One and Only

The Beach

"Uh...I'd like to take this bike, please." I was kind of nervous since I didn't know what to say.

"Okay. How long are you taking it for?"

"Two to three hours."

"Alright, that'll be $30."

I paid him. "Thank you." I would bike to Malibu and back since that was where the bike trail ends.

The feeling of the air against my face was refreshing. This was a nice way to forget about yesterday. I frowned at the thought. I was supposed to forget it ever happened.

After a couple of moments, I went back to my jubilant mood again. I rode the bike slowly, trying to live it and not rush it. I looked to the side because something caught my attention when suddenly I crashed into someone else's bike.

"I'm so sorry! I wasn't looking! I'm so sorry!" I glanced up to see Noah and a blondie. Probably his girlfriend.

"It's okay. Don't worry about it." he said.

"Hey!" I beamed at him when I recognized him as my saviour.

"Hey." he replied, not returning the smile. What was up with him? He seemed a lot more nice yesterday. Maybe he had wild mood swings or something.

"You know each other?" the blondie asked.

I was about to open my mouth to say "yes" but Noah beat me to it, "No. I don't know her." But the edge to his voice told me otherwise. I raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, sorry. For a second there, I thought you were someone I knew." I mutter sourly. I didn't think he was a mean guy. Whatever. It was nothing. I was probably never gonna see him again anyways, but what he did was still very embarrassing.

I started to bike away when the blondie interrupted,"Oh sure. You probably crashed into him on purpose, just so you could talk to him. Most girls do, but they never realize that such a hot guy is obviously taken." she kissed him on the lips, obviously trying to make me jealous. Of course, I wasn't.

"Oh please! I don't run after a guy." I looked him over, "He might be good looking but have you ever tried looking underneath that surface? Obviously not." And I rode away, but not before I peeked at him for this reaction. He looked pretty shocked. I guess he expected every girl to fall head over heels in love with him at first sight. Well, this girl wasn't going to.

I couldn't believe him! Why would he lie? I took a deep breath to control my anger. Neither him nor his annoying girlfriend was going to dampen my perfect day.

I biked to Malibu and back again in an excellent mood. After returning the bike, I got to my car and drove back home.

When I arrived home at 4:28, I was hungry so I made myself a ham sandwich, and starting reading Breaking Dawn.

About three hours later, I got my laptop out to check my emails. I had two again and I replied to both of them. Kelly's said she wasn't going to go off until I got on. I looked over to the side to see who was available to chat, and there she was. I called for a video chat.

"Hi! I miss you so much!" Kelly cried enthusiastically.

"Me too, Kelly!"

"Guess what?!"

"What?!"

"I took your advice and told Jake that I like him and he told me he likes me too. He also said that he was coming over to tell me the same thing! Then I told him that if it weren't for you, I would've never gotten the nerve to tell him. And guess what he said? He said you said the exact same thing. So J, did you know that he liked me?" She was speed-talking, like she always did when she was excited.

"Yeah." I mumble, feeling a little guilty.

"Why didn't you tell me?!"

"I wanted you guys to tell each other. It would be a lot better having it come from your mouths than me being the messenger. Do you get it? It would feel more special. You would cherish the moment more."

"You're right, J. I would rather hear it from him than you. Thank you for being so thoughtful." I could hear her sincerity and smiled hugely. "You don't have to thank me, Kel."

"If you were here, I would attack you with a giant bear hug." we started laughing.

She told me everything that happened while I was gone and I told her everything that I'd done. Well, almost everything. She didn't need to know about yesterday or Noah, because I'd like to forget the whole thing as soon as possible. My day was perfect and I didn't need his bitter reminder hanging around. We said bye and I read some more of my book until I got hungry. It was around 9 now. I usually don't eat dinner this slow, especially not when my mom was home.

I made a quesidilla and sat down on the couch to watch The Notebook. I washed when I was done, and cleaned the kitchen up and got out a blanket. I laid down in front of the T.V. and switched it to a random channel. I honestly didn't care which, as long as the T.V. was on, I felt safer. I watched T.V. for about another one or two hours before falling into a dreamless sleep.

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