Chapter 5 Four

Chapter 4

Josie's pov

I wondered what Clara's problem was. Bryce texted me saying that Clara jumped down his throat accusing him of being with me. Since when is it her business who I am with? I get that he is her cousin, but so what? What has been going on with her lately? Aiden called me saying he and she had a little talk about me. They were both starting to make me mad.

The last thing I needed was both my best friend and my boyfriend telling me what to do. I had parents for that. Aiden was starting to get on my nerves. I love him, but he has been so clingy lately. Truth be told I have stopped being happy being with him. It scares me because I don't want us to break up. I don't know what to do anymore.

I wish I could talk to Clara about this, but I had a feeling she would run back and tell Aiden everything. Sadly, I could no longer trust my best friend. I enjoyed talking to Bryce tonight. If I had to keep that a secret, then I would. If Clara hadn't gone behind my back and talked about me with my boyfriend, then maybe I wouldn't have to keep secrets.

I told Bryce not to worry about it and that Clara wasn't going to keep us from talking. We were friends, and she could just deal with it. I told him what Aiden had said, and he didn't think it was right either. Then I told him how unhappy I was. Before I knew it, we had talked all night. We never ran out of things to talk about like I did with Aiden.

Aiden had a way of always making me feel like a child, or like I bored him. He had his whole life planned out and hated to stray from that plan. He felt I should do the same with my life. I was not that kind of person. I hated living life strictly by a plan. I embrace changes. I guess lately I am just starting to realize how many things we don't have in common. Guess it took us to separate schools for me to finally see it.

He didn't like that I chose to go to a different school, but I was not going to cave to him. I let him get his way with everything else. I mean we haven't done anything but kiss since we have been together even though I told him I was ready for more. He says he wants to wait until we are married because he promised my dad we would. That was just the kind of guy he was, but lately, I hated it.

I felt something with Bryce. I know I should probably stay away from him, but I didn't want to. I wanted to enjoy my life and have some fun. I wanted to have new experiences, and I knew I couldn't have that being with Aiden. We have been together for three years now. Everyone thought we were heading towards marriage. That was the furthest thing from my mind.

I woke up and got in the shower. Even though I didn't get much sleep I still felt great. Clara called and told me she wanted me to come over and meet her cousin. Guess she was allowing us to be near each other. Little did she know we had already met; I just hoped we could pull this off. I didn't want her to catch on to the fact that we already knew each other. I put on my bikini and shorts then grabbed a tank top and pulled it on. I grabbed my bag and then headed over to Clara's house. I was kind of nervous.

When I pulled up, I saw a few cars in the driveway I wondered who else was there. I walked around to the back where the pool was since that was where Clara said she would be. I was shocked to see some girl I didn't know there as well as Aiden. I instantly knew that Clara set this up. She brought a girl for Bryce and my boyfriend. So that Bryce and I wouldn't be tempted. She had gone too far this time. I was going to have a little chat with my so-called best friend.