Chapter 7

Averys Pov

I was sitting in class and I couldn't get my brain to shut off. I've been ignoring Kris all week. She keeps texting me and calling but I don't want to talk to her. Coach Larson is going on about something that happened in history or whatever and is pacing back and forth from one side of the board to the other. Its making me more anxious that I was before.

Suddenly I felt a nudge "Avery, stop tapping your pen." Dazed I looked over at Sara and realized she wasn't the only one looking at me. Oh yeah she's in this class. Did I mention that? But despite everything that happened she's been really cool about it. The other day in practice I couldn't get my brain to work. Its like I was moving in slow motion. My brain likes to either go really fast or really slow when I'm obsessing about things. And that day I couldn't function. Sara pulled me over and just asked me what the hell was up. I told her I was just freaking out about some stuff. Somehow she understood what I saying. We only talked for about two minutes but somehow she got the gears in my head to start moving again.

"Sorry I wasn't paying attention." She just gave me a look and started taking notes again.

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"YOU DID WHAT?" Kris practically choked on her water when I told her about Sara. This was my version of telling Kris I was bi. What happened with Sara just happened last weekend but I feel like it was forever ago. Me and Sara talk every once in a while but not very much.

"Uh yeah. It just sort of happened. We were watching movies and one thing led to another and here we are."

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?!" She finally caught her breath.

"I don't know. I had to work it out first. I've known for a while now that I like girls but I don't know I just wasn't ready to admit it to anyone. So I guess this is me coming out to you." As I put down my sandwich I realized I was playing with my necklace again.

"Well I can understand that. I'm just glad you finally told me." She leaned in to hug me.

"Yeah I'm glad I finally told you."

"Me too. Oh and while we're sharing I have news too." She smiled so wide her dimple was coming out. It was adorable.

"And what news would that be?" I questioned

"So Mack asked me if I would be her girlfriend, and I said yes?" She almost shouted the last part. She was so excited that she looked like she might burst.

"Oh my god thats awesome Kris!" I still have no idea what to say. I don't like that girl. At all. But my opinion doesn't matter because she's happy.

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We are still in preseason for basketball and we finally talked Braddock into an out of town tournament. It took us two years to talk him into it and honestly it was just dumb luck. The tournament we were originally supposed to go to got canceled because some idiot managed to catch the gym on fire. It started in the locker room or something I don't know. But we leave tomorrow. Its only gonna take two hours to get there but I'm so excited. Since were leaving tomorrow Braddock said we could have this Thursday off so we could pack and get our stuff together and make sure everything's washed.

"Hey so we don't have practice today, do you wanna hang out? Or get something to eat?" Sara and I had been hanging out more. Not to do anything but just to hang. We were actually becoming good friends. Ever since Kris and Mack were officially a thing she had been spending all her time with Mack.

"Yeah sure. Do you wanna go to my house or yours?"

"We can go to yours, my moms having people over tonight for a business thing." She was already putting her stuff in my car. She didn't drive to school because she didn't actually have a license.

"Okay well lets pick something up on the way because I'm starving and I don't feel like cooking."

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"Theres no way thats true."

"I swear Avery its true."

"No freaking way dude, I don't believe you."

"I have proof." She pulled out her phone and started showing me the messages between her and Kris. Apparently they were a thing before I met Kris. It was so funny how Sara described her because it was so different from how I saw her."

"God I hate it when she says baby cakes." I burst into a fit of laughter and so did Sara.

"I know, its so weird. Its cute and all but seriously? I can come up with about ten better nick names." We just started laughing again.

"Just don't tell her I told you any of this, she'll kill me." She said with a little smirk.

"I can promise you I'm never going to bring this up."

As we were talking and laughing I heard my phone start to buzz. It was Kris. Which was weird because she was supposed to be with Mack today. Thats why we didn't hang out. Sara saw my phone and just shrugged and said to answer it. As soon as her face came onto my screen I could tell she had been crying.

"Kris what the hell happened are you okay?"

"Not really. Are you alone? Can we talk?" I looked at Sara and then back at the screen.

"Yeah I'm alone. Talk to me. What happened?" I don't know why but I was pissed. Why was she crying? Who made her cry? I felt like I was going to burst into flames.

"I was with Mack," Im gonna kill that bitch. "And everything was fine, we were just at my house talking. I started to tell her about the other day when you and I were playing at the gym and I fell on my ass and how you laughed so hard you couldn't breathe. But then she started getting mad. She started asking why I hang out with you so much. And why I give you so much attention. Then she said that if I liked hanging with you so much that I should just date you. Then she said we were done and walked out. What did I do? Please explain to me what I did, I'm so confused."

She was full on sobbing now. I was so angry. Sara was just looking at me. I didn't know what to say. All of this because of me? It didn't make sense. Not in the slightest.

"Kris calm down. Look at me. Breathe. Take a breathe. Okay?"

"Okay."

All of this. Because of me.