Girl Get Rid Of That Jerk by Melissa Johns

Chapter 219

In the evening, Allison got a call from her best friend, Sabrina. “Hey babe, New Year's Eve is coming up fast. Got any plans?"

Allison glanced at her phone's calendar-it was already December 28th.

"Not really," she replied, her voice a bit raspy from all the crying earlier. Sabrina noticed right away. "Babe, what's going on? You sound a little rough." "I'm okay, just caught a bit of a cold."

"Oh, alright then," Sabrina said, not questioning her further. "So, what's the plan for New Year's? Are you spending it with Joshua, or hanging out with Olivia and me?"

Just hearing Joshua's name made Allison's eyes well up again. “Joshua and I...”

"What about you two?"

The room was brightly lit, and snowflakes danced quietly outside the window.

Allison sat on her bed, phone in hand, staring at her toes. "We... we had a bit of a disagreement..."

her mind, it was just a bump in the

in a while. For New Year's, I'll have my brother invite Joshua out.

"And if that doesn't do the trick, well,

so bold, never one to hold back. Allison knew her friend's carefree spirit well, but

get so embarrassed, Allie. I'm telling you, men love things simple and straightforward. Talking it out doesn't always work with

ten minutes of Sabrina's unfiltered relationship advice before hanging up, her mind swirling with all sorts of images. She realized she probably shouldn't have brought

night, sleep eluded Allison. She tossed and

mind, and concluded that Joshua's talk of breaking up was probably to

hopeful

In

patch things up. She figured she could pretend nothing happened, act cool in public, but stay in touch

to talk to him. She missed

the morning. She decided against calling him. Joshua had been