"I really am sorry for not telling you George." Dream apologised.
The two had just been sitting on the park bench for a while, they were enjoying each other's presence.
"Why didn't you tell me?" George asked, in a calm tone so Dream wouldn't think he was annoyed.
Dream sighed "I don't really know; I just never found a right time and I guess I just didn't want to." Dream answered.
"Why wouldn't you want to tell me?" George asked, moving around to face Dream.
"I don't know, I didn't want to ruin anything, I liked hanging out with you and I guess I didn't see much point in telling you." Dream replied, not making eye contact. "Can't we just talk about something else?"
"Okay then, tell me about yourself. I don't actually know much about you; I feel like you know everything about me, and I don't really know you." George said.
"Okay, what do you want to know?" Dream replied, making eye contact with George and smiling.
"Everything." George giggled.
"Well, there isn't much to know. I grew up in Florida, pretty close with my parents I guess, I like to read and listen to music, I also like to sing too." Dream started.
George sat in awe as he watched Dream tell him pretty much everything. He enjoyed learning about Dream, he didn't realise how little he actually knew about Dream. They sat there for at least 2 hours longer, talking about both of their lives and getting to know each other a lot better.
"Oh, it is getting pretty late." George realised.
"Oh shoot." Dream jumped up.
"What's up?" George asked.
"I was supposed to meet Venessa at her house like an hour ago, I have to go, sorry George. Bye!" Dream said, before quickly rushing off.
George sighed before standing up from the bench, walking home. He was glad him and Dream were friends again, but it kind of sucks that everything is going to change. It might sound pathetic, but George knew it wouldn't be the same, he had a girlfriend, she'd want to spend time with him.
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(Time skip to 2 weeks later)
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George was right. There were no more late-night drives, daily park meetups, calling all night, all of it changed. George felt selfish that he wanted Dream all to himself, but everything just changed, and he hated it. He had hardly seen Dream lately, and when he did it was for like an hour before Venessa would ring. In fact, she seemed to get pretty angry every time he said he was out with George, practically demanding him to come over.
George didn't want their friendship to be like this, so he decided to just ring him, to ask if they could meet and talk. He rang Dream's phone and he answered pretty quick.
"Hey Dream." George greeted.
"Hey George, what's up?" Dream replied, sounding rushed.
"Do you think we could meet?" George asked.
"It's not really a good time right now, I'm with.." Dream was quickly cut off.
"Yeah I know you're probably with Venessa, but It's important, can we please meet to talk?" George asked, more serious this time.
"Meet me at the park, I'll be there in 10 minutes." Dream said when hearing George's serious tone.
George hung up the phone and left almost immediately, making his way to the park where he found Dream sitting in their usual spot, his leg bouncing up and down as he waited nervously. Dream noticed George and gave him a smile.
"What did you want to talk about?" Dream asked, still sounding like he was rushing George.
"I'll make it quick; you clearly are busy." George started.
"What happened? Like, it's like we are hardly friends anymore. I was debating about speaking about this to you because I didn't want to start something, but we are supposed to be best friends and it's like I don't exist." George explained.
"George, I have a girlfriend. What do you expect?" Dream said, sounding a lot harsher then intended.
"I didn't expect for you to cut me out of your life completely." George blurted out, clearly upset.
"George I can't spend every second with you!" Dream said, raising his tone.
"Every second? We have hardly said two sentences to each other over the last two weeks, Dream! Why are you acting like this?" George questioned, clearly annoyed about how Dream was treating him.
"Why are you being so clingy? I don't mean to 'cut you out my life' I just don't want to upset Venessa!" Dream snapped.
"Clingy? Wow. What do you mean upset Venessa?" George asked, raising his voice even more.
"Look, George I didn't mean it like that. Venessa, she just thinks we hang out too much." Dream explained, lowering his tone.
"What? But we are best friends, I don't get it." George said, confused and lowering his tone.
"I'm sorry George, there are things you don't know okay, I get where she is coming from." Dream stated.
"So what? You're saying you don't want to be friends anymore?" George questioned.
"It's not that I don't want to." Dream mumbled, looking down.
"Am I really that unimportant to you? You are literally going to give up our whole friendship, after everything, for Venessa?" He tried holding back tears, his heart was pounding.
"I'm not choosing her over you!" Dream snapped.
"Okay then, me or her?" George yelled.
"George, don't do this." Dream replied.
"Why not Dream?" George asked, raising his voice again as Dream hesitated to answer.
Dream stayed silent, giving George a look of pity, eyes full of tears. He stared at George, eyebrows furrowed, staying completely silent. The silence was enough, he didn't need to say another word. The silence was his answer.
"Oh." Was all George could say, he couldn't risk bursting into tears.
George walked off, not saying another word. He started making his way back to his house, fast walking through the streets, wiping the tears streaming from his eyes. George didn't really know how to react, part of him felt as though he was being dramatic, but was he, really?
No, of course he wasn't. Like his mum said, It doesn't matter the length of time, George had fallen completely in love and all Dream seemed to do was hurt him, over and over again. He said he was worth the pain, but is he?
George wanted to hate Dream, but how could he? Dream taught George how to fall in love. However not just with a person. But to fall in love with all the little perfect moments in life that make you feel alive. He taught him to fall in love with life.
**
Damn, Dream really do be putting George through a lot of pain. What a roller coaster of emotions. What do you guys think, do you think it'll end happy? Or is the love going to be unrequited, who knows? Oh wait, I do haha.
