AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Hey, you okay?” he asks.
That’s when I realize I have tears in my eyes and quickly wipe them away.
“Yeah. I just had a tough conversation with Davey.”
Aaron winces. “Let me guess, about you and me?”
My eyes widen. “Shit, you too?”
He nods. “She said she noticed we didn’t say whether we’d date each other when we were talking about our friends and asked me about it.”
I grimace. “And what did you say?”
He lets out a long breath, shaking his head. “That I wasn’t going to lie to her, and while we’ve never dated, we do have a deeper connection. That you were the only one of the three girls I could ever see myself dating—hypothetically. I tried to reassure her I wasn’t thinking Iwantedto date you. It was shitty all around.”
“I had a fairly similar conversation involving our kissing history and the time we pretended to date last year. Are you guys, okay?”
He inhales slowly and nods unconvincingly. “She said we are, but she seemed—”
“Upset?”
“Yeah.”
“Davey, too. I don’t think he’s ever cared about a girl he was dating before. He looked like a hurt puppy.”
Aaron and I stare at each other for a moment. There’s an intensity in our gazes, like we’re trying to make sense of it all. Like we’re trying to figure out if thereisany reason for them to be concerned about us.
I inhale sharply, feeling like he’s staring into my soul. “Aaron…”
He pulls me into his arms. “We’re best friends. You’re my person. That’s what it is,” he says softly.
I nod against his chest. “That’s what it is.”
We pull apart, and I stare at him. “Okay, this has gotten way too serious,” I say. “Let’s go have cake.”
“Heck yes, Beautiful. Let’s have cake.”
He throws his arm around me and we walk into the house together.
Best friends.
That’s all.
I’m getting ready to head over to Joel’s house the next morning when Davey texts me.
Davey: I’m out back. Can we talk?
I don’t answer. I throw my sweatshirt over my head, slide my boots on, grab my jacket, and climb out the window.
He seems surprised when he sees me come through the gate.
“Hey,” I say, walking over to him. I’m ready to kiss him, but I realize he has a serious and concerned look on his face. “Are you okay?”
He starts pacing like he did yesterday and shakes his head.
“This thing with you and Cooper—”
“There is nothing with Aaron and me besides friendship.” And for the moment, I’m reasonably confident in that statement.
