Accidentally In Like

“Maddie there’s something I have to tell you.” Corrie said with a shaky voice, approaching her hopefully still best friend.

“Oh hey Corrie. What is it?” Maddie asked chirpily.

“Um…you know you’re my best friend right?”

“Of course.”

“And I would never do anything to intentionally hurt you.”

“Uh-huh.”

“And just so you know, I totally understand if you hate me forever.”

“Oh…kay?”

Corrie let out a heavy sigh. “Ok so last night, I was with Trevor and he…we…um…”

“You guys kissed.” she said simply.

“Yes. Wait.” Corrie looked at her surprise. “You know?”

“Mh-hm. Trevor came over last night and told me.”

“And you’re ok with it?”

“Well it doesn’t really matter now that we’re broken up.”

“You guys broke up?”

“Yeah, we ended it.” she said with a shrug. “Let’s face, this whole relationship was a joke to begin with. We’re not event hat good of a match. And plus, he really like you Corrie.”

“Oh.” Corrie said, looking down, trying not to blush.

Maddie smiled at her. “I’m not mad at you Cor. I’m not even mad at the ‘whole my boyfriend kissed another girl thing.’”

“But how can you not?”

“I don’t know.” she shrugged. “I guess our whole ‘relationship’ wasn’t really anything deep that there aren’t any hard feelings. Just promise me one thing.”

“Sure.”

“If Trevor ever does anything to hurt you or make you feel bad, tell me, I’ll knock some sense into him.”

She giggled slightly. “I will.”

“Great.” Maddie smiled. “Hey, do you want some ice cream? I’m sure the twins can get us some from Chef Paolo.”

“Sure.”

“Awesome. Hey Millicent, can you look ever the counter for a moment. I’ll be back.” Maddie called to the other worker as she rounded the counter towards Corrie, linking her arms to hers.

—

“Is Maddie here?” “Is Corrie here?” the two gentleman asked Millicent at the same time. They both turned to each other in surprise.

“I know you.” Jeffery said.

“And I know you.” Trevor said.

“Ummm…” Millicent shook, and now forgotten by the two.

“What are you doing here?” they both asked. “Stop doing that!”

“You go first.” Trevor said.

“I’m here to see Maddie.” Jeffery answered. “What about you?”

“I’m uh…here to see…Corrie.”

“What?!” he exclaimed. “You gotta be kidding me. No, you can’t do this!”

“What?”

“Look, I don’t know who the hell you think you are, but if you think you can get away with hurting both Maddie and Corrie, then you’ve got another thing coming.”

“I don’t want to hurt Maddie and Corrie, and I’m not.”

“Oh yeah? Well then explain to me why you kissed my cousin while you’re still going out with Maddie?”

“I know! And I feel real guilty about that. That’s why I talked to Maddie and we both ended things.”

Jeffery’s expression suddenly changed. “You guys broke up?”

“Yeah. I know I’ve been treating Maddie badly, and I’m terribly guilty for it. I don’t want to drag her on when I’m only hurting her. And I really like Corrie, I don’t want to hurt her as well and make her feel guilty.”

Jeffery pursed his lips together at his statement. “I don’t want my cousin having to put up with any crap from you.” he said. “Maddie told me about all the hurtful things you’ve done to her, ignoring her, not even caring. I don’t want my cousin coming to me, bawling her eyes out because some jerk hurt her emotionally.”

“I wont.” he punctuated. “I like Corrie, a lot, and I never want to hurt her.”

“Good.” Jeffery said. “I still don’t like you. And I still don’t think that you’re good enough for my cousin. So I want you to prove me wrong.”

“I will.” he said. “And…Maddie’s really lucky to have you here.”

Jeffery just let out a smile. “Yeah, she is.”

—

“This is really good ice cream.” Corrie said, taking a last bite from her ice cream.

“Yeah, Chef Paolo made it himself.” Maddie said. The two then disposed of the cup to a nearby recycling trash and walked towards the candy counter in the lobby. They were surprised to be faced with two familiar guys.

“Trevor!” Corrie squeaked, surprised at his presence.

“Hey Corrie.” Trevor smiled, lighting up at the sight of her.

“What are you doing here? With Jeffery.” she glanced back and forth between the two nervously.

“I was just giving Trevor a little pep talk.” Jeffery smiled secretively.

“Oh.” this made Corrie more nervous.

“Can I talk to you for a moment?” Trevor asked her hopeful.

“Um…I don’t know.” Corrie glanced up at Maddie, who now stood behind the candy counter. Maddie gave her an encouraging look, which eased her a bit. “Ok.”

Trevor gently grabbed her hand and stepped her aside, towards the middle of the lobby. “So listen, remember yesterday? After we…um…kissed.”

“Yeah.”

“I told you I would make things right.”

“Yeah, Maddie told me you guys broke up.”

Trevor smiled. “We did. And now that we are, I want to stay true to my word to you.” she looked up at him confused. “Remember? I told you before I dropped you off? Once things were right, I would take you out, and give you a day to remember.”

“You already gave me that yesterday.” she said shyly.

“Well that didn’t really count. You weren’t my girlfriend then.”

Corrie’s eyes bugged out. “Girlfriend.”

Trevor smiled. “Corrie, will you be my girlfriend?”

“I…” Corrie breathed, feeling her heart beating faster. “Um…yes.”

The smile on Trevor’s face widen. He then scooped her in her arms and gave her a sweet kiss on the lips.

At the candy counter, Maddie and even Jeffery smiled at the two. “They are really cute together.” Maddie admitted.

“Yeah.” Jeffery said. “He better not screw her up though.”

“I don’t think he will.” she chuckled. “Trust me, Trevor likes her too much to hurt her.”

“He better not.” he said. Then he turned to her. “So, now that they’ve had their moment, I’m thinking we should have ours.”

She raised a brow. “Our moment?”

He just smiled at her. “Maddie will you go out on a date with me?”

She let out a squeal and a grin. “I would love to Jeffery.”