𝐻𝐸𝑅 // 𝐵𝐼𝐿𝐿𝐼𝐸 𝐸𝐼𝐿𝐼𝑆𝐻 𝐹𝐴𝑁𝐹𝐼𝐶𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁

HER : 29

emery

"there's my best friend!" anastasia's face lit up and she as walked towards me. i smiled wide and she took zaid from my hands to hug him and make him laugh that little goofy laugh of his. i thought she meant me as her best friend, i don't think she's mine but i don't know... now i feel stupid.

"damn you missed my brother who still can't say a full sentence, more than you missed me?" i blinked at her.

"you know i'm just messing around." she sighed with a smile painted on her face. "come here." she pulled me into a three way hug with zaid between us. "isn't jen coming?" she frowned once we pulled away.

"oh yeah she is, billie is going to join too after mama comes to pick up zaid. although it's just going to be the both of us for half an hour maybe, with zaid of course. jen said she's going to be a little late." i lied, i told her to be a little late.

"oh then let's just walk around for a little bit until we're tired and then go in the coffee shop, that way we can all eat together." she suggested.

"yeah that's a great idea." i nodded. "you can put him back in his stroller, he won't mind it."

"no i'd rather hold him for a little bit more." she shook her head.

"okay." i smiled looking at the both of them. they looked so cute together, i was surprised to see that zaid still remembered her. he only met her once and he's acting all loving and not shy.

"okay wait would you rather chop all your hair off, all of it, like a buzcut or something. or dye your hair the worst possible color ever?" she asked.

"i don't know." i frowned, actually thinking about it. "maybe get a buzz cut honestly, i'd rather be not taking care of any hair than having to maintain my hair that i hate." i answered.

"i had the same answer when my girlfriends asked me that. they all disagreed with me, they don't know what they're talking about." she huffed.

"speaking of girlfriends..." i started. i regretted it the moment i said it, is that really how i chose to start this conversation?

"when are yours coming!" she continued my sentence.

"no." i shook my head with a breathy laugh. "i think you'll be cool about this and telling you feels right." i composed myself, she shook her head yes, telling me she was listening. "i like girls." i confessed. "and boys! you're one of the handful of people that know that now."

"emery! i'm so happy for you and i'm so honored that you trusted me with knowing you. i'm so very proud of you." her voice was soft and we both stopped walking. she put zaid back into his stroller and gave me a warm hug.

"and actually billie is my girlfriend." i dropped the bomb. "she helped me a lot, figured things out with me, she's really good to me."

"ah so the window thing really was out a of a romance movie." she nodded with a smile.

"except it wasn't fiction." i replied. "i still can't believe that it's not fiction. this is not me trying to put myself in place of a character in a book i'm reading. i really am falling in love. i still haven't told her though!" i widened my eyes, sudden fear of her thinking that we said it and slipping out the fact that i said that by mistake hitting me.

"look at you blushing and smiling and glowing even!" she smiled at me. "you deserve this, i'm glad you and billie found each other."

"thank you." my jaw was aching from how much i was smiling. i can't believe billie is mine and now all of our friends know. it feels like a fairy tail, except the is no happily ever after. future me problem.