Just Friends

Chapter 5: *roll credits*

My heart pounds in my chest as I finally get back to the complex. I went into a dead sprint after kissing Jack, and, boy, do I need to work on my cardio. It still feels weird to say to myself.
I kissed Jack. Jack. J a c k. I still can't wrap my head around it. Before I could catch another glimpse of him, I hurried up to my place. My phone buzzes.

Oh

:P

That was a thing.

Indeed

Did I really do that last night?

Yeah, but you were a lot better than I was tbh

so... what are we?

To the world? Or each other?

I mean, I really like you Jack. Would it be safe to think of you as my... yknow

Booooooyfrieeeeeeend?

Yes, that exactly.

To the rest of the world, tho... I mean, we couldn't tell the boys. They don't do well with me... and people... and uh... they're weird about that. They'd rip you apart, putting it softly.

So I guess to the rest of the world, we're...

Just friends?

Just friends.

It's pretty weird how an assortment of noises and inflections dictates your mind. It's also strange how other humans can just force you to keep quiet. Hm. I stare at the ceiling in complete silence. The only noises penetrating my bubble are the steady tick tick tick tick of my clock and the tiny pitter patter of steps above me. The child living above me just learned how to toddle, so that happens all hours of the day. Quincy just loves to walk. I let out a steady groan and, after using all the air in my lungs, suck more back in and groan more. The cycle repeats. Why am I groaning? Nobody can tell. Slowly, I roll off the couch. I hear my phone buzz on the table and groan into the carpet. I blindly grab at it and press talk.
"Unnnnnnmgh."
"Bad time?" Tyler!
"Well, it could be better. What do you need?" I ask.
"So, I have a problem." He says.
"Mmmmhmmm yessss go onnnnnnn." I feel the true smack in the face of "YOU NEED TO GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP" syndrome as I check the time. 11:36. Eh, I've been up later.
"So, I've heard there's this Victoria's Secret store that's haunt-" I shut my phone.

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this chapter was short and I apologize. I bugged my friends to help me but I just ended up annoying them and it was a thing and it took too long and IM SORRY. I will try my hardest to get chapter 6 out. I have theatre practice tomorrow and Friday, and it's the real struggle tbh. Love ya!