Molly and I had our talk last night. She told me that she’s tired of the “Josh and Nicole Saga.” She said she had hoped that I would stay with Patrick because she thought it would be less heartache. I nodded in agreement, but she shook her head and told me she was wrong. She told me that I should be with the one I love.

I told her that things with the “one I love” are so messed up, and now I don’t know if I can trust him. I don’t know what’s real and what’s not. She told me that Josh probably didn’t mean to hurt me by telling Patrick to back off. She reminded me that I’ve known Josh for years and he’s always been real, and that he’s only human and deserves a pass every now and then.

When we got home I walked up to the Anderson’s door and knocked on it. Lauren answered and sent me downstairs to the basement to find him. He was strumming on his guitar when I walked down the stairs and looked up at me surprised. I asked him if we could talk and he nodded and put down the guitar.

I told him that it really threw me when I found out that he was behind Patrick dumping me. I told him that he had no right to do that. I told him that if I had done something like that to him, he would have been beyond angry.

He nodded and said, “I don’t know what to say. You’re right.” He stood up then and put his guitar in its case and I just sat there thinking that it was too easy. He walked over to me and was like, “I was out of line. I just hated the idea of you with someone else. It drove me crazy. And Patrick isn’t good enough for you.”

I didn’t want to debate that. Patrick is a great guy and a damn good catch – and I knew this wasn’t even about Patrick. It was about him manipulating things to his benefit. I just looked at him and said, “You know that you hold a special place in my life and that your opinion means the world to me, but just because you have a claim on my heart doesn’t mean that you get to meddle in my life – especially behind my back.”

He apologized and then smiled and said, “So I have a claim on your heart?” I realized what I had said, and for a moment was embarrassed but I just smiled. I told him that it seems like I have a pretty big claim on his heart. He laughed and told me that we couldn’t discuss such things because of our pact.

I told him that I was going to head out then, and I turned to walk away but he grabbed my hand. We stood there for a second looking at each other and he said, “I really am sorry.” I told him that I knew and then I stepped towards him and kissed his cheek and whispered “good-night, Josh.”

So it was a pretty good day. Molly and I are good. And Josh and I are good.