Darling, You're With Him

“Christofer Drew Ingle!” I heard behind me.

I turned around and saw her. She looked mad, more than mad.
She has a big BF when she’s mad.
And, that’s not good.

I gulped, a bit scared. “Uh, hey Indie…”

Indie scoffed. “‘Uh, hey Indie…’ my butt. Do you really think you’re going to get out of this by being smooth?”

I opened my mouth, but she cut me off.

“Well, you aren’t. Your plan is not going to work, Christofer.” She crossed her arms. “I thought we were friends.” Her voice softened.

I felt guiltier.
I knew it was going to hurt her. I just didn’t know it was going to be that bad.

“Indie…” I reached out to her.

But, she pulled away immediately.

“I thought yelling at you was going to take my mind of it, but it didn’t,” she said more to herself, shaking her head.

I was confused. What was she talking about?

She sniffed. That’s when I knew she was crying.
Something bad had happened.

“Indie, what’s wrong?” I asked her softly.

“H-Hayden, he…he cheated on me,” she managed to say before crying.

I felt my fists tense. I knew he was going to do this.

“No, Chris. Don’t do anything. Please,” Indie pleaded, seeing my fists.

I sighed. “Fine. Come over here.”

I gave her a hug, not wasting the moment, maybe the only moment.

“Chris?” Indie mumbled into my chest.

I released her. “Yes?”

She smiled. “You’re awesome.”

That’s all she had to say?

♥

“So, what happened yesterday? I heard Indie and Hayden broke up,” Frankie said, dipping a cookie in orange juice.

“Dude, you’re going to sick. You know that, right?” I said, eyeing him weird.

He scoffed. “Like I care. Another day off from school is what I need.”

I rolled my eyes. “Back to what you asked, um, Indie found me, started yelling at me for what I did, and then started crying about Hayden. We made up, I guess.”

He threw the cookie. “That’s it?! You two are boring.”

“Whatever,” I muttered.