Decisions

STORM

Lucy darted glances between I and Justin after Justin ‘s statement. Her gaze lingering on me the more. She was obviously waiting for any one of us to tell that it was all a joke. Well, it was not.

“Are you both serious? Storm has really woken up to her senses?” Lucy asked, causing me to groan. Like seriously, girl? Must you throw me under the bus too? I thought, gawking when she high fived Justin. When did the two begin to shake hands?

The duo were usually on opposite sides, for reasons I’ve never been able to decipher. I had met Lucy before Justin, and so when I had incorporated Justin into the friendship circle, she had actually taken it the wrong way, a bit jealous that her position would be taken no matter how much I had tried to convince her that it wasn’t so. It had taken a long while before she had even allowed him to eat on our table in high school.

Justin was good and patient to have endured all her shortcomings. Seeing their interactions now was a huge relief even t