Not Like Before

Chapter 17

(There's no trigger warning 0.O)

Laura's POV

I am stupid.

All this time, I believed Vince wanted to date me. And yeah, the boy is cute, but I'll admit I wasn't madly in love with him like I was afraid he was me.

So I suppose it's a good thing that I'm stupid.

However, like the lives of many teenagers do, it got...complicated. Vince introduced me to his new-old girlfriend, Brianna.

Brianna Melbourne.

Yes, Brianna "You don't know if he has interest in me or not, you just refuse to believe it. Funny how fast you got with him, it's almost as if you're afraid that he's gonna like someone else. And once he gets past this "innocent little boy" phase in his life, he's gonna realize he has options. And have you looked in the mirror recently? Trust me, you're not gonna be an option for much longer" Melbourne.

I honestly don't get it.

I mean I do, "she's changed" but she JUST asked Chandler out like last week.

And why would Vince go out with her so suddenly? I'm not jealous, I'm honestly slightly relieved but it's just so...sudden.

And after Brianna was done blubbering apologies about the absolute whirlwind she put me through in the 9th grade, I started to believe that maybe she really has changed.

We hung out at Vince's house on Tuesday after school, and she's pretty nice.

Vince also has a best friend.

His name is Bradley.

And let me tell you a bit about Bradley.

He's in my chemistry class and I don't know how I haven't noticed him yet. He has short blonde hair and green eyes, and a lip piercing.

The boy is beautiful.

I'm sort of glad things with Vince didn't escalate. Bradley feels like someone I could truly fall in love with.

Yeah he looks like someone from a boyband but I'm 100% fine with that.

So it's Friday, and Bradley started hanging around my group of friends. Brianna and Vince would come by every once and a while too, but I have reason to believe Brianna's afraid of Ava and Autumn.

But back to Bradley.

I think he genuinely wants to be in our little-not so little- circle. And no ones complaining because of how nice he is to look at.

But there's a party later tonight that a whole bunch of kids from our school are going to and he's going. And so I'm going.

I would like to be his girlfriend. Which is a bold statement because of how my last relationship ended. But I'm willing to try a different approach. For once, I'm not going to do the asking out. I'm not gonna kiss first.

Yeah, I like to be in control, but when I was with Chandler I never knew if he wanted to be in the relationship as much as I did, and I don't want to be insecure anymore.

So I won't be making the first move this time. I wanna see what happens.

Chandler's POV

"Andy I swear I'm fine. It's just a party, it'll be fun. And it will help me get my mind off of everything." I was trying my best to convince Andy to let me go to this party.