One More Chance by Jaycelle Rodriguez

Chapter 176: The taste of her own medicine

"Oh, God!" I dropped my body onto the chair. "What the heck!" I exclaimed as I covered my mouth with my hands. "Do you think he heard our conversation?"

"Uhm... I don't know, maybe?" she ended her answer with a question mark.

"Gosh! Have you seen the look on his face? I think he heard all of it!"

But instead of comforting her best friend, she suddenly burst into laughter.

"What the---why are you laughing?" I asked her with a frown.

"I'm sorry, I can't help it! How I wish you had seen your face when he walked into the kitchen earlier! Jeez! You looked so damn pale, girl!" and she continued to laugh.

"It's your fault! You asked me those ridiculous questions!"

"Hey, what's the matter if I asked you those questions? They were just hypothetical questions, duh! And if ever he had heard them, well, I'm sure he knew what hypothetical question means, right?"

"But Jack..." I paused as suddenly the question 'how would I explain it to him' popped up in my head.

"What?" she grinned. "Come on, Sam, there was nothing wrong with my questions nor with your answers. Besides, you just expressed what was in your mind, and in my opinion, it's better that he finally heard them from you so he could analyze the consequences of what he did."

I just let out a long, deep sigh as I leaned back against my seat. Jack was right, I should not be bothered by what he feels right after hearing them.

I awkwardly walked in front of Luke and my brother's table. Patrick and some of their friends were also with them and Jack was with me as we walked past them.

I felt his stares behind my back but I pretended oblivious until we sat down at the next table. They were laughing and singing now perhaps from the effect of alcohol... well, except for Luke who I always caught staring at me.

as the pressure I was

what is going on with you? You seemed like

when I felt

"Can you sit still?"

what I'm

Come on, if you're wondering if he overheard our last conversation and if you're bothered by what he feels, why don't you just pull him to the other

you're not! I'm your best friend, so I

my head as

It's your chance now to talk

only to see Luke

someone on the phone so you stay behind him and wait for him until he's done talking to whoever that someone is!" "But Jack...!" I hesitated to get

you stand up and follow him or will I shout and call him and tell him that you want to

Argh!" So yeah, I was forced

the opposite direction so he didn't see me

"Hi,"

of all the greetings listed in my vocabulary, but I don't know when it became the most awkward one at that moment. I swear, I witnessed the surprised look in his eyes when he saw me before he changed it into a cold one. 'Damn you, Jackeline

"Sam,"

my name became

to you?" Heck! Why do I have

now, I still

dropped as

called out and he

now, especially when he looked at me with those same cold, expressionless eyes. "If you're going to ask me if I overheard your conversation with Jack in the kitchen earlier, well, my answer is no. I didn't even hear any words so, you don't have to