Free Awakened (Book #5 of the Vampire Legends) by Emma Knight Page B

you to lose your friends all because of some guy.”
    “This is really
unfair,” Rachel said. “I can’t help it if he asked me out. He clearly likes me
and not Sam. What can I do about that? Cover up my feelings?”
    “That’s what I’d
do,” Dana said with a snicker. “You’re not being a good friend.”
    “Listen, D, I’m
going through a lot right now. This is the last thing I should have to worry
about. You guys all need to cut me some slack here,” Rachel begged. “I did
nothing wrong and I’m going to keep our plans tonight. I’m sorry if you or the
girls get upset by this, but that’s what I’m going to do.”
    “Ok, if that’s
your choice. That’s what you’ll do. But don’t say I didn’t warn you,” Dana
said.
    “Whatever,”
Rachel said, as she turned to walk out of the bathroom and back towards Brian.
“I thought we were better friends than this.”
    Rachel couldn’t
believe what had just gone down in the bathroom. She couldn’t believe her BFF
Dana just treated her like that. It was unspeakable. She was upset and angry
all at the same time. Not to mention, now she felt guilty for going out with
Brian. She hated that she felt that way, but her girlfriends were important to
her as well. She didn’t want to lose them over a guy, but at the same time, she
didn’t know the whole back-story. The whole situation was unfair to her and she
felt mistreated.
    “Hey Babe,” Brian
said, as he motioned her over. “We’re next, what do you want?”
    Rachel looked at
him and then back at Sam and Amy, who were standing close by.
    “So, what will it
be?” he asked again.
    “Oh, sorry. I’ll
have Starburst,” Rachel said, looking in at all the candies on the shelf.
    “That all?” Brian
asked. “A drink?”
    “Sure, a blue slushy!”
Rachel said.
    “I’ll get a large
one, we can share it,” Brian said.
    Rachel smiled at
him and shook her head.
    She couldn’t help
but look back at Sam, Amy and Dana as they all stood in a huddle talking and
whispering and looking over at her. She felt awful and uncomfortable. Part of
her felt bad for Sam, but the other part was mad at her. She couldn’t believe
that Dana had just told her to leave Brian and not talk to him anymore. Was she
joking? Was she serious? She was dumbfounded by the whole situation, but she
wasn’t going to let it ruin her night. She was out with the guy she had a crush
on, and nobody was going to get in the way of that.
    She looked back
at Sam one last time and caught her rolling her eyes at her. She was so
offended by that, she took Brian by the hand and gave him a big hug right in
front of her. She knew it was rude, but at the same time Sam was being rude.
    “Let’s go get our
seats,” Brian said.
    “Yeah,” Rachel
said.
    “Back row?” Brian
asked.
    Rachel didn’t
know how to respond. She knew what happened in the back row. It was almost as
if he were asking her if she wanted to make out the entire movie. She was
speechless. Part of her wanted to say yes, but the other part of her wanted to
wait a little bit. She didn’t want to risk sounding like a prude though, so she
said, “Ok, whatever you like.”
    As they entered
the theater, she was surprised to see that the entire back row was full. There
were no open seats. In fact, the entire theater was jam-packed. They would be
lucky to even get a seat next to each other at this point. The poked around and
walked up and down the aisle looking for two seats together. Then, Brian
spotted them.
    “I see two, right
over there!” he said.
    Rachel followed
him over to the seats and as they were scooting around the dimly lit theater
she realized the only two seats available were directly in front of Dana, Sam,
Penny and Amy. She couldn’t believe her luck. Just when she thought she’d get
alone time with Brian, this had to happen.
    The previews
started and Brian reached over and held her hand. She felt a little uncomfortable
by this, but only because she could feel Sam’s