Treehouse (dreamnotfound)

growing pains

George's pov

"What if I..told you I was that friend?"

The line goes silent, the only thing I can hear is my heart beating and Clays sharp inhale.

"What do you mean?" he asks
"Exactly what I said.."
The cozy warmth of my house slowly starts to fade and is replaced with a uncomfortable atmosphere.

"but how could you be him?" he starts "he left so long ago just, out of the blue! You think he would suddenly just say-"

"I was around what? 12? I was so damn excited to build that treehouse, me and my dad spent all day building it and it became my own place. When I was 13 I started acting out some scene in a book like an idiot, but then you...You walked in on me. You told me that I didn't need to feel self-conscious over everything; I still don't know how you knew. You took one look at me and instantly knew my mannerisms."

I take a deep breath and listen to to the silence on the other end, then continue.

"It was early November and I mentioned it was my birthday so you decided to walk us into this cafe. Made a total fool out of yourself" I break out into a small laugh. "Then the tree incident where I fell and passed out and even though you could have left me there you waited. you waited for me. Just as you have been for years since I suddenly cut you off...."

"I'm sorry" I say

The other end is still silent "I understand if you're still mad at me, I completely understand. I was such a asshole to just suddenly lay my feelings on you and then just leave you in the dust."

Before I could continue to ramble on his voice breaks through my phones speakers.

"god...it's been what? 4 years?" Clay asks

I could tell he was crying but I didn't dare say it, I would be crying too if my friend suddenly called after 4 years of silence.

"yeah it has....I don't know how I could ever repay you for waiting this long-"
"Why did you suddenly leave?"
"That...that's a question i've been trying to answer myself." I open my windows curtains and sit down in the chair beside it "If i'm being honest, I still don't know why I left. Maybe I was overwhelmed after you said you didn't have the same feelings...But you just have felt terrible."

"You know George" Clay starts "I never said I couldn't have feelings for you later on. You just assumed that then in there was the end of it all? After all these years you haven't been the only one that wasn't hiding away. I think at that time I was just scared to admit it."

"Admit what?" I question

"That maybe under all that doubt and disbelief I really did like you."

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SORRY TO CUT IT SHORT! IM AT SCHOOL RN

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