fine. Just apologize to her." Gabby said calmly.
"I tried but she didn't hear, I can't take back what I said because its true!" I said.
"Have it your way but things will just get better if you do." She said wiping my tears away and smiled at me.
I smiled back and took one last sniffle before following her into the library.

I caught the bus home with Ash. I sat in my seat in a trance of absolute silence, my friends tried talking to me but I wasn't wavered by the continuous calls of my name. I just sat and thought about the awful things I said. I showed no emotion and I'm pretty sure my face was very pale because I felt sick. My family must have known that something was up because I stayed in my room all night and only came down for dinner. I didn't talk all night except to the not specifically planned afternoon chat with Tom. We didn't talk about Jess. I mentioned to him that there was a new guy at school but I didn't linger on the subject I just went straight to the next topic. We didn't talk to the late hours of the night like we sometimes do. I fell to sleep feeling tears of worry, sadness and sickness rolling down my cheeks which felt really warm but cold at the same time.

I woke up at 7:15 as usual but turned off the alarm and went back to sleep. Dad came into the room and sat next to me on my bed which he doesn't normally do.
"Are you sure you want to go to school today?" He asked pressing his hand against my face.
"No I'm going to school." I stated simply even though I sounded and felt like death, I probably looked the part as well.
"Why? there isn't anything important today, is there?"
Yes, Tom is moving there today. "No, I just want to see my friends."
"Okay then, you'd better get up."

I dragged my lazy lagging body out from under the warm covers and trudged through my morning routine, still keeping my vow of silence intact. Dad dropped us off at the bus stop as usual. We got there as the Trinity/Woodlawn bus went past and I waved at my friend, Tahlia. My brother tried to get something out of me by attempting all the things he normally does that makes me laugh or we talk about but my lips stayed zipped. He tried the approach of insulting me and that didn't work either. We got on the bus and I saw Tom sitting next to Rory and I slid in the empty seat behind him. I smiled at Tom and Rory but then went back into my bus trance and tried to figure out why everyone didn't want to sit up the back as far as they can.

As we pulled into the school the dilemma arose that I had no idea who I was going to hang out with this morning. I could try hanging out with Jess, I could apologize even, but she would probably totally ignore me and turn her head. We clambered off the bus and I walked alongside Tom and Rory. They where talking about god knows what. I remained in silence. We reached the front of the school and suddenly Jess came bolting up the hill towards me. She crashed into me and wrapped her arms around me and hugged me so tight I almost couldn't breathe. I stepped back because the force of Jess was so strong. Tom and Rory Stopped and watched me and Jess as I reciprocated Jess's actions.
"I'M SO SORRY! I HAD NO REASON TO BE MAD! I WAS JUST UPSET THAT YOU WEREN'T HAPPY FOR ME!" She yelled into my arms.
"No Jess, I'm sorry. I should have just shut up and said that's nice or something supportive! I'm so sorry!" I apologized.
She stepped back and I took a deep breath so there would be air in my lungs.
"Are you okay?" She asked studying my face. It must have looked like death, I knew it!
I just pretended I didn't feel the way I looked. "Yeah I'm fine! I'm glad we made up!" I smiled brightly. "Oh Jess, I'd like to officially introduce you to Tom." I said gesturing towards him.
She spun around quickly and plastered a friendly smile on her face. "Well hello. I'm Jess, Jasmine's BFF." She said holding out her hand.
"Well hello Jess." He returned her smile, "I hope everyone here is as friendly as you," and he shook her hand.
"I'm going to go now. Are you coming?" Rory asked Tom. I walked up and gave Jess another hug before standing beside her.
"Um, I have to get some things from the office. Like my timetable or something." Tom explained. Rory nodded and wandered off the the basketball courts.
"Yeah, so we have to get your stuff and give you the official grand tour!" I smiled.
"Yeah thanks. Hey are you okay, you kinda look like you're dead?" How many people are going to comment on