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Jade looked away, hurt, and fiddled with her fingers We’d never been so fidgety around each other, and it was a sad testarown She’d never been uncomfortable around me, and now it looked like she was ready to bolt
“You know,” she sed, lifting her head to look atthe benefit of the doubt, at least, but obviously I was expecting too much”
“I saw her face Jade, as I supposed to do? You’d already left by the time I wanted to talk to you”
“You’d already made up your mind,” she snapped
“Jesus,” I groaned “I’”
“Then what are you doing here, if not to accuse me?”
“To talk, daure out what the problem is”
Jade huffed “Stella is the probleuess you just don’t see it Everyone else can see her for what she is, why can’t you?”
“She’s only a problem because you don’t like her, and she knows it!”
Jade reared back as if I’d physically slapped her “I’m not the one who told you we can’t be friends, Reid”
A bitter laugh stumbled from my mouth, and the words followed before I could stop the it all on Stella for that would be convenient for you”
“What is that supposed to mean?”
“It means you are somewhat responsible for what happened between us You decided we couldn’t be friends any Stella”
Nothing was going as planned, but the only ere going to work it out was to verbalize everything we kept to ourselves She had to know, once and for all, that she’d done soe toto gnaay at me
“We rily “But if I recall correctly you were there too, and now there’s no going back”
“This is where I disagree,” I replied, fighting the natural inclination to shout Jade got , was always“You decided for both of us we couldn’t be irlfriend because you’re jealous”
Jade’s face relazed over at souilt pulled at me I didn’t want it to be this way, but once I opened the door to our now screwed up friendship I couldn’t close it It was too late, and I was afraid ere really and truly done for
“I think you should leave now,” she said, standing quickly I ju me with the force of those boundless brown eyes that I’d spent allin
“I’ her closer “Not until you’ve heard everything I have to say”
“Whatmy best to stay away because it’s what Stella wants - ”