Asher's Heart

Chapter 39

Why hasn't he called yet?

I paced my room as I waited for his call, my phone clutched in my hand. I groaned and decided to call him. It was fair as it was me who started this.

My finger hovered over his name, but at the last moment I changed my mind and called Brooke instead. She would help me figure it out.

I told her everything, except for Calla. Nobody knew about her except Asher's family and me. The whole reason sounded ridiculous when I excluded her. But no matter what I couldn't mention her.

"You are stupid," she decided when I was finished with my rambling.

I rolled my eyes.

"Thanks, Brooke, my problem's all solved," I said.

"I can't believe you're my best friend," she said. I could imagine her shaking her head.

"Hey! You love me!"

"True," she said.

I plopped down on my bed.

"Help me out here," I pleaded.

"You are sabotaging your relationship with him," she said and I denied.

"I am not! How ca—"

"You can't deny it. You are doing it," she interrupted me in the middle of my sentence.

I sighed.

"How can I sabotage my own relationship?!" I asked, incredulously.

"Subconsciously. You believe that you both can't work out so much that you are opting for an easy way out. Less time. Less heartbreak," she explained, leaving me speechless.

"Umm... Wow," I said.

She chuckled.

"I'm a pro, right?"

"But I don't want to end things with him. I want this to work out," I whined.

"Then you're gonna have to take the first step. Apologize," she said.

I let out a laugh.

"No."

She scoffed.

"Go. Now," she said.

I tried to talk my way out of it.

"Don't you think I should give him some time? To cool down," I said.

"Stop making excuses and go to him. Drop down on your knees," she said.

I narrowed my eyes.

"I'm so not going to do that," I said, scrunch in up my nose.

She laughed.

"I know. Now stop pestering me and annoy your lover boy. At least then one of us would get a happy ending." Her voice became quiet all of a sudden.

"Wait. What do you mean by that?"

"Nothing. Just that Dave and I are no longer together," she said nonchalantly.

"What?!" I screeched.

"My ears!"

"How? When did that happen?"

"Not long ago," her nonchalance was scaring me.

"Are you alright?" I asked softly.

"Yeah. Of course. It was me who ended it anyway," she said.

"Why? Why would you do that?" I asked.

She clucked her tongue. "Long distance relationships are just as hard as they say," was her answer.