Taste of Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul III Read Free

amazing Tommy is. She was completely “in love” with him.
    â€œDid you see the way he was flirting with me? I think he likes me. We were talking for an hour and he didn’t seem to be paying attention to anyone else! Aren’t you happy for me?”
    I had always admired Michelle for the amount of confidence she had when it came to guys. If she wanted one, she went for him. Now she just sounded arrogant, as if any guy would be stupid not to like her. I just clenched my teeth, nodded my head and kept on driving.
    After what seemed like the longest car ride in human history, we finally reached Michelle’s house. I dropped her off, and the second I heard the door shut I started bawling.
    Why was this making me so mad? She is my best friend. I should be happy for her. But I thought this was going to be my turn. I was really going to go for Tommy and make something happen with him. Michelle doesn’t like him the way I do. But it’s too late to say anything. We always promised each other never to let a guy come between us. I guess this is the tester.
    I was awakened the next morning with a phone call, which I thought would be Michelle calling to obsess more about Tommy.
    â€œHello,” I said in that groggy, don’t-want-to-answer-it-but-feel-I have-to kind of tone.
    â€œHi, Katie?” A thick male voice replied through the phone, and I knew in an instant it was Tommy!
    Why is he calling me? If this is to ask for Michelle’s number, then I’m gonna hang up right now. No, I have to be mature about this. I should be nice. Yeah, right, man, I don’t have to be nice to anybody.
    â€œKatie, are you there?”
    â€œYeah, yeah, I’m here.”
    â€œWell, how are you?”
    He wants to know how I am! I’ll tell him how I am! I’m a depressed teenage girl who thought she had a chance with a guy who she thought had some class. But now she finds out that this guy is in love with her best friend when he has no clue what he’d be missing by going out with her. I’ve been bawling and tossing all night as if I was trying to quit an addiction, and hearing his voice right now drives me even crazier because it re­minds me how much I still like him.
    â€œOh, I’m fine, just catching up on some sleep.” It’s amazing how the lie seemed to shoot right out of my mouth.
    â€œI’m sorry if I woke you. I was just calling . . . well . . . I feel kind of weird doing this . . .”
    Just get it out already! I’ll give you her number!
    â€œOkay, here goes. Do you want to see a movie or something tonight? You probably think I’m really weird since we haven’t even spoken that much. But you seemed really cool, and I thought I would take a chance. If you really don’t want to it’s okay, I’ll understand. I just thought . . .”
    Oh, my God! Oh, my God! What’s happening here? He’s ­asking me out! What happened to Michelle? This can’t be right. But it is. It is! It is! It is! I have to say something now. Breathe. Calm. Act like a sane person.
    â€œThat sounds great, Tommy. Which movie were you thinking?”
    Which movie?! Why did I say that? It doesn’t matter which movie we see!
    â€œI don’t know. Why don’t I pick you up at seven and we’ll go and see which ones are playing?”
    He sounds so calm. I wonder if I sound that calm.
    â€œOkay, great, I’ll see you at seven. Bye.”
    â€œBye.”
    I am going on a date with TOMMY!!! I can’t believe this. This is amazing, it’s incredible, it’s . . . terrible! What about Michelle? She’s going to kill me. I have to call her.
    â€œMichelle, I really need to talk to you.” My voice was as shaky as my body, she had to know something was up.
    â€œWhat’s wrong? Are you okay?” She was worried about me. Great, I’m about to hurt my best friend.
    â€œYeah, I’m fine. I just wanted to tell you