You Could Do Better Part 2

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18TH, 20081

7:00PM2

"Hi, is Rachael there?" I asked3

"Sure hang on a second," her mom told me. A few seconds later Rachael's voice came on the phone.4

"Hey what's up?" Rachael asked.5

"Nothing, really. Just wanted to ask you a question about your party," I told her. Rachael was having her Sweet Sixteen the next day. We would be riding a limo to the Hard Rock Cafe in Chicago, somewhere I had always wanted to go. 6

"You can come? For sure?" she said excitedly.7

"Definatly," I responded. "I just need to know what time I need to be over there," I explained.8

"Do you want to come over a little earlier? I can show you my house," she said.9

"Sure. And...there's something else..." I said. I was planning to tell her about Nick, but I didn't know how to start.10

"What?"11

"You'll make fun of me. I know it," I said.12

"Damn it, Caitlin, just tell me!"13

"Alright, alright..." I sighed. "I think I like Nick. Actually, I know I like Nick."14

"Which one?" she said hesitantly. That was a problem right there. There were two Nicks: my Nick and another Nick that everyone dubbed as Fat Nick. Fat Nick was an asshole. I hated him with a passion.15

"To even suggest that I would ever be interested in Fat Nick is an insult, dude," I pointed out.16

"So it's the other one?" for some reason, she sounded strangely excited. Like, extremely happy that I liked Nick.17

"Yes, Rachael," I said heavily.18

"Ohmygodohmygodohmygod! I have GREAT news! And it's about Nick!" she said. I could tell she was bursting with excitment.19

"What?"20

"He likes you!" My brain stopped. 21

"Whuuuuaaaatt...?" I managed to get out.22

"Yeah! Dillon told me that he thought Nick liked you. I guess Fat Nick was talking about you during lunch. He was calling you ugly or something. And Nick threw him into a wall and made him apologize. He actually did apologize, though..." she told me.23

"Rachael...are you serious? Or are you just fucking around with me? Because if you are, I swear to GOD, I will kill you."24

"No, no, no! I'm serious, I swear! I'm not saying for sure that he likes you, that's just what Dillon told me. Oh, and don't tell Dillon that I told you either, because I wasn't supposed to tell anyone, okay?"25

"Yeah...sure..." but in my head I was a million miles away. I always thought that I would be stuck with Bryan. Because no one had ever showed any interest in me before. But now, this really cool guy might like me. I couldn't beileve it. I didn't beileve it. I mentally shook myself and came back to reality. There was no way he liked me. There was nothing special about me, really. Wht did I have to offer? Twenty extra pounds and a disturbing past? Like anyone would ever go for that. 26

"Listen, Caitlin, I have to go, ok? I'll see you at the party tomorrow," Rachael said, interuppting my thoughts.27

"Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow," I said and hung up the phone. I knew what I needed to do now, whether Nick liked me or not. I needed to dump that piece of shit. The question was, when.28

MORE TO COME, YO!