Chapter 8

. A Light At The Tunnel

"Isn't he wonderful?"Ariana gushed.

I watched Lola laugh about something Nico told her that probably wasn't funny.

"He sure is,"I frowned.

Ariana looked at me and followed the direction of my gaze. "You know it's fine if you admit that you like him."

"What!!?"I was startled by Ariana's words. "I don't like him, what's there to like?"I grumbled.

Ariana smiled and left her seating position to meet me. She wrapped her arms around my shoulders "Of course you don't,"She paused. "But you didn't notice I was talking about Phil and not Nico."

There was a very long pause. I turned to meet Ariana's teasing look. "Come on Ari, I knew you were talking about Phil."I lied.

"Hell yeah, you did,"She mocked and stood up to cheer the boys playing on the field.

'Shit….'

The last thing I needed was someone constantly reminding me of my feelings for Nico and, most of all, Ariana.

He was a people man, guys loved him, and girls adored him. He had it going on so well for him. He did