You Had Me Wishing We Were Something

Me and Eric were sitting outside on the swinging couch, hands laced, leaned against each other.

It was so peaceful and relaxing. The light breeze felt wonderful and this moment just felt magical.

"Ill still be able to visit you and stuff if you live on campus right?"Eric asked as he looked down at me as my head was rested on his chest.

"Yes, of course. I mean I can still leave and stuff."

"Thats good"He said with a little smile

"Its starting to get cold, wanna go inside?"I asked smiling back at him

"Sure"He said as he got up, helping me up as he still held my hand.

We walked into the house through the kitchen. Eric closed the sliding glass door behind us.

"I'm hungry. I'm going to make a fruit salad. Want some? Thats great"I said answering for him as I let go of his hand and walked to the fridge as Eric was laughing.

I searched the fridge for all the different variety's of fruits and put them on the island.

Eric sat on a stool at the island and just watched as I placed all the fruits on the counter.

I grabbed a cutting board and knife and placed it next to the fruits.

"Hey Aubs. Awesome are you making a fruit salad?"Shane asked walking into the kitchen, dropping his bag of sports equipment on the side.

"I am. Want some?"I asked as I started cutting the bananas.

"Yes"Shane smiled and took a seat next to Eric.

"Hey little man"Eric chuckled.

"Hey dude"Shane responded.

"Hey"John said walking into the kitchen and tossed his car keys on the side counter

"Hey"I smiled " Want fruit salad? Great"I said answering for him too and he chuckled.

"Yo"Eric said to John with a head nod type thing

"Sup"John said and you could tell he didn't want to talk to him.

I just sighed and continued cutting.

A silence filled the kitchen. And to me it was an Awkward silence.

"I think I'm just gonna go"John said softly.

"No!"I said pointing my knife at him.

"Put the knife down"John said with a little laugh and I couldn't help but break out in a smile.

"I can think of a few things to do with that knife"Eric mumbled.

"What?!"I asked as I turned to him, pointing the knife at him now.

"I'm not a happy camper"Eric said rolling his eyes.

"Well cheer up" I said through my teeth.

"This is fucking ridiculous"I heard John mumbled

"You sleeping with my girl is fucking ridiculous"Eric shot at him

"You dating her in the first place is fucking ridiculous"John shot back

"Stop!"I screamed. I looked over at Shane and he looked confused beyond belief. God I don't want him to hear any of this.

"I thought you guys were friends?"Shane asked confused

"Whatever"Eric mumbled.

"Stop with the god damn mumbling" I said aggravated.

"I cant believe you"Eric said more softly to John. His face didn't show anger, but more sadness.

I saw Johns face soften

"I'm sorry man. I really am"John said quietly.

"You told me to go for her."Eric said just as quiet as John.

"Shes all yours"John said with a shrug.

"I really don't want problems with you. We've been friends forever. We need to fix things"Eric said softly. Me and Shane just watched them. It was like they forgot we were even there.

"I really am sorry. Shes yours and you really like her. I understand."John said and looked down.

"I find it hard to forgive you"Eric said with a sigh

"Its not like you guys were dating when it happened. I wouldn't go that low"

"Its not just that. Its the fact that out of every guy, I find you as my biggest competition. I hate it. You're my best friend. I shouldn't be competing with you for a girl"

"Its not a competition"John said softly"You've already won" And with that he left the kitchen

~~

I woke up the next morning unusually happy. I was mad at myself for being happy. It was one of those days when you couldn't help but smile.

I mean I shouldn't have been happy. John was leaving tomorrow morning for two fucking months. And well yeah, Eric was too.

I jogged down the stairs and went into the kitchen to see John sitting at the table eating toast.

"Morning"I said cheery and opened the fridge, grabbing the orange juice.

"You seem extra happy"John chuckled.

"Its one of those days. I don't know" I smiled as I placed the orange juice on the counter and went to grab a glass

"Wait, why aren't you in school?"John asked confused"Its Thursday"

"Some type of holiday I guess. I don't remember. All I know is I don't have school" I said with a little laugh as I opened the juice.

"Thats cool"John smiled and bit into his toast.

"Hey John?"I said as I poured myself a glass.

"Yes?"He asked as he looked up at me.

I smiled big and walked over to the table were he sat and sat across from him "Can I barrow you're car?"

"You drive?"He asked flatly

"I do. I have my license, so can I?"I asked as I took a sip of my juice

"No"He said simply and continued to eat his breakfast

"What? Why not?"I whined

"I don't know what kind of driver you are. I'm not trusting you with my car"He said with a light laugh

"Please? I'm an amazing driver. I swear"

"Where do you need to go? Ill drive you"He said and took another bite of his toast

"I want to drive though"I whined "I haven't driven in like months. Its irritating"

"Ill make you a deal. Ill only let you drive my car if I'm in the car with you"

"Fine"I sighed "I'm a good driver"I mumbled and John just chuckled

"So where do you need to go?"

"School. I forgot my math textbook and I need to get it."

"Alright. When do you want to go?"

"It doesn't matter"I shrugged and drank my juice

"An hour okay?"He asked

"Perfect"I smiled.

~~

"Aubrey, you're 15 miles under the speed limit. You can go faster"John laughed

"I'm a careful driver thank you. I rather not crash"

"Its going to take like an hour to get to your school instead of like 15 minutes"he laughed

"Stop laughing, you're distracting me"I said keeping my eyes on the road. I was a very focused driver.

"I thought you said you were a good driver"He said still laughing

"I am. I have never gotten pulled over, been in a crash. Nothing."

"You're going to be pulled over for how slow you're going"He chuckled turning on the radio

"Please turn that off"

"The radio?"he asked with a laugh

"Yes, its distracting me"

"You really are something"He continued to laugh as he turned the radio off

"Id appreciate it if you stopped laughing"

"Sure"He said and I could tell he was trying not to laugh

~

As me and John were walking to my school entrance he so gladly shared with me that he was driving on the way back.

"Jerk"I laughed "I love driving"

"You don't have to drive under the speed limit. Its okay to drive even 5 over the speed limit"He chuckled.

"Stop making fun of me"

"I'm not"He laughed

"Stop laughing. How many times do I have to tell you"I said as we walked through my school doors.

"I'm done, I swear"He smiled.

"Good, now my lockers just right down this hall. It'll be like two seconds"

"Alright"

Just as me and John reached my locker, three girls I had never even spoken a word to, popped out of nowhere

"Hey Aubrey"One of them said super kindly.

"Hi"I said a little awkwardly. I had no idea who this girl was. Why is she talking to me?

"So who's this?"She asked smiling indicating to John. Oh of course.

"Hes standing right there, why don't you ask him yourself"I mumbled and spun my combination into the lock.

"Hey I'm Ashley, and this is Kelly and Lauren." Ive never even met these girls before. And I could care less. At the moment they pissed me off. I tried to block out the obvious flirting they had going on with John. I was not in the mood for it.

I gritted my teeth as I searched my locker for my book. As soon as I found it, I grabbed it and slammed my locker shut.

"Ready?"I asked John as he was oh so generous to the stupid sluts. Yes I now hate girls I don't even know.

"Yeah"John smiled "Lets go"

I didn't say anything. I just started walking and John followed right after me, saying see ya to the girls. Ugh.

"That girl gave me her number"John chuckled holding up a piece of paper.

"Oh really? Can I see it?"I asked putting my hand out and he placed the ripped little piece of paper in my hand.

"Oh this is nice"I said as I crumbled up the piece of paper in my palm and threw it back over my shoulder

"Hey, she was cute"John said with a laugh

"Awe, what a shame"I said sarcastically as we kept walking.

John just chuckled, obviously finding this funny. While yes, I was jealous beyond belief. God this is why I don't have girls as friends.

"I'm driving, just so you know"I said as I reached into his pockets and grabbed the keys.Before John could respond, we were interrupted

"Hey, um do you know where the dorm administration is?"A boy asked stepping in front of me and John. A VERY attractive boy. Absolutely breath taking.

"Yeah, its right down the hall and then take a left" I smiled at the kid and he smiled back

"I'm Brett, you're.."

"Aubrey" This kids was so fucking fine it was unbearable. I couldn't tare my eyes from him

"Do you go here?"He asked

"Why else would we be here?"John mumbled.

I just rolled my eyes

"Yes I go here"I answered

"Thats great"He smiled, ignoring John who was just whistling, being distracting."Do you live on campus?"He asked

"I will. Next semester"

"Oh thats cool"

"Are you new?"I asked. I mean I had never seen this kid before, and I don't see how I could miss him

"Yeah, first days tomorrow. Moving into the dorms today"

"Oh okay"I smiled. Couldn't stop smiling even if I tried

"Well I guess I got to find my room. Catch up with you later?"He asked with his breath taking smile.

"Sure"I replied.

"Nice meeting you Aubrey"He said and went around me and John

"I fucking hate this school"John groaned as we started walking again.

"I happen to love it"I smiled

"Lets just fucking get home"John said angrily as he sped up his pace and was walking in front of me

"Someone has attitude problems."I mumbled "Mood swingsss"