The Friend

The mistake

After we laid in his cozy bed for what felt like an eternity I rose up.

"What's wrong?" He asked with concern.

"Oh my God, it's three thirty p.m. my moms going to kill me." I said gathering my things from the table.

On the way out the bedroom door I grabbed my coat, his hand rapped around mine.

"I don't want you to go." He said with puppy eyes.

"I have to go I said as I sat down beside him on the bed."

I looked down at his hand in mine "I love you." Escaped his lips. I raised my eyes to his, blushing I said "I love you too." He leaned in for a kiss "I wish you could stay."

"I wish I could too but my mother will be worried." I said as we kissed, those words broke my heart into, I didn't want to leave him I wanted to stay forever.

I had no choice I broke the kiss and headed down the stairs of his house. I went to open the door and a knock stoped me. He was chasing me down the steps, when he got to where I was we both stared at the door.

I went to open the door as another knock banged agents the foggy glass. I pulled the door open but before I could open it fully a boy ran to Jadon.

"I heard what happened, is he ok, are you ok" the boy said as he hugged Jadon.

"Yes everything is fine." He said with surprised look on his face.

The boy pulled back from Jadon but then leaned in for a kiss. They kissed as I watched in disbelief. What was happening, everything I wanted was crushed in front of me.

The boy turned around to see me with tears "Who is this?" He asked Jadon in surprise.

"That's Michael, he's..." My heart sunk to my feet, I couldn't believe what was happening. I ran out the door, I could here him calling "Michael wait!"

I kept running all the way home. I burst through the door crying.

"What's wrong?" My mom asked as I ran to my room. I locked the door and cried for hours until I was numb.

My mom knocked on the door "honey please come out and tell me what is happening." She said as she knocked on the door again.

"Nothing mom, I just need some time alone." I said as I burst into tears on my bed. "If you wanna talk I'm here." She said as she walked back downstairs into the living room.

Hours passed as I laid there on my bed, shattered into pieces.

I sat up in my bed as I heard a tapping on my window, I looked out by the apple tree we had in our front yard. I saw Jadon standing with pebbles in his hand.

I ran downstairs and put the front door. "What do you want?" I asked with a broken heart.

"What happened at the house today..." I interrupted him "He's your boyfriend isn't he?"

He looked down at his shoes "Answer me." I begged.

"Yes." He said tearing up,"Why didn't you tell me!" I asked angered.

"I don't know!" He said dropping the rest of the pebbles from his hand. I watched  as he started to tear up.

"You could have saved us both so much pain if you would have just told me." I cried as a tear rolled down his soft cheek.

"I know, but I didn't because I wanted to be with you but at the same time I didn't want to hurt him." He said as he began to weep.

"You've hurt both of us and yourself, trying to hide it from us." I said as he cried "I know."

I walked over and held him tightly because I couldn't stand to see him hurt. He looked into my eyes "I'm sorry for all of this, please forgive me."

"I forgive you." I said as tears fell from my eyes. We stood in the yard holding each other, in his world he was getting comfort, but in mine, I was falling in love.

I invited him because it was a little chilly out and he didn't have a coat. He gladly agreed and we walked in together, I had my arm around him as he was shivering from the wind.

"Take a seat on the couch." I said while making him a cup of coffee. As he sat down I was nervous because I didn't know when my mom would be back from the store. But I knew she wouldn't be back any time soon.

I reach the coffee to Jadon "thank you." He said as I turned to get the blanked from the closet. "You're welcome." I said as I felt my self start to blush.

I handed him the blanket and sat down in the chair beside the couch. "So, what's his name?" I asked still frustrated with him.

"Preston, but you don't need to worry about him anymore." He said as he took a sip of the coffee.

"What do you mean?" I asked hoping he wouldn't say it but at the same time hoping it was.

"We broke up." He said as he took another sip.

"Oh my God, I broke you guys up!" I said as I began to panic.

"No, I broke up with him because he was no good. He hit me." He hesitated.

"He what!" I was angry at the fact.

"He slapped me across the face after I told him about you, but it wasn't the first time." I couldn't believe what Jadon was telling me.

For the first time I had felt pure anger. Some one had hurt the one person I cared so much about. "This is insane, we need to tell someone about this!" I stood pacing the floor.

"No it will only make things worse, he said if I ever told that he would kill me." He said as he sat the coffee down and stood.

"Well we have to do something about this!" I exclaimed.

"I know but I'm too scared." He said as he started to cry. I grabbed him and held him again. "Come on its late, if you want you can stay the night." I said as he looked up at me.

"Really?" He questioned as a smile filled his face.

"Yes, you can sleep in my room." I said as I took him upstairs. I opened the door and he gazed inside with amazement "wow, this is all your stuff?" He asked as he looked through things.

"Yep." I said proudly "well I guess this is good night." I said as I looked over at him. "Good night, you're not leaving are you?" He asked with puppy eyes.

"Well I guess I could stay." I said as I shut the door behind me, he smiled as he turned back to look at a drawing I had made.