yours [dnf] -discontinued-

21

(clay's pov)

i park in his driveway and call him to let him know

after calling him, i realized that his sister was on their porch

she called me over so i got out of my car and walked over to her

"hey!" she says holding her hand out to shake my hand "you must be clay"

"and you must me gabriella, nice to meet you" i say, accepting the handshake

"george is inside, come in" she offers, i nod

"george never shuts up about you, oh my god" she says, i laugh awkwardly

a minute later i see george walking down the stairs

i couldn't help but stare, he looked.. different?

his hair was done, he was wearing a singular earring, overall he just looked like a masterpiece

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"i'll leave you to pick the songs" i say

"my pleasure" he says grabbing his phone from his pocket

boys don't cry - the cure

"hey, i know this song" i say looking over at him

"volume up, bitchess!" he says, turning up the volume all the way up

we sing the lyrics together, giggling at ourselves between every verse

two minutes later, the song ends

"you can pick this time" he suggests

"alright, alright" i say "your favorite dress by lil peep 'n lil tracy"

"fuck yeah" he says, searching for the song on spotify

before the song started, he reached into his pocket and grabbed a box of cigarettes

"want one?" he asks

"yeah, sure" i accept

"i don't have a lighter though" he says

"i might have one somewhere in here, actually" i reply

"found it!" he says holding up the lighter

i hold the cigarette with two fingers facing him so he can light it for me

he holds my hand still and lights it, then lights his

"we're not even there and you're already acting high" i joke

"shut upp" he says

"nevermind, we're here" i say

before i get the chance to exit the car, i see george fidgeting with his clothes a little more than normal

"hey, what's wrong" i ask

"nothing," he breathes out "let's go in"

"alright, then" i say opening my car door

as he got out of the car, i noticed his hands getting shakey, he doesn't feel comfortable getting in

"george," i sigh "you clearly don't wanna get in, let's go somewhere else" i suggest

"no, no, you go in and have fun, i'll call an uber back home" he says

"nope," i say, pulling out my phone "i'm gonna tell nick"

"no you're not" he says, grabbing the phone from my hand

oh god, the chat with nick is open, what if he sees what i sent nick yesterday.

"nuh, uh," i say, snatching the phone back "i'm gonna call him"

"hello?" nick says

"hey, is it cool if me 'n george not come to the party?" i ask

"yeah it's fine, is everything okay?" he asks

"it's george, he's seconds away from having a panic attack" i say

"you're over exaggerating" george whispers

"alright, stay safe" he says

"we will, bye!" i say

"bye, have fun!" he says before hanging up

"get back in the car," i order "we're going to the mall"

"the mall?" he asks "random but okay"

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A/N
this is a remade version of the original chapter 21 that i wrote two days ago
(u read the original? no u didn't)