HEATHER | r.bowen✔️

HEATHER | chapter 14

"Ricky?" Taylor asks as her window is pushed open and the boy climbs trough.

"Hi." He whispers, closing the window behind him so no rain will get inside.

"What are you doing here?" She frowns, it is late, almost 1 and he would always text when coming over, especially if it has been past midnight.

"I just- Can I get a hug, please?" The skater whispers, rocking on the heels of his feet, almost afraid she would deny his request.

She smiles softly, patting the space besides her on the bed.

He lets out a sigh of relief, kicking his shoes off before climbing on the bed with her.

He positions himself to be laying on her stomach, her hands almost automatisch find their ways to his hair.

"Are you okay?" She gently scratches his scalp while playing with the curls on his head. "With Nini and all."

"It's just, I knew I had to break up with her. Making me choose between you and her." He shakes his head. "So I expected it to hurt less."

"It's okay that it hurts." She reminds him. "You had a break up, wether you were the one to call it off or her, you still liked her a lot so it is okay to be hurt."

He nods his head. "I know.. It just sucks."

"It does." She agrees, voice getting more quiet as she get lost in thought about her own feelings.

She feels sorry for Ricky, she only wishes happiness on him, and knowing he is hurt about this hurts her aswell.

But a selfish part is relieved, happy even that they broke up, that he is single again.

And she hates herself for feeling that way.

Ricky looks up as her hands come to a stop in his hair, she's just starting ahead to the wall, clearly lost in thought, and it doesn't take him long to guess about what.

She likes someone.

She has had feelimg for some guy for multiple years now, and not once did she mention that, atleast not to him.

Shouldn't he have noticed though? She is os his best friend, he thought he knew her well enough to know when something is up, apparently he doesn't.

Surely he should have noticed a change in her, that she had gained feelings for someone.

But he never noticed anything. For him she just acted the same as always. Or maybe she just hid it well enough.

But why wouldn't she tell him? They trust wach other with everything, or atleast he thought they did.

Apparently not everything.

"Tay?" He asks, making her waks up crom her daydreaming.

"Yeah?" She looks down at the head of curls on her stomach.

"You never told me you liked someone."

She sighs, she wished he wouldn't bring this up, but deep down shs knew he would. "I thought it didn't matter."

"Of course it does!" He exclaims. "You listened to my rants about Nini, it is only fair I could do the same for you."

She lightly shakes her head. "It is no use, he is an relationship anyways." She doesn't think it is smart to mention he just got single, in case he does connect the dots.

"That must suck, liking someone who is in a relationship." He softly think aloud.

"Yeah," She nods her head. "It does."

"Do I know him?" He then asks next.

"No, you don't." Yeah, pretty well actually. "He doesn't go to our school."

"Ah shit, do you have a picture?"

She gives him a look, one that says "Arw you serious right now?"

"What?" He innocently asks. "I need to know if you have good taste, I never heard you about liking someone before."

"I don't have a picture." She lies, she has a whole folder of just pictures of him.

He groans. "Atleast tell me about him?"

It's not like that would hurt, right?

"He is very, very sweet. We have been friends for a while now, but caught feelings. He plays guitar, and his eyes are so pretty. Actually everything about him is pretty. He always makes sure I'm alright and if I'm feeling alright. I think that is a big part of why I caught feelings."

"He sounds like a nice guy." Why doesn't Ricky like that?

"Yeah," She agrees. "He is."