Don't Want to be Just Friends

Chapter 1-Meet Brendan

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We walked hand in hand down the beach talking about movies and tv shows. The water touched our toes unexpectedly and Brendan screamed like a girl and ran away with such feminism I couldn’t help but laugh. I reached for his hands and held them tight. I stared into his big brown eyes and leaned in closer. I stood on the tip of my toes slowly leaning in for a kiss, not able to stop myself from smiling...

"Janessa!" The teacher called as Brendan poked me softly. I slowly raised my head, while squinting my eyes shocked that the light was so bright.

"Yes?" I questioned Mr. Aparow

"Please stay awake during my class miss.Gray” he said with no change in his voice.

I nodded and pretended to pay attention for the rest of the class. But I was actually mentally slapping myself for dreaming about Brendan. I know i can't have him. He is my best friend and that's all he wants to be. Though I may be in love with him. I need to accept he doesn't feel the same and never will. I need to  move on.

As the bell rang Brendan nudged me.

"I'll be at your house at 8. Its your turn to pick a movie. Please not another chick flick." He said as we walked out of class.

"No promises. I'll catch you later."

I answered with a smirk, then turned around and walked to my locker.

Brendan and I have been best friends for about 4 years now. The way we met was actually really funny. But i will tell you that another time. Anyways, over the years we have kinda developed a tradition of doing something every Friday night. Recently we've been doing alot of movie watching.

Evey once and a while Nathan -our 3rd amigo and Brendan's cousin- will tag along.  Nathan is pretty cool and he's really funny. He always makes jokes about Brendan being madly in love with me. Which is really ironic considering I'm in love with Brendan, but he doesn't think of me that way.

Though I've always had a secret desire to end up with Brendan and live happily ever after. I know it will never happen and I need to get rid of those feelings and move on.

*LATER THAT DAY*

I sat at the kitchen counter eating oreos expecting Brendan to walk in any minute. Its 8:30 and he usually tries to be here for 8:00. But of course its Brendan so he is late as always.

As i carefully took out the cream filling and took a bite of only the cookie part of the oreo, I heard a soft knock. Knowing it was Brendan I screamed "Its open!"

Brendan barged in and walked straight to the fridge. 

"You're out of soft drinks. Do you want me to die of thirst?" He questioned not even turning to face me.

"This is part of my plan to take you out." I replied as I motioned shooting him with my hand. He pretended to get shot and dropped to the ground dramatically.

As I laughed observing his terrible acting, the

Microwave beeped and Brendan got up to see what was inside faster than i could say a word.

"POPCORN!" He screamed too excited. Then his face changed. "But no soft drinks. How will I survive?" He asked in a questioning tone.

"I am so sorry you guys i forgot to buy some" my mother answered as she walked into the kitchen. 

"Well hello mom, nice to see you awake." I greeted her in the nicest tone i could use.

"I wasn't sleeping i was just doing some important stuff in my room." She lied as she started making a cup of tea. I knew she was only saying that cause Brendan was here. I knew she had been sleeping.

"Would you like to come and watch a movie with us Miss. Carrell? You can pick." Brendan asked. He shot me a glance and i gave him a questioning look.

"Oh no sweetheart. Don't worry about me. I'm going to go to bed. I don't have the energy to watch a movie. But you kids have fun" she answered and with that she left the room "Goodnight kids and thank you for the offer Brendan" she called out before reaching her room and closing the door.

"What was that all about?" I asked Brendan in a quiet voice. 

"I just wanted to try and get her to do something with us. How has she been lately?" He asked grabbing the 2 popcorn bags.

"She is always sleeping. But she's alot better than she was. She doesn't cry that much anymore. I remember sometimes I would wake up to her sobbing. So i guess its better that she is sleeping a lot." I replied walking towards the basement while Brendan followed. 

"Well I'm glad she seems better." He spoke softly as we walked down stairs.

"Yeah..." I replied quietly. I didn't know what else to say. I didn't feel like talking about this anymore. My dad is dead and talking about it wouldn't change anything. 

He got the hint quickly and changed the subject. 

"What movie are we watching?" He asked looking like he dreaded the answer.

"27 dresses?" I asked knowing he wouldn't be happy since it was a chick-flick. 

"I hate you. Okay lets compromise. Let's watch a movie we both want to watch! How about Just Go With It?" he said grabbing a bag of popcorn and leaning back on the couch. He went with something funny to get my mind off my dad.

"Okay. I love any movie with Adam Sandler in it!" I answered excited.

I popped the movie in and we both ended up finishing all our popcorn during the commercials. When the movie actually started we both watched it intrigued. Both laughing at jokes and sometimes I would glance at him and his adorable reactions. "Why cant he be mine? He is just so perfect. He understands me so well too." I thought to myself.

The movie ended around 11 and i knew it was time he got home.

"Okay I'm going to get going Em. But lets do something tomorrow? You, me and Nathan?" He asked walking upstairs as i followed him.

"Sure. I haven't seen him in a while. That cousin of yours always seems to be in trouble." I answered.

"Text me the details. We can figure out what we feel like doing depending on the whether" I added as he opened the front door and stepped out. 

"Ok, see you tomorrow" he called out as he walked away.

I watched him  thinking to myself "why can we be together? We are such great friends we would make the perfect couple. He gets me so well. Picking a funny movie to cheer me up. Why doesn't he like me the way i like him?"

~authors note~

Please keep reading. This will get better i promise! This chapter was focused on just to introduce everything and everyone.

Teaser: 

What happened to Emily's dad?

Question of the day:

What do you guys think of Brendan and Emily's friendship so far?

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-Sabrina