Jealous friend

[Ryanq512]

So this year I met my best friend. Like we really are true best friends. We do almost everything together. I know I can trust this kid and that he will be there for me no matter what. Anyway I could talk forever about our friendship but thats no what this post is for. So a friend of ours has become jealous of our friendship. Now it wouldn't really bother me if it weren't for the fact that all of his jealousy is targeted towards me. Whenever the three of us hang out he always tries to make sure that I am off to the side and not directly involved in things. Whenever they hang out together and im not there he will always brag about it to me and make sure that I don't forget they hung out. Whenever me and my best friend walk up to him in school he will go to my best friend and bro hug him and say things like your my best friend and then he will look at me to see if it bothers me or not. They way he says your my best friend just seems very fake to me. It just bothers me that he does that because it seems like he is trying to take my best friend from me. Now im the past I have had past experiences where whenever I get close to a friend they end up leaving and I don't talk to them again. So this being the closest friend I have ever had I am afraid that I might just lose him again even though I know it probably will not happen.

Now i feel like the reason he does it is because he felt that he and my best friend were going to become the closer of the three. When he realized that it was the other way he became jealous. My best friend thinks its because he feels that he spends more time with me then with him which isn't really true especially now because I won't be able to hang out with my best friend outside of school for a while because of having regattas every weekend till the middle of may.

My questions for you are:
What do I do about him being jealous? I like the kid but it is hard being friends with him knowing that he has something out for me not to mention the fact that something about the kid rubs me wrong. LIke he always will tell my best friend that he always has his back(he never says any of this to me) but something about this kid tells me he won't when the time comes. Like I haven't seen it yet from him. I know there have been chances for him because I've had some of the same he has and i've lived up to it but it seems he hasn't. I feel like he is just putting on this big show.

Which one of theories makes the most sense?

Should I talk to my best friend about it? We have had short conversation about it but Ive never really had the chance to tell him everything. I just don't know how I would talk to him about it.

any other info would be a great help.

maybe im just reading this kid wrong and if you think I am please tell me

[pjones]

have you known the jealous friend longer than the other one? maybe he felt your friendship was stronger than you did, or he may even have a crush on you which is difficult to deal with. not sure how old that guy is, but he may be a little immature for his age and he's acting out a bit.

try and be respectful to both friends if you can, and maybe it will all sort itself out. good luck

[NickTheStar]

Third wheels never get over it. Either he will bite his tongue or someone's gonna choose you or your bf over Mr. Jealous. Not many good outcomes for your situation.