Best Friends Are The Greatest - When They Aren't Backstabbing You

I knew that I probably shouldn't forgive her but I did. "Janie, I hate that you felt that you couldn't tell me about it, I hate that you went into my mail and deleted Reed's messages."

"I'm so sorry Amber," Janie's sobs started to subside, "I knew I shouldn't have believed Devon but...there's no excuse."

I told her I was changing my password, and if she ever did anything like that again, I would kick her ass. We talked for a little longer before she had to go.

When I hung up, I was so mad still and I needed to lash out at someone. Glancing at the clock on the wall, I was surprised to see that it was almost noon. I don't want to take this out of Reed, he's innocent in this one. Picking up the phone, I punched the number pad so hard that I swear it would cry if it was human.

He answered on the second ring, which was a good thing, I was mad enough. If I got voice mail, I probably would've flipped. We said hello and he seemed surprised to hear my voice, he started to ask what I was doing and I cut him off.

"I don't know what your problem is, or was with me and frankly I don't care. But if you ever pull shit like that again, you'll be sorry."

"Whoa! Hold your horses lady," Devon chuckled. "What are you ranting about?"

"I spoke to Janie just now," I told him.

"Oh really? And what did Janie say?" He was choosing his words, I knew he knew what Janie said.

"What is your problem with me Devon?"

"I don't have a problem with you Amber," he stated. "I just don't think Reed is right for you."

It was my turn to laugh, "And who is Devon? You?"

"Well.."

"No! Never! Why on earth would you think I would consider you? If Reed and I broke up on our own, I would never ever be with you. Never!" I was yelling, I knew it but just the thought of being with Devon creeped me out.

"I'm not that bad Amber," he was getting defensive.

I rolled my eyes, "What the hell does that have to do with the fact that you tried to get him to believe I was a whore and you caused him to miss out on his daughter's life up to this point? Did you even stop to think about what you were doing? Did you once think at all?"

"Of course I thought!" He started to raise his voice. "I saw what a sad mess Reed was when you left and I couldn't believe that he let you do that to him. I was tired of hearing him moan about losing you when you know as well as I do that Reed isn't man enough to handle you; you would've dumped his ass before the baby was even born."

I couldn't believe this guy and the low opinion he had of me. I was always faithful to Reed and I never once thought he wasn't good enough for me. Most of the time, I wondered how I got so lucky to have him in my life. "You know nothing you lying son of a b****! Reed was and still is man enough to handle me, and he's fantastic at it too! Nothing you've done or ever will do, can change the fact that I'm his. So get used to it, I'm not going anywhere!"

I heard the apartment door close and I jumped.

Turning slowly, I faced Reed.

"Amberlynn, who are you talking too?" His expression was difficult to read, I didn't know how long he was standing there or what he heard.

Reed leaned over to place Alexis on the floor before they both made their way over to me. "Who's on the phone?" He asked as his hand gripped the receiver. Alexis happened to pull on his pants when he placed the phone to his ear, so he was looking at her when he said 'hello?' into the receiver.

Devon must not have said anything at first because Reed asked if anyone was there and listened for a moment before his head snapped up and he looked at me. "Devon? What the hell is going on?"