The Secret

Chapter 36: I'm sorry

Jules

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I sit in the living room of the guys' house with my ex-best friend. Lily and Taylor told us that they were gonna go grab alcohol from the store but I knew it was all an act to get me and Norah alone.

She sat on the other end of the couch from me, scrolling through her phone.

I sigh.

I hated this. It was like she was a stranger.

"I'm sorry, Norah." I finally speak up.

She doesn't say a word.

"I know it was wrong, but you have to understand me and Brennen have always had something. He was my first love, I'll always have a place for him in my heart." I explain.
She finally looked at me, "Why didn't you just tell me?" She asks.

"Because I just couldn't admit that I still loved him." I say.

"I'm your best friend, Jules." She says.

"I know. I should've talked to you, but it just happened so fast." I tell her.

"I don't want you to go through that shit again." She replies.

"It won't happen again. I know it won't, I trust him." I say.

She looks at me, "But he's an idiot." She says.

I smile, "Yeah, he is." I say.

She lets out a small laugh, making my smile grow bigger.

"Remember that one time when he was high and he started chugging down chocolate milk and he choked." I laugh.

"And it came out of his nose." She laughs with me.

We both laugh together before she looks at me.

"I missed you." She says.

"I missed you more." I say.

She gets up and walks over to me, she falls down next to me and I pull her into a hug.

"He set us up, didn't he?" She asks.

"Oh yeah." I say.

She laughs just as the front door opens and Brennen walks in with a carton of beer.

"Hey guys!" He smiles.

I roll my eyes at him.

"I didn't know you were here." He says as he walks over to us.

"Sure you didn't." Norah says.

He smiles as he places the beer on the coffee table.

"So, I say, we will all become friends again," he says.

"Nah." I say.

He frowns at me.

"Why not?" He asks.

"We think you're an idiot." Norah says.

He sits next to me and sighs.

"I'm sorry, Norah." He says.

"I know." She says.

"You know that I love you to death, you're like my best friend." He says as he looks at her.

She smiles.

"I love you too, bro." She says.

I smile, "Group hug?" I ask.