"Spencer you made it," Sky greets me. Everyone at the table looks up at me. Hope, Alexander, Alexandra, Jamie, Parker, Daniel, Sky, and her new boyfriend Ryan.
Yes, Ryan. The asshole from my past. My ex-boyfriend, my brother's ex-best friend.
"This is the Spencer you were speaking of? You're right, she seems wonderful," Ryan says to Sky. My head boils in flames.
"Stop the act, Ryan. You know who I am," I blurt out. He was trying to pretend like we never even met. If he thought I was going to just let this slide he must be crazy.
"You guys know each other," Sky asks. I see Ryan's face drop in fake sorrow.
"She's my ex," he says, acting heartbroken. Everyone at the table looks back and forth at the both of us. For some reason Sky glares at me. Me!
"The one you said cheated on you and then ran off without telling you," Sky says and my jaw drops. I watch as Ryan nods his head. I chuckle a little, not believing what I'm hearing.
"You told her I cheated on you? What a load of bullshit," I say.
"I don't believe that in the slightest. Spencer wouldn't do something like that. I know I haven't been there for you lately Spencer and I've been a jerk, and I'm sorry for that. Spencer has been there for every last one of us. She's not a cheater," Jamie speaks up.
"You're just saying that because she lives with you. She has the power to throw you out on the streets. Let's not forget that Chester just broke up with her because she cheated on him too," Sky says, her voice getting squeakier with anger.
"Sky you shouldn't say that. You and everyone else doesn't really know what happened in Spencer and Chester's or Spencer and Ryan's relationships. We've only had one side of the story. You shouldn't believe everything you hear," Alexander says.
"Well, I'm not going to sit here and let her talk bad about my boyfriend," Sky says.
"Sky, you knew me before you even met Ryan. How do you believe him over me? Do you really think it's a coincidence that he started dating you, he wanted to keep all this a secret, and I'm his ex? He didn't even live here and now he's here for school and dating my best friend?" I ask all these questions trying to help Sky make sense out of all of this.
"And you. How dare you come back in my life and tell lies about me to the people I care about? I thought you were low before for cheating on me with my best friend, but this is even lower," I say to Ryan. Why is he even doing this?
"Can we talk outside, Spencer," Sky asks and we both go out the restaurant door. Once we're outside, she turns to look at me.
"Why can't you just be happy for me, Spencer? You came here and ruined the whole night," Sky says.
"I was happy for you. That was until I saw who you were dating. I'm your friend and you should trust me when I say he's not a good guy," I say, feeling bad for having to say this to her. I know she really likes him, but he's a fraud and he's nowhere near the right guy for her.
"Who are you to tell me who's good enough for me or not? You can't even judge because you cheated on him. I'm better for him than you ever were." I scrunch up my face in confusion. Why can't she believe me?
"Sky I care about you. I would never do something like that. Why are you so quick to believe him and not me," I ask her, really wondering the truth.
"You sound just like Lily. I found a nice guy and you try to find any way to break it up, so I can be unhappy. You just went through a break up and I would understand if you're a little jealous that I'm happy and I have a boyfriend. This is why I didn't want to introduce him because now you're trying to break us up."
I stay silent for a little bit, not knowing what to say. I know Sky would have trust issues after everything she's been through with Lily, but I thought she could at least trust me seeing as we've been through the same thing. Ryan has already sucked the life out of me once. Why can't he just leave me alone? He's ruining everything!
The door to the restaurant opens and I watch as Hope walks towards us.
"Sky, we've known Spencer longer then this Ryan guy and I see no reason why you can't trust her," Hope says in a soft voice. "She has helped all of us and you're making the same mistake Chester did when he didn't believe her."
"I'm not jealous of you, Sky. I don't care to have a boyfriend because that's not what matters. Friendship matters more and I just don't want to see you get hurt again," I tell her, feeling my eyes filling with tears.
It goes silent as Hope and I wait for Sky to say something. I watch as she shakes her head no.
"No because this is the best relationship I've ever been in and he makes me happy. He understands me and that's all I've ever wanted," she says, tears falling out of her own eyes. At the same time our friends come outside.
"Well, I hope you remember that I warned you and you chose not to believe me when all of this goes down hill. But I'm not mad at you because he fooled me the same way. Just know I'm here when he shows his true colors," I tell her. There's nothing else I can say. You can't force someone to change their mind.
I start walking away and I can hear them calling my name, but I don't stop. I can hear them trying to catch up with me and I hear the door of the restaurant open again.
"Babe, it's going to be ok," I hear Ryan say to Sky and I stop walking. This asshole really has the nerves! I'm not letting this slide. I'm done letting things slide.
I turn on my heels of my feet, seeing everyone behind me, but speed walk past them. I can see Ryan holding Sky in a hug and it boils all my blood from my head to my toes.
I can feel my hands itching and as I get closer, Sky pulls away from Ryan's arms. When I get close enough, my fist lifts up and moves with the speed of lightning, connecting to Ryan's face.
Once I get my first hit to his face and I see how much pain he's in, it gives me a lot of joy. So, I keep going and I punch him again.
"Spencer!" I can hear all of them trying to stop me, but I keep going. I feel good finally doing something instead of staying silent, even if it is violent. Daniel pulls me back off of Ryan, interrupting my joy, and Sky gets on her knees to tend to him.
He's got her so brainwashed like he had me once upon a time.
I'm so mad because I didn't fully get to pummel his face in.
I'm breathing hard and Daniel is trying to calm me down when a flashlight is pointed at my face.
Shit. I'm in trouble, aren't I?