I liked Fridays, the upcoming weekend was calling me and I couldn't wait to spend it in front of my piano. I had been itching all week to play, it wasn't often that I had some alone time to just get lost in a song. Spending most of my time with Zach or Trevor made it hard to find time to sing.

I walked into history excited to finish the day off right. I smiled when I saw Zach in his new seat on the other side of me. After we finished our projects Zach moved so he could sit next to us, it had only caused us to get more distracted.

"Hey guys." I greeted.

"Hey I was just asking Zach if he was free on Sunday. My uncle is having a not so surprise surprise party and I was wondering if you wanted to join." Trevor asked.

"I don't think I'm doing anything." I smiled.

"Great well Zach is busy so it'll just be the two of us."

I looked over at Zach and he just shrugged. I knew it probably had to do with his mom, I just hoped that everything was ok.

"Are you sure it's ok if I just intrude on your family party?" I questioned.

I really hated just barging in places I didn't belong.

"It's more than ok, but I think I should warn you, my mom is definitely the craziest one but my uncle Dario definitely gives her a run for her money." Trevor laughed.

I smiled, I missed having family get togethers. We never had many but the few we did have were still some of my fondest memories.

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"Hey I'm heading out." My brother popped his head into my room.

I looked up from my piano.

"Ok have fun." I smiled.

He nodded and left. My brother rarely just went and spent a weekend away. It was going to be seriously weird having this house basically to myself. Both my parents worked too much and when they were here, my dad was in his office and my mom busying herself with different household chores.

It had only seemed like a few minutes before I heard the doorbell. I figured it was just my brother forgetting something so I made my way down the stairs and threw the door open.

To my surprise it was not Jackson, it was Caitlynn standing on my welcome mat.

"What are you doing here?" I asked her.

My walls were high and I didn't even know if I wanted to listen to a single word she was about to say.

"I know you probably hate me and want to slam the door in my face but please can we talk?"

I just stared at her not knowing what to say.

"Well actually you don't need to talk, I'll talk, all you need to do is listen and when I am finished if you want to throw me out of your house I won't take it personally."

I nodded. I would hear her out but I wouldn't hesitate to tell her to leave if I needed to.

"We can go upstairs." I told her and stepped aside to let her in.

"Thank you Ella, I know I don't deserve this."

She was right, she didn't deserve my kindness. She didn't deserve for me to open the door and let her in but she was my best friend and I missed her a lot.

I didn't respond deciding to accept her offer of me not having to talk, I'd listen but that's the best I could do right now.

I took a seat in my bed and she sat down in my piano bench.

"I don't even know where to begin." She sighed trying to figure her thoughts out.

"I'm so sorry Ella, I really fucked up. I don't even know what came over me, I was so blind to everything. This past week has been complete hell. After our argument I convinced myself I was right and that it was you that was in the wrong. I just told myself I was doing the right thing."

"It wasn't until Saturday evening when I finally started to realize that maybe I was wrong. My sister told us that she was pregnant." She said.

"Wow that's amazing, tell her congratulations." I interrupted her.

Even though me and Caitlynn were fighting, her sister had always been nothing but nice to me.

"Even when you hate me you give a better reaction than Tyler." She sighed.

"Anyway yeah I'm going to be an auntie and the first person I wanted to tell was you. I just wanted to pick up the phone and tell you the good news but I couldn't. So instead I called Tyler and he said, cool and went on to change the topic. I had never noticed he did that. He would listen to me when I had something to say but he never really did listen. He would be thinking about something else or texting one of the guys on the team." She continued talking.

"I stayed up all night on Saturday just letting all the things you said repeat over and over in my head. I couldn't wrap my brain around the fact that Tyler wasn't the guy I thought he was. You had planted that seed in my head but like a seed it needed water and sunlight in order to grow."

I gave her a confused look not really understanding what she was trying to say.

"Ok I lost you, sorry you know how I am. It always makes more sense in my head. I needed more than just what you said to make up my mind. I spent the day with him on Sunday and I asked him the question I should have asked awhile ago. I just asked him if he liked you. It had always bothered me that you two didn't get along so I just asked him. He answered with 'do you want me to like her?' That's another thing I never noticed he did before, he always just told me what I wanted to hear."

"It was enough to turn that seed you had planted into some serious doubt. I spent the next couple days watching how he acted around the guys and being more aware of everything he did. It was like I had ripped off these blinders and I finally saw this guy I didn't even know existed. I heard him say things about Zach and other guys at the school he didn't like and I knew you had been right this whole time."

I didn't want Caitlynn to get hurt so hearing her find out her boyfriend was actually a huge douche wasn't exactly good news.

"I broke up with him today. I know it took me way too long but I never truly realized how hard it was to walk away, part of me still cares about him but I just can't be with a guy like that. I looked in the mirror this morning and I finally saw myself again. I had changed even if I hadn't realized it before. He had made me feel like I needed to be someone else so he would stay but that wasn't true.

"I'm sorry I let a stupid guy get between us. I'm sorry I am probably the shittiest friend ever. I love you Ella and I can't imagine my life without you as my best friend." She finished.

I just stared at her not knowing what to say. I missed her and I wanted to just hug her and move on from everything that happened.

"I love you too Cait." I stood up and pulled her into a hug.

I felt her relax in my arms.

"I seriously don't deserve your forgiveness."

"But you got it anyway." I smiled.

"Thank you."

"You want to stay over? We can just talk and maybe watch some movies." I asked.

"I'd love to." She agreed.

It was nice to be able to have Caitlynn back in my life. I seriously missed having a girl around.