When a Boy Meets a Girl Book:1
    “Gwen you look amazing!” exclaimed Destiny my best friend she turned to me “Courtney what do you think?” As much as I didn’t want to answer I did anyway “Great!” I tried to sound as enthusiastic, I continued to sewing Gwen’s dress.” Two more weeks till the wedding of Gwen and Duncan!!!” exclaimed LaShawna friend of Gwen and another person I could do without seeing it wasn’t what she said that really bothered me it was the way she said it that ticked me off. I sighed trying to concentrate on sewing for the millionth time today I kept on getting flash backs of my former relationship with soon to be husband Duncan what I thought was true love ended into a complete failure. I remember everything like it was yesterday….
    It was a Thursday afternoon May 12, to be exact I had just came home from school, me and my mom had got into a big fight on what I would wear for my first school dance on Friday I was planning on wearing a black dress with blue skulls but my mom just had to disagree with me she prefer I wore a pink sparkled dress that made me want to hurl every time I looked at it. If there were one thing on this earth I HATED it was pink and anything girly I had my own standards and pink was not on my list. Finally I had enough and walked out of my house and walked across the street I sat down on the wooden bench that was very old and dirty but It didn’t seem to bother me. I mumbled to myself “ I wish she’d stop treating me like I was a baby I was 13 a teenager in 3 years I’d be driving and she can’t let me wear my awesome dress instead of that hideous pink dress.” I didn’t noticed how loud I was talking till I stopped “ I know how you feel” I heard a voice say I turned to see a boy my age jet black hair I wanted to break the awkward silence so I stuck out my hand “The name’s Courtney but I like Court better.” he shook it “You can call me whatever you wnat I know how you feel because my mom tries to make me wear a sweater vest like that’s going to happen.” he scoffed I smiled “Duncan this is a beginning of a beautiful friendship.” he smiled “You know it.” with that being said we wear closer than a magnet on a refrigerator.
    I suddenly came back to realty “Courtney you okay you were mumbling to yourself we couldn’t make out what you were saying though it was a bit muffled I smiled nervously everyone in the bridal shop was staring at me oddly. Destiny took my hand and led me to the little girls room “Courtney what’s up you’ve been acting so weird since the proposal.” I loved Destiny like a sister but this was something I wasn’t ready to tell her I was hesitating and she was demanding an answer I sighed giving up all hope “Destiny I mean this in the nicest way possible you know this as well as anyone that that should be me getting married to Duncan not Gwen.” I said in disgust she put her hand on my shoulder “ I know Courtney it just wasn’t meant to be that’s all.” as much as the truth hurts I knew I had to suck it up and deal with it fait is cruel but that is the way of life you either except it or suffer through it and in this case suck it up and deal with seemed to be my only option but the sad part is I was doing complete opposite of that I was suffering pretty bad. The walk home was terrible not only was I depressed and acting like total wimp I was letting the heartbreak eat away at me like fish to bread. Walking reminded me Duncan I think everything reminded me of him….
    “ Thanks Duncan for taking me to the dance I would have hated to be alone.” he smiled it was dark that night and cold the street lights were dim I stared at the pavement it had only been one day since we had met but It seemed longer “What are friends for?” I smiled and then turned into a frown “I wouldn’t know I don’t have many friends people seem a bit intimidated by me for some reason but I’m not really mean and goody-goody I’m just me.” he pondered over that and grinned “And I’m glad your just you.” I blushed at the compliment he gave me truth is I had a crush on Duncan ever since I met him but I always preferred to be just friends It seemed better that way no matter how hot he was and besides at that time I already had a boyfriend his name was Paul me and Paul were going through um lets just say a rough spot back then Paul was amazingly hot and very smart but had a bad jealousy problem I never did tell him about Duncan for Duncan’s own safety Paul would put him in some trouble physically, mentally, and governmentally.
    We arrived at our little New York apartment I sat down on the couch with my chewy chips ahoy a neck pillow my feet laying across the table and a remote on my hand ready to watch Grey’s Anatomy I watched at least 12 minutes of it and Destiny came over to me took my cookies neck pillow knocked my feet off the table and shut off the television set. “Hey what’s your deal you saw me watching that!” she narrowed her eyebrows “Courtney get over him already face the facts he’s not going to take you back your time of romance is over move on he doesn’t love you anymore!!!!” what Destiny had said tore me to pieces I tried to hold back my tears instead I stood up “You only saying that cause Richard left you for some other girl 3 years ago and your still upset about it admit it and stop hiding the fact that you want him back don’t deny it!!!” She let one single tear drip from her eye she tried to hide it so I wouldn’t see it but I saw “Destiny let’s face it were miserable without our boyfriends or now ex-boyfriends but who needs men when we’ve got one another right!” I said more cheerful she smiled “Yeah your right we don’t need men let’s make a pact that we will stay happily single for the rest of our lives!” I was not expecting that I didn’t want to fully give up on men I just wanted my friend to be happy again I knew that this was a big decision but Destiny meant the world to me I hesitated and clapped her hand it was now me and Destiny. We sat on the couch “You know something Destiny?” she turned to face me I was attempting to get her to change her mind about no more guys “What?” she asked “Didn’t you ever want kids?” she thought about it “Your right Courtney.” she said disappointed I nodded “So we can cut off this whol- she cut me off “ We can adopt a child and raise it together!” she said excitedly I sighed “Well yeah what about marriage didn’t you ever want to get married?” I think she caught up to what I was doing because she looked at me furiously “Courtney you need to stop thinking guys besides most marriages end in divorce so what is the whole point of buying an expensive dress and expensive everything going through all the trouble of planning and decorating when it will last a whole day and end in few years time or I some cases months!” I couldn’t exactly think of a response for that I gritted my teeth in embarrasment.