I was gonna make a thread like this but I never got around to it. Since I'm only 16, I haven't had many life changing events yet, but I have a few stories.
Around September 2006 (just turned 15 then), there was a girl in a bunch of my classes that I started getting to know. Her name was Devin, she's pretty short, but really cute. Anyways, she was always really flirtatious around me but I didn't think she actually liked me because the previous summer I had a similar instance where a different girl named Melissa was just being nice to me but I misunderstood her and thought she liked me, and I didn't want to repeat that mess. I found out much later that this girl actually did like me, but I'll get to that. Around November, I started dating some other chick named Erika, which really upset Devin because she liked me too, but she was friends with Erika so she wasn't too upset. But of course I didn't know that Devin was upset because I didn't think she liked me.
Moving on, during winter break, I had a lot of online chats with Devin, and somehow our conversations always got on the topic of sex or something awkward and she told me a bunch of really personal secrets about her past relationships (how far she went and such (she was still a virgin though)) which kinda freaked me out because I thought it was way too in depth for someone to tell their friend. It never really hit me she liked me until February after me and Erika broke up. Around that time, she told me that she "might" like me and that she was "interested" back when we met. I was kinda shocked because quite frankly, I'd never had a pretty girl like me. Unfortuanately for me, Devin now had a boyfriend, so I decided to wait and see what happened.
Fast forward to May, school lets out, I'm still single, and Devin is still taken. I invite her over to my house to go swimming and hang out and while we were in the pool, she flashed me. Honestly, I was more freaked out than happy because my mom was perpetually walking out to the pool to see if we needed anything, and I knew I'd be dead if she saw Devin. So after about 5 minutes of figuring out how I should tell her this was going to end badly, I told her and she casually adjusted her top and laughed, not embarrassed at all. This baffled the hell out of me because I thought that she didn't like me anymore because she had a boyfriend. This event reinvigorated my desire to date her. This is also around the time another key figure enters the story: Beca. I will define this woman as the bitch beyond all bitches, a whore beyond all whores, and a liar beyond all liars. Well, at least I thought she was a liar. Retrospect shows me it wasn't so much as Beca lying as not having the right info.
One of Beca's flaws was her over-protectiveness of Devin with no regard for anybody else...meaning me. Beca found out I liked her around this time and confronted me saying I was tearing Devin's relationship apart. I didn't mention the flashing thing to Beca because I knew she wouldn't believe me and because I didn't want it to spread around (Beca also has a huge mouth). At this point though, I was crazily infatuated with Devin.
Fast forward again to August 3rd. A bunch of friends (including Melissa, Erika, and Beca) were all hanging out at my friend Amy's house. Now I'm not spiritual at all, and if you've ever read any of my posts on religious threads, you'll agree, but I couldn't help but feel something wasn't right when I was at that party. I found out a few days later that night Devin and her boyfriend were on a date on August 3rd, and they got arrested having sex on the beach. I was crushed. My best friend, arrested, and no longer a virgin. I lost a lot of trust and respect for her when I found out.
Time for the
finale climax of this story: September 2007 (now I'm 16). Homecoming dance was going to be on September 29th, and around September 10th, I began wondering whether or not I should ask Devin to go with me as a friend. I decided against it because at the time, Beca and Devin's boyfriend were relentlessly looking for ways to show I was trying to doom Devin's relationship, and I didn't want to start trouble. So on September 18th, I was walking to the parking lot to go home from school, and my cell phone rings and it's Devin. She invited me to go with her to Homecoming dance, so I told her about why I didn't ask her and she said not to worry about it. Just to be safe, I went home that night and asked Devin's boyfriend if he cared if I took Devin to the dance. His exact words were, "You can take her so long as she has a good time." For me, that was an epic win, because now I could go to the dance with Devin, and if Beca bitched about me trying to separate Devin and her boyfriend, I could tell her that it was Devin's idea to go to the dance because she invited me. Things were good. But Beca was pissed when she found out I was going with Devin, and she decided to do something about it.
So, that weekend, I got an outfit (cost me $200
) and I was jovial all week long in my excitment for that Saturday, Homecoming. But life is never that easy. On the Thursday before the dance (which was on Saturday), my friend Alex whom I rarely spoke with anymore got on AIM and we started chatting. He said that I should talk to Devin about homecoming (I didn't even know he knew Devin at that point, but I found out they had the same AP Government class). I asked why and he said he couldn't tell me, which confused me. He said that he promised not to tell me but he couldn't tell me what he promised not to tell. So he signed off, I printed the conversation, and brought it to school on Friday. Stupid me, I forgot to ask Devin about it. So Friday night was the Homecoming football game, and I decided I would go and invite Devin so I could show her the conversation. So I did, and when I showed her the printed copy, she said she had no idea what he was talking about. Now, at that point I had a decision to make. Alex had never given me any reason to doubt his honesty, but Devin had frequently lied to me about silly things. In my stupidity, I trusted Devin because I assumed that if it was something seriously important, she would tell me. I assumed wrong.
So Saturday rolls around, and I'm ecstatic. Finally, I went to pick up Devin, and things were going good. We got to the dance, met up with a bunch of people we were planning to meet, and went to the dance room. Not even 10 minutes after we get there, I see somebody walking towards me. Beca. I had no idea how she got a ticket because she didn't even go to the same high school as me. I figured she would try to steal some dances with Devin from me but I wasn't too concerned. Yet. Beca dragged away Devin to talk to her, and Amy (the same girl whose house we were at on August 3rd) went with them. So I was left with Melissa, her boyfriend, and Erika. I decided to go look for Devin, and the rest of my group did too. We got to our table and Devin, Beca, and Amy were talking, but as soon as they saw me, they all walked away. Thinking it was a girl issue, Melissa and Erika went to go find out what was wrong. About two minutes later, Devin walks back to me with tears in her eyes and when I asked what was wrong, she pointed behind her. It was her boyfriend, who also didn't go to the same high school as me, meaning I was clueless as to how he got a ticket.
I was pissed. I was confused. And I wanted answers. But I didn't want to make a fuss in front of everybody, just Beca because I figured this was probably all her fault. So we all went off to dance, and when I say we, I mean Devin and her boyfriend danced, and I was left on the sideline. I went back to the snack room to get a drink, and on my way there, I saw Alex. He says, "How's the dance?" to which I reply, "I'll tell you later." He repeated himself, so I repeated myself. He then said that he knew what was going on. Then I thought of the conversation we had. As I was just about to ask about the conversation, Devin came out and tried to drag me back into the dance room. I struggled free and went with Alex, but not before giving Devin a really sad look. Turns out Alex overheard Devin telling her friend that her boyfriend was going to be at Homecoming, and I was going to be her ride there and back. Alex knew I would never agree to that, so he stopped eavesdropping and spoke up. Devin apparently freaked out and swore him to secrecy. Thus explaining why he couldn't tell me.
I was shocked. I couldn't believe my best friend would do that to me. So instead of going to Devin next, I went to Beca. Ironically, the first thing she says to me is "What the hell do you think you're doing inviting Devin to a dance?" When I told her that it was the other way around, she said that Devin told her I invited her, but I figured Beca was lying. Turns out that's exactly what Devin told Beca. But I didn't know that yet. We got into a huge argument about Devin and how I'm the devil because I'm trying to ruin Devin's life and that I'm evil because I don't think having sex at age 16 is ok. Then Devin walks in, and Beca drags her aside. Beca told Devin that I was mad because I apparently thought Devin was a "dirty slut" in Beca's words. Devin came out irate and I quickly told her that wasn't what was said. When I told her what Alex had told me, she said he made it up, which prompted me to ask how he could make up such an elaborate story and have it all come true. She began crying, and her boyfriend gave me a look of extreme hate. It was then when all the pieces fell into place.
Here's how it all happened. Devin invited me to Homecoming. Beca found out, but was told by Devin that I invited her because Devin didn't want Beca to know that she liked me. So this pissed Beca off. Beca's ex-boyfriend goes to my high school, and she ordered two tickets from him: one for her, and one for Devin's boyfriend. When Beca got the tickets, she began hinting to Devin that a "surprise" would be waiting for Devin at homecoming. This explained how Devin knew about her boyfriend being there. Once Devin knew, she told her friends, and Alex overheard. He warned me, and when I confronted Devin, she denied it because if I knew her boyfriend was going to be there, I wouldn't have gone. And if I didn't go, Devin would have to go alone, which would make her parents suspect something because Devin's parents had hated her boyfriend since the sex-on-the-beach incident. Also, Devin figured she could get a free ride to and from the dance with me. Everybody is happy, except me, but since Beca schemed this up, she didn't care. I have no idea why Devin was ok with this; I thought she really cared about me.
So after a night of being ignored, it came time to give Devin a ride home. When I walked outside, I sat on a bench and Devin then sat on my lap. This made me a bit mad because it kinda said "Haha I just used you and ignored you all night long, now I'm going to play on your masculine sexual drive to make you forget about it". When we got in the car, we were in the back seats together, and she grabbed my hand and moved it to her crotch, but I didn't even notice because I was lost in thought at the time. So I dropped her off, and made the first great mistake of my life: I told my mom what happened. Bad move. Very bad move. If I had a time machine and could only use it to undo one thing, it would be to undo this. My mom is the type of mom who is very overprotective to the point where I could murder and rape somebody and my mom would still look for ways to prove my innocence. But anyway, she got pissed. And I told her not to get involved because I knew she would only make things worse. So she did. For one day.
So now it's Tuesday after Homecoming. Devin is still really shy around my, probably guilt, but at the time, I was still willing to forgive her (I didn't know all that I know now, and even now, the facts I have might not be correct. They're just the only ones that make sense). After school, me and my twin sister went to the mall because I had to get a birthday gift for Erika and she needed something. On the way there she said that she saw Devin's dad talking to her friend Tracey, her other friend Catherine, Devin's friend Angelina, and was waiting for me. But I didn't know that and even if I had I wouldn't have gone. Devin's dad is freaky. Freakier than Devin. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Turns out he was interrogating them on whether or not Devin's boyfriend was at the dance. I instantly knew my mom had something to do with this, because there was no way he would have known anything went wrong at the dance. So we got home and my mom was sitting at her chair crying. I want to note this is the only time in my entire life that I've seen my mom cry.
Here's what she did. Even though I told her not to get involved, she said she hated to see me sad (I was fine at home, I wasn't sad) so she called Devin's mom and told her what happened. The beautiful thing, is that Devin's mom didn't believe my mom. My mom told Devin's mom not to tell me because she knew I would kill her. Haha, Devin's mom lied too. Once again, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Devin's mom called her husband, and he told Devin. He then interrogated some people who knew Devin and were at the dance to find out if it was true, and although all 3 of them knew Devin's boyfriend was there, they all denied seeing him. After he interrogated our friends, he brought Devin to my mom's work (she's a teacher at a school attached to the high school I go to) and he and Devin went to see my mom. Devin said to my mom's face that her boyfriend was never at the dance and that if he was she never saw him. My mom also mentioned a lot of things Devin had told me that were literally unbelievable and she denied saying them all. This was the final straw.
Final paragraph, I promise. I plotted with my friends to get revenge. Note: I have never been as angry as I was then in my life. Ever. Up until then, I had never done anything to intentionally hurt anybody. But I was crazy, literally, thanks to my mom's continual bashing of Devin at home. So I plotted with my friends (mainly Melissa boyfriend) to follow Devin to her parent's car after school and tell them everything that happened, because they didn't believe my mom because she never actually saw him. I had this planned perfectly. I had my sister and Tracey off to the soda machines nearby on standby in case I needed more proof. I had phone numbers of 10 people who all saw her boyfriend. I even had a crowd of people following me because they all hated Devin for one reason or another and wanted to see her suffer. So after school, I went to her locker while everybody got set up. Instead of going to her car though, Devin went a different direction. We decided to improvise and get to Devin's car before she did. I went up and knocked on the door, and both of Devin's parents stepped out. I was just about to spill everything, when I turned around and saw Devin standing there with a look of "OMG WTF R U DOIN". I loved that look, which proves to me I was crazy when I did this. Devin was ushered into her car, and I told her parents everything bad that Devin had ever done that was illegal or against her parents' wishes. If that didn't cut off any friendship between us, I didn't know what would. I was so proud of myself that I actually stood up for what I thought was right. Turns out what I thought was right was wrong.
Sorry, I lied, one more paragraph. When I went home, Beca was online and I sent an IM saying that I officially screwed over Devin's life. Beca blocked me from AIM and I didn't speak to her until December 3rd, which is when I found out what truly happened. Prior to then, I had believed it was Devin's idea to manipulate me, not Beca's. That was wrong. I had also believed that Devin had never truly liked me. I was shocked to hear Beca, the one who hated the idea of me being anywhere near Devin, say I was wrong. Beca admitted that I was right on every argument we ever had about if Devin liked me or not. A lot of things got said, and by the end of that conversation, I felt like the biggest asshole on the planet for what I had done. The next day, I spoke to Devin for the first time in 3 months and apologized. She apologized too, but she didn't sound like she meant it. Every so often, I would try to talk to her to not get her to hate me, because I didn't want this epic fail on my conscience. She still acted like she hated me, so I made her a Christmas card and put it in her locker. She didn't mention anything about it to me until I asked if she got it. She said she did and walked away. I pretty much realize I'll never be friends with her again, but thats life.
ZOMG Maybe I set a record for longest hand-typed BF2S post ever! Yea, that's my most life changing event. Going from not knowing somebody, to being her friend, to being her best friend, to being crazily in love with her, to hating her very being. Teenage life...fun.
PS: Devin still won't speak normally to me. Whenever I say hi, she speaks hastily and walks away quickly. I found out from Beca (who now hates Devin more than I ever did, which is a total change from a few months before) that Devin now sees a psychiatrist because everybody found out that Devin has been lying about many things (like she said her parents beat her, starved her, and had her exorcised (which meant she said that she was tied naked to a cross and doused with boiling holy water...yea... totally plausable)).
Last edited by Havok (2008-01-29 12:12:43)
