Against All Odds
Chapter Two:
I went to
the garden. There, I sat at the edge of our watered, sculptured
fountain. I looked at my reflection by the water in it. It
reflected the face of a sad and happy girl. I closed my eyes and
breathed.I loved the sound of that pouring water-- it calms my
soul.Then, I reminisced our dance. Dave and I. Dave and Liz.
Sounds nice. Liz? Did he just called me Liz? I love it. But it
doesn't matter. I told him, myself, that it's all right if he
could call me that. Then, I heard faint footsteps coming on to my
way. I slowly opened my eyes. Hoping it was Dave. But it's not.
It's Tracy, my best friend.
"Oh, there you are, Lizy!" Tracy exclaimed. "I
thought you're inside. You're supposed to entertain your guests,
not moping around, sitting in here."
"Oh,hi, Tracy," I smiled weakly. Tracy sat down next to
me. "I just needed some fresh air. It's soo crowded in
there."
"Oh, do you mind some company?"
"Yes, uhm, no, absolutely not,"I answered. "Feel
free to sit beside me, ok?"
"Ok," Tracy said. "So, have you met the new
boy?"
"Who?" I asked innocently. "Dave?" As if I
don't know.
"Yeah," Tracy charmed excitedly. "Wasn't he
cool?"
"Yup!" I answered feeling crushed. The reason I went
out is because of him and there goes my best friend talking about
him. Oh,my. "He's fine."
"Fine?" Tracy asked with big eyes. "That's all
you're gonna say?"
"Yes," I looked away.
"Well, he's great!" Tracy exclaimed. "Even though,
he's a pop star, he's never way too cool ahead of us. He's
totally nerve-wracking coz he's soo nice to be with, too."
Tracy blabbed on. I don't need to hear any of these!
"Oh," I just reacted. "I got to talk with him a
while ago," plus danced with him, I thought.
"Gina introduced us."
"Oh, yeah, you do. Of course," Tracy laughed.
"He's in your birthday, wasn't that awesome? And besides,
he's new in town. Maybe I could..., do you know what I'm
thinking?"
Oh,no! Tracy wants to go out with him!
"Tracy!" I suddenly said.
"What?" Tracy looked at me, surprised, too. "It's
just natural,you know,a boy and a girl would go out with each
other. Then,if we liked each other, maybe we could even kiss or
if we love each other, we could get down all the way."
I can't bear to hear any of this any longer. I shook my head.
"Tracy, you're insane!" Oh,no. Not with Dave. Now,
I have a competition with my best friend.
"Why?"
"Well," I answered all to knowingly. "It's just
all too sudden. He's still new in town and you're already
planning to get your claws on him?"
"Yeah," Tracy answered hard-headedly. "I mean,
what if someone took him away from me first? That would be a very
bad idea. It will break my heart!" Tracy had a point. What
if I took him away first? That would ruin our big
friendship.It shot through my heart like a big knife. Ouch! I
didn't mean to fall for him or was I? But it's just too soon. My
friend wanted him and I liked him, too. Tsk, just when I thought
I could talk it over to my best friend.
"Well, what can you say?"Tracy took me back.
"Huh?Nothing. It's just too soon," I replied back.
Then, silence filled the air.
"So, Happy Birthday, again, Lizy," Tracy hugged me.
"Thanks for being my friend for all these years... I don't
want anything to come between us."
I gulped down a little. "Sure, that's no problem. And,
thanks."
"So, how's everything going with you and Jeremy?" Tracy
continued as we torn apart.
"We're fine, as usual," I told her casually.
"Trace, please don't ask me that, ok? FYI, we're not
officially a couple yet."
"You're not? But you're dating, " Tracy asked with big
eyes. "I thought... how come?"
"Well, that's what you thought," I informed her
noddingly. "We're only dating, coz you know, Jeremy has this
thing for..." PDA's.
"Hey, Lizy!"
Oh, speak of the devil. Tracy and I looked up. It was Jeremy
appearing from out of nowhere.
Jeremy walked toward us. He took my hands. Tracy smiled at us. I
faked a weak smile.
"Oh, Lizy, where have you been?" Jeremy asked with a
sullen expression on his eyes. Was that puppy love or was that
drunk?
I didn't answer his question.
"C'mon, let's talk," Jeremy took my hands and lead me
inside the house. I looked at Tracy and shrugged. She just looked
hopeful and she smiled.
She didn't know anything about Dave. She didn't hear any of my
feelings for Dave and for Jeremy.
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