𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐂𝐊; 𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭

chapter 12//new years surprise

december 31, 2020

brynns pov:
it's new year's eve at sway. josh has finally come out of his room but is keeping his distance from nessa and i. it hurts, it really hurts, but i can't imagine his pain.

"and then you draw the door," i present to anthony, who i'm drawing a house with because we found a notepad.

"the line isn't straight," he points out.

"well neither am i! guess that makes two of us."

he gives me a blank stare for a few seconds and then goes back to drawing.

"brynnnn," nessa walks over to us.

"nessaaaaaa," i say in the same tone.

"i have a proposal," she says.

"which is?" i ask.

"will you be my new year's kiss?" she interlocks our hands and gives me a big smile.

"of course," i smile and then kiss her. "you're so cute and short," i laugh.

she dramatically sighs. "i know. but you love it."

"i do."

"you're short too kennedy," bryce rests his elbow on my shoulder in a teasing way and i push it off.

"5'5 is not short," i scowl.

"yeah, it is," jaden walks over and puts his arms around me. "oh and nice house you made, if that's even a house."

"oh so we're all just ganging up on me now huh," i roll my eyes and look over at josh. he's sitting by himself on the couch on his phone. he looks bored and lonely, and i so badly want to go over and hug him but i can't. i need to respect that he wants space.

"we only have one hour left," mads points out.

"oh dang that was fast," i look at my phone and it's 10:58.

"yeah. wanna play a party game or something?" bryce suggests. "i need vlog content."

"beer pong?" griffin asks.

"i suck at beer pong," nessa complains.

"no i'm sure you're great at it, shush," i say. "i'm down. but i gotta pee so jaden can you let me go?"

"nah," he jokes but takes his arms off.

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"okay nessa, you were right, you do suck," bryce teases. we had played with team one being bryce, nessa, and i and team two being mads, jaden, and griffin. team two ended up winning by 4 cups.

"oh shut the fuck up," she laughs.

"30 SECONDS UNTIL 2021!" anthony yells.

nessa grabs me and we stand in front of the tv with the ball drop playing.

"josh get your antisocial ass off the couch and celebrate with us," bryce says.

he smiles and comes over, completely ignoring nessa and i. "haha imagine not having a new years kiss, couldn't be me," bryce teases. addison had just arrived so he was pretty happy.

"yeah imagine," dixie smirks and griffin kisses her forehead.

"shut up," josh says.

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, HAPPY NEW YEARS!" nessa and i turn and kiss each other, and its the most exciting kiss we've ever had.

"2021 BABY!" bryce says and him and addison explode confetti everywhere.

"YAAAAYYYY!" everyone cheers.

i turn back over to josh. he's talking to griffin, but staring at me until i caught him and he quickly looked back at griffin.

"god i'm such a shitty friend," i sigh.

"no, brynn we're not gonna do this. don't say that about yourself, you are such an amazing friend and josh knows it, he just needs some time okay baby?" she tells me.

i nod and give her a small smile.

then, the front door opens. everyone turns to see who it is.

"lucy?!" i exclaim.

"hi guys!" everyone watches as my ex girlfriend walks into the house with a suitcase in her hands.

"woah who is this?" jaden asks.

"this is lucy, my ex," i stammer, still in shock with so many questions. nessa wraps her arms around mine, being protective. awe.

"so i saw online that you moved into sway, and the sway address is everywhere so i just thought i'd stop by and hang out, because brynnie i haven't seen you in so long!" she flashed me a smile.

"luce, that's a little weird," i say, putting my arm over nessa.

"it's weird to want to visit your ex girlfriend?" she asks.

"yes very much so," nessa snaps. she pulls my arm towards to stairs, so we quickly escape to my room. she closes the door and falls onto my bed. "what a creepy bitch."

"literally. but josh hates her, always has, so he's gonna do whatever he can to be rid of her," i say and run my fingers through her soft, wavy hair.

"if you don't mind me asking, when and why did you break up?" nessa asks.

"no i don't mind at all. we broke up after we graduated because we wanted different paths in life. i wanted to be a model for big brands in LA, and she wanted to...well...do nothing. she had no future plans and wanted to stay in canada. i had my heart set on LA, so we knew long distance wouldn't work out so it ended," i say.

she nods. "okay."

"why? you seem off bub, talk to me," i say softly.

"i don't want your ex here," she complains.

"me neither, but don't worry, josh will deal with her."