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..."

want to say they'd broken up. In her mind, it was just a bump in

in a while. For New Year's, I'll have my brother invite Joshua out. We'll meet up, and you two can get some alone time. Trust me, a hug and a kiss

do the trick, well, you know what to do just

to hold back. Allison knew her friend's

men love things simple and straightforward. Talking it out doesn't always work

through another ten minutes of Sabrina's unfiltered relationship advice before hanging up, her mind swirling

tossed and turned, unable

happened recently in her mind, and concluded that Joshua's talk of breaking up was probably to protect her family from

hopeful that

In

sorted things out with Chris, they'd patch things up. She figured she could pretend nothing happened, act cool in public, but stay in touch with him

voice, to talk

two-thirty in the morning. She decided against calling him. Joshua