pinkie promise

Chapter 5

Tayler

I walked out of the school to find my car, surprisingly still parked in that same spot as I left it. That means he couldn't have gone too far...

He's at the beach.

Of course. That's always where he goes when he's stressed. I hopped in my car and made my way down to the beach. The hun of my car and breeze coming through the open windows cooled me off and I realized just how tense I was.

What were they thinking?

Does Chance always act like that when I'm not around?

I know that there's been tension between Hunter and Chance since we started dating but I didn't know that it was this bad.

Hunter

"I screwed up, big time. Her boyfriend got pissed because... I don't even know why! We were just sitting there waiting for Tayler and then he looks over at me and goes 'stay away from my girlfriend," Mary laughs at my imitation of his voice, "and I said 'well she's my best friend so I can hang out with her whenever I want. You don't control that Chance.' Then the idiot stands up and throws his spaghetti at me and all over my shirt!"

"I was wondering why this was here." Mary smiled as she picked a noodle out of my hair.

"So why do u look like someone just kicked your puppy?" James asked

"Because after that I got Chance on the ground and beat the shit out of him," I replied

"Well, I may not be a woman but I'm gonna guess that Tayler was not too happy about that?"

"No, James! Her eyes were so sad and she just radiated disappointment." I sighed and put my face in my hands. "She was seriously pissed" I grumbled.

Mary then said, "Well the fact you know that you messed up is definitely a start. You've told us a lot now that she's not for fighting. But it also means that she still cares about you despite that"

"She seems to care about nothing besides her stupid boyfriend, Chance."

"Well, there's your problem! Your jealous, you like Tayler, and you-"

"I do NOT like Tayler, we're best friends and partners in crime and we're basically siblings. I- I don't like her like that."

"Mhm" James replied with a smirk

Alfred chuckled, "You know, the first time I went out to a club-"

"They had those when you were young?"

"Yes, stupid, I'm not a dinosaur. Anyways, the first time I walked in there were so many beautiful young women, my friends were practically drooling." He smiles warmly at the memory. "Then I saw Alex. My god, the most amazing person I had ever seen and he had the most disgusted frown on that beautiful face of his. So I gathered all my courage and walked over to him and we actually hit it off so we talked for a little bit. A couple of hours later we got so drunk I wasn't thinking straight. I pulled him right out of the nightclub and into the night. We were laughing our asses off and by the time we got to the park, I had fallen over twice and he fell over laughing at me." Alfred paused and sighed, his face moved into a look of such pure bliss and love. "I don't exactly remember how but we got up in giant tree despite being drunk off our minds. The moon shone through the leaves and branches of the old tree, casting an angelic glow on Alex's face. I don't know where I lost my wits to think I could do things with no consequences." He sighed and his brow crinkled, then relaxed. "But I kissed him. On that tree on the warm July night. I kissed him not knowing if he liked me or was gay. He could've sued me! Or even killed me if he wanted to. But I felt him melt into the kiss and then pull away.

'We can never tell anyone about this, darling' And I thought I was screwed until he kissed me again, and oh boy-"

"Ewwwww! C'mon old man. I don't want to hear the details! I get, I get it. Love conquers all right?" I asked raising an eyebrow.

"You got the one right, Bruce."

The three then laughed at me.

"I've been friends with this old man longer than you have, and never has he ever told me this story!" Mary whined

"So when are we gonna get to meet this lover of yours Alfred?" I asked

"Someday he'll come down and fish with us, but I don't think this was all about me. Weren't we talking about how you liked Tayler?"

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Hey guys! It's been a sec, sorry for taking so long to update. I just moved from Florida to NC, so I've been a bit busy. Stay happy and safe! ✌