Best Friend || Wilbur Soot

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Merry Christmas pretty girl :)

We all got in the car, with Wilbur driving and me in the passenger seat, then Tommy between Phil and Kristen in the back.

We were driving to down town Brighton to see the Christmas lights.

Right before we left, I had quickly told Kristen what happened between Wilbur and I, and I think she was almost as excited as me.

I couldn't keep my eyes off Wilbur, and it seemed like he couldn't keep his eyes off me.

Once we get to town, Tommy, Phil, and Kristen walk ahead while Wilbur and I walk behind by a few feet, with our hands laced together.

"I still wanna kiss you." He smiles. "And I have for a long time."

"Few weeks?" I ask.

"More like nine to ten years." He says as he looks down at me.

"What?" I laugh.

"Valarie, I've been in love with you since you were in middle school." He says as I stop and look up at him.

"What?" I ask quietly.

"When I met you when you were in fifth grade and I was in seventh, I though we were just gonna be friends and that was all I would ever feel for you. but two and a half years later when you were in the third year of middle school and I was starting high school, I fell in love with you." He says.

"You're in love with me too?" I ask quietly.

"Yeah- wait, what do you mean too?" He asks.

"Will." I smile. "I've been in love with you for a few weeks."

"What?" He laughs.

"I didn't just fall in love with you a few weeks ago, I realized that I had loved you romantically almost the entire time i've known you." I say. "Can we go to the beach so Tommy can't overhear?"

"Of course." He smiles.

We run hand in hand to the beach after Wilbur texted Phil saying we were gonna go to the water real quick.

Once we get there, we sit on the edge of the water on the rocky beach, hand in hand.

"Val, you don't understand how deeply and hopelessly in love with you I am." He says as I smile. "And when I fell in love with my childhood best friend, I didn't ever think we would be more than friends."

"You seriously had no idea I've been in love with you?" I laugh.

"Not at all." He laughs.

"You're a dumbass, Wilbur Gold."

"A dumbass who's helplessly in love with you."

He smiles at me, and I smile at him.

He puts a hand on the side of my face, before leaning in and kissing me. And I kiss him back.

It felt as if every problem in the world slowed down and stopped for those few seconds as the butterflies in my stomach went crazy.

It was perfect, I was happy. I was finally, truly happy.

We pulled away, both with red faces and slightly swollen lips.

"I've been waiting for that for so, so long." He smiles.

"I would say me too, but I don't think it matches your standards." I say as we both giggle.

"You know, I think you should know what the Lovejoy songs are about now." He smiles.

Tommy and Phil were the only ones who knew what they meant or who they were for, not even Valarie knew.

"Really?" I gasp.

"The entire Are you alright album and a few songs on the Pebblebrain album are about you." He says as my jaw drops.

"Will." I say quietly.

"What?" He laughs as my eyes tear up. "Val what's wrong?"

He hugs me, and I cry into his chest, mostly happy tears.

"Will I don't deserve to have you write those about me." I sniffle.

"Valarie you deserve every love song in this world." He says as he kisses the top of my head. "And I wanna make you as many as I can before I die."

"I don't deserve you Will." I laugh as we pull away and I wipe my eyes.

"You deserve the world, Val." He assures.

We sit in a comfortable silence for a bit just watching the waves crash against the shore.

Out of the corner of my eye, I see Wilbur looking at me.

"You're hot." He says abruptly.

I drop my head down and laugh. "Smooth."

"I know." He jokingly grins.

"You are too." I smile as I look at him, seeing his face turn red. "You're blushing."

"Shut up." He laughs. "At least it's cute when you blush."

"Stop it!" I giggle as I hide my reddening face in my hands.

"Come on, don't hide your face!" He laugh.

He pulls my hands away from my face, and holds onto my arms.

Butterflies awake in my stomach when I realize how close our faces are. I quickly place a peck on his lips, but before I could pull away he puts a hand on the side of my face, and kisses me. This kiss having more emotion and lasting longer than the first.

"Wilbur." I laugh into the kiss.

"Hm?" He asks as he slightly pulls away.

"Tommy." I say as I point over to the street, where Tommy was standing with his jaw dropped.

"Shit." Wilbur laughs.

"AAAAAA!" Tommy screams.

Suddenly, Tommy starts bolting down the street, but Wilbur and I jump up, and start running after him, hand in hand.

But once we get up to him, he was standing with Phil and Kristen, and we were all at a little gazebo near the water.

"These two were just fuckin making out on the beach!" Tommy shrieks as Phil and Kristen look at us with their jaws dropped.

Wilbur and I drop our previously intertwined hands to our sides.

"That...that didn't happen." Wilbur says as I push down a laugh.

"Then why are your guys's lips swollen?" Phil asks.

"Run." Wilbur whispers before lacing our hands together, and we start running.

We find a spot behind a wall of a building, and sit down as we try to catch our breaths before bursting out into giggles.

"Val?" Wilbur asks after we calm down.

"Hm?" I ask as I look at him.

"I-I was just wondering if you uhm...if you maybe uh wanted to by my...my girlfriend?" he asks nervously. "A-and it's okay if you don't wanna I mean-"

"Will." I say, cutting him off.

"What?" He asks.

"I would love to be your girlfriend." I smile.

Then he kisses me again.

"Wilbur! Valarie!" Kristen laughs as her and the two other boys find us.

"Hey...guys!" Wilbur laughs as we pull away and look at them.