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Chapter Twenty-Five
To Be or Not To Be [Friends].
Okay, things that made me unhappy and things I needed to be happy. That was easy, right?
Right.
Mum. Dad. John Cusack movies. My friends; Hadley, Celeste, Tucker, Craig…
Mason?
Roman?
Why did my brain insist on making the two of them mutually exclusive?
I had Mason. I chose Mason. Mason made me happy.
But, Roman’s friendship meant the world to me. Nothing compared to sitting in the comfortable, comforting silence next to him and knowing he was comfortable too.
Mason was my John Cusack.
Roman was my… Carter fromA Cinderella Story! He’s the best friend. Sure, there was a little bit of a banter that could be seen as flirtation. But, we were just meant to be friends. Nothing more.
Yeah, Roman was my Carter.
And, I needed a Carter.
So, I’d won the boy.
Now, I needed to fight for my friend.
And, that was exactly was I was going to do.
So I ran out my front door on Wednesday, riddled with nervous excitement. Piper wasn’t hiding anything anymore. She was being truthful and honest and herself. Friends with Roman was doable. It had to be.
I was in the process of heading for his ute to wait for him when he walked out his back door. We both paused then he stalked forward, looking at me like he dared me to come any closer.
God, if only the brooding thing didn’t suit him so well…
I cleared my throat. “Roman, I know I said–”
I stopped when he winced as though he’d actually thought we’d been going to get through this without speaking. “Space, Barlow. I thought we were having space?”
“Yeah, I know, Roman. I said I needed space–”
“Weneeded space.”
“Roman… Please, just talk to me.”
“About what Piper?” he asked, flinging his arms out. “What could there possibly be left to talk about?”
“Everything? Anything–”
“Nothing.”
“Nothing is good.”
He glared at me. “Barlow, what do you want?”
