highway. Wanting to be rid of the awkward silence, I answered my phone without looking at who it was.
“Becca! I have been trying to call you!” Ashlynn’s perky voice was loud and clear over the phone.
Shit, she was the last person I wanted to talk to now. I closed my eyes. “Yeah, sorry. I have been working all day. I am on my way home from Ludington right now.”
“Oh that’s right. Well, I was going to ask for your work email so I could send you my ideas for Connor’s and my house,” she said, overly sweet. She even emphasized Connor’s name. I rolled my eyes. Tyler noticed and lifted an eyebrow.
“Yeah, I will text it to you, but try to do it soon, so I will have time to work on it before next Friday,” I sighed.
“Thanks, Bec, you are the best! We should grab dinner, you know, you, me, and Connor.” Another tear escaped my eye at the thought.
“I’ve been pretty busy. But I need to go, it’s raining and I have to focus on driving,” I lied.
“Okay, I will talk to you later. Love you!” She was way too peppy.
“Bye,” I whispered, hanging up the phone.
Tyler was glancing at me. I could tell he was waiting for me to talk. I wasn’t in the mood.
“I’m guessing that was the brat who your ex-boyfriend cheated on you with?”
“Yeah,” I huffed.
“And, what exactly are you working on for her and… Connor?” he questioned.
Why did he care about this? We obviously weren’t going to be anything from his own confession. “It’s nothing.”
“Well whatever it is, it has you upset.” His voice was stern, like he was annoyed at me. Why the hell was he annoyed with me?
“Why the hell do you care?” I shouted at him. His eyes narrowed and he was about to say something, until my phone cut him off.
“Jesus can’t people just leave me alone!” I exclaimed. “What?” I exasperated into my phone.
“Well, hi Becca, it’s so nice to hear from you too, best friend.” It was Jamie. I instantly felt bad for answering the phone the way I did.
“Hey Jay Rae, I’m sorry, it’s been… an interesting few days,” I said, glaring at Tyler. He scowled back at me.
“Well, I just wanted to ask you,” her tone was sweet at first, then turned icy, “why the FUCK are you doing house plans for that bitch Ashlynn and that shit head Connor?!”
I looked out the window, trying to control my emotions. She was right; there is no reason for me to do the plans for them. Ashlynn was taking it too far. “I don’t know,” I confessed.
“Oh my God, Becca, get a backbone and tell her to fuck off!”
“I know,” I could barely speak. “How did you know, anyway?”
She sighed, “She called me looking for you and left a message with her devilish plan. Do you want me to tell her to leave you alone?”
I shook my head as though she could see me, “After this, I will be done with them. I will change my phone number.”
“Bec, what else is wrong? You sound so, emotional.” She sounded confused.
“Jamie I have to go, I will be home in an hour, okay?”
She snorted. “Fine, but you better open up when you get home.”
I said goodbye and closed my eyes, crossing my arms. I could feel Tyler’s eyes scanning my body. “Do you want to talk about it?”
I shook my head. “My life is one big cluster fuck, that’s all there is to say.”
A slow smile crept across his face. “Maybe we are perfect for each other,” he said under his breath. I rolled my eyes. I was about to explode at him.
“I doubt I’m perfect for you, otherwise you wouldn’t be afraid to be seen with me,” I said with irritation.
“What are you talking about? We are riding together.” He was trying to make light of the situation. “We are friends Becca. You can tell me all about your cluster fucked life.”
So now he was being playful? You have got to be kidding me.
“Pretty sure your best friend since childhood isn’t
“Becca! I have been trying to call you!” Ashlynn’s perky voice was loud and clear over the phone.
Shit, she was the last person I wanted to talk to now. I closed my eyes. “Yeah, sorry. I have been working all day. I am on my way home from Ludington right now.”
“Oh that’s right. Well, I was going to ask for your work email so I could send you my ideas for Connor’s and my house,” she said, overly sweet. She even emphasized Connor’s name. I rolled my eyes. Tyler noticed and lifted an eyebrow.
“Yeah, I will text it to you, but try to do it soon, so I will have time to work on it before next Friday,” I sighed.
“Thanks, Bec, you are the best! We should grab dinner, you know, you, me, and Connor.” Another tear escaped my eye at the thought.
“I’ve been pretty busy. But I need to go, it’s raining and I have to focus on driving,” I lied.
“Okay, I will talk to you later. Love you!” She was way too peppy.
“Bye,” I whispered, hanging up the phone.
Tyler was glancing at me. I could tell he was waiting for me to talk. I wasn’t in the mood.
“I’m guessing that was the brat who your ex-boyfriend cheated on you with?”
“Yeah,” I huffed.
“And, what exactly are you working on for her and… Connor?” he questioned.
Why did he care about this? We obviously weren’t going to be anything from his own confession. “It’s nothing.”
“Well whatever it is, it has you upset.” His voice was stern, like he was annoyed at me. Why the hell was he annoyed with me?
“Why the hell do you care?” I shouted at him. His eyes narrowed and he was about to say something, until my phone cut him off.
“Jesus can’t people just leave me alone!” I exclaimed. “What?” I exasperated into my phone.
“Well, hi Becca, it’s so nice to hear from you too, best friend.” It was Jamie. I instantly felt bad for answering the phone the way I did.
“Hey Jay Rae, I’m sorry, it’s been… an interesting few days,” I said, glaring at Tyler. He scowled back at me.
“Well, I just wanted to ask you,” her tone was sweet at first, then turned icy, “why the FUCK are you doing house plans for that bitch Ashlynn and that shit head Connor?!”
I looked out the window, trying to control my emotions. She was right; there is no reason for me to do the plans for them. Ashlynn was taking it too far. “I don’t know,” I confessed.
“Oh my God, Becca, get a backbone and tell her to fuck off!”
“I know,” I could barely speak. “How did you know, anyway?”
She sighed, “She called me looking for you and left a message with her devilish plan. Do you want me to tell her to leave you alone?”
I shook my head as though she could see me, “After this, I will be done with them. I will change my phone number.”
“Bec, what else is wrong? You sound so, emotional.” She sounded confused.
“Jamie I have to go, I will be home in an hour, okay?”
She snorted. “Fine, but you better open up when you get home.”
I said goodbye and closed my eyes, crossing my arms. I could feel Tyler’s eyes scanning my body. “Do you want to talk about it?”
I shook my head. “My life is one big cluster fuck, that’s all there is to say.”
A slow smile crept across his face. “Maybe we are perfect for each other,” he said under his breath. I rolled my eyes. I was about to explode at him.
“I doubt I’m perfect for you, otherwise you wouldn’t be afraid to be seen with me,” I said with irritation.
“What are you talking about? We are riding together.” He was trying to make light of the situation. “We are friends Becca. You can tell me all about your cluster fucked life.”
So now he was being playful? You have got to be kidding me.
“Pretty sure your best friend since childhood isn’t
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