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..."

they'd broken up. In her mind, it was just a bump

invite Joshua out. We'll meet up, and you two can get some alone

the trick, well, you know what to do just take it to the next

her friend's carefree spirit well, but still, her cheeks turned pink

Allie. I'm telling you, men love things simple and straightforward. Talking it out doesn't

advice before hanging up, her mind swirling with all sorts of images. She realized she probably shouldn't have brought up Joshua with

Allison. She tossed and

decided to replay everything that had happened recently in her mind, and concluded that Joshua's talk

was hopeful that

In

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

really wanted to hear Joshua's voice, to talk to him.

in the morning. She decided against calling him. Joshua had been so busy and tired. She didn't want to interrupt