when they were younger, sophie baker and rudy pankow had been best friends. their parents were best friends, they lived just down the road from each other and did literally everything together. they had the friendship everyone wanted. then they grew...
when sophie asked me if I wanted to go for a walk on the beach, I immediately agreed, especially after our kiss this morning. I liked sophie, loved her even. yes she was my best friend but I wanted to be more than that way more than I'd like to admit. I just really didn't want to fuck up our friendship. I had gone nearly 9 years without seeing her, barely speaking to her but I still thought about her every day, and missed her so much. I didn't want to lose her again. I was there when she went through all of her trauma with the dad. I was there when she was diagnosed with anxiety and had her first panic attack and I was there for her first school dance, and then she moved back to London. I cant lose her again.
we stood up and started walking along the shore. we made small talk for a little, just catching up until my phone rang, it was her twin brother sam. we had been planning for him to come up to charleston to see her. they had always been extremely close, a twin thing, I guess? but they got even closer when they found out about their dad and everything that came with it and now they are so close it's adorable. I stepped away from Sophie to quickly go over the details of the surprise with sam before going back over to her.
"hey, soph," I began "listen. I'm so sorry about earlier" as much as I wanted to be more than friends with her, I didn't want to ruin our friendship. "rudy, stop." she replied and she smiled at me, but it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I decided that it was time to finally tell her how I felt. "hey baker?" I began, my palms were sweating, "listen, I wanna tell you something. I'm just gonna say it but I'm kinda worried because I don't wanna fuck up our friendship or anything so, you know what I'm just gonna- soph I like you, more than a friend. and I don't know how you feel but if you don't feel the same that's totally fine I jus-" she cut me off by kissing me, "rudy, I like you too, but I think we should take it slow. like you said I don't want to ruin our friendship" I don't think I've ever felt as happy in my life as I did in that moment, "agreed. how about we go on a date?" I suggested hopefully, "I'd love to go on a date with you pankow" she replied with a smile
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SOPHIE
today was mine and rudys date and I was actually really excited. I left my hair down in its natural, curly state. I wore a white, strapless bikini top with some black denim shorts, an oversized pink shirt, some white trainers and some sunglasses. I just did my normal, light makeup - concealer, mascara and lipgloss. I was low-key freaking out but I knew that whatever rudy had planned would be amazing. he was set to pick me up at about eleven from mine and the maddies apartment building. me and the girls moved in with each other a couple days ago and it was amazing. I knew I would be moving in with my coworkers and we would've moved in together earlier but the apartment wasn't ready. by the time I was all sorted and ready to go it was 10:55 so I decided to go down to meet rudy. I had to sneak past the girls, maddie watching tsitp and bailey making some eggs. i successfully left the apartment without them noticing and promised myself that I would tell them soon I just didn't want to give them the satisfaction too quickly.
I met my handsome date outside of the building. he took my hand and led me to his car, he then went over to the passenger side and opened the door for me. 'milady' he said, bowing as he did so, "why thank you, kind sir" I replied, really letting my british accent shine through. we laughed as he got in the car and we started driving. "so.." I began, "where are we going?" he chuckled at me, "that's for me to know, and you to find out" i kept bugging him but he still wouldn't budge. less than 10 minutes later we were at a car park near the beach, we walked along a path elevated over the beach lines with flowers and palm trees. it was beautiful. we walked hand in hand down the road, making small talk, until I turned around so he faced me, "rudyyyyyyy, will you take some Instagram pictures please?" I asked giving him puppy eyes, "Sophie baker, you haven't changed at all, but I would be honoured"
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@sophhhh - happy :)
@theparisberelc - we need to meet up soon gorgeous <3 ^ ofc ofc bby girl 🫶🏼
@laurabaker - my daughter is so beautiful ❤️ ^ mum since when did you have Instagram? fucking hell 😂
@rudeth - you scrub up nicely sometimes baker :) ^ thanks pankow 😎
@madelyncline - miss gurl, where are you exactly? ^ ummm 🤭
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SOPHIE
after rudy took my pictures, we got in his car again and drove to a small, Hollywood-Style diner, it was so cool. we both ordered a burger and chips with a milkshake and it tasted so nice. "listen soph," rudy began, "I really like you and I think you like me too but if I've got the wrong end of the stick, please tell me." he said, he seemed nervous. it was adorable, "soph, would you like to, um, be my g-girlfriend?" My face broke into a huge grin, I leaned over the table and pulled him into a kiss, it wasn't passionate but it definitely wasn't meaningless, it was perfect. "does that answer your question?" I asked, still smiling from ear to ear, he kissed me this time, "did that answer yours?" he replied
once we'd eaten, rudy payed the bill. I'd insisted we split it but he payed it secretly while I went to the toilet. I pretended to be mad but nothing could shake my good mood. whilst we were driving home the sun was setting, rudys hand was on my thigh and I was happy. "dude," I said to rudy, "look at us, we've grown up" he smiled at me "yea I guess we ha- I LOVE THIS SONG!" he replied and we sang along,
🎶 OH BABY! WHY DONT YOU JUST MEET ME IN THE MIDDLE? IM LOSING MY MIND JUST A LITTLE, SO WHY DONT YOU JUST MEET ME IN THE MIDDLE? IN THE MIDDLE, NO NO BABY! WHY DONT YOU JUST MEET ME IN THE MIDDLE? OH YEAH, IM LOSING MY MIND JUST A LITTLE, SO WHY DONT YOU JUST MEET ME IN THE MIDDLE, MIDDLE. IN THE MIDDLE, MIDDLE 🎶
