this love | nelson neumann

thirteen. hand squeeze

real life !
july fourteenth 2023

Kylie Had basically stayed in her room all day, unless she had to eat. she was angry at jake for bringing up rosalie's lies about kylie saying she wishes rosie was dead.

she was also nervous about how the neumanns thought about her now, did they think she's a terrible person just like jake does now.

so now, like normal for today, she laid in her bed, wearing her pajamas which consisted of a warriors shirt and plaid shorts.

the only people she had spoken to was luke, her parents and nelsons parents. a knock on the door caught kylies attention

"go away !" she called, unsure of what else to say. as much as she didn't want to talk, she still did just incase it was luke

the person on the other side of the door was not infact luke, it was nelson. "can we go on a walk, please ?" his voice came out as desperate and nervous

kylie tried to rack her brain on anything bad nelson could say to her, but everytime she tried, she couldn't. her mind knew nelson would never say any cruel words to or about kylie

she got up, "let me get changed" she called to him. thought kylie couldn't see, nelsons face broke into a small smile

he was really nervous that kylie was angry at him for some reason, like his reaction to jakes word made it seem like he believed jake even for a second. that was the farthest thing from true, nelson never once for a second believed kylie would ever say that

after five minutes, kylie awkwardly left her bedroom, nelson jumping up from his spot on the couch. it was only 1:30 so the sun was still out and so were people

that's why kylie changed into random grey shorts and a d'aydrian harding pink boshkalay bongbong hoodie. "you like d'aydrian ?" nelson asked, pointing to her hoodie

kylie nodded, "yeah, I like him. he's really funny" she shrugged, a small smile appearing on her face. her words were not true, kylie didn't like him, she loved him ! kylie always watched his videos to calm herself down or just to laugh

"I know him" nelson told her, making her roll her eyes, assuming his was joking. "im serious ! I have his number, would you like me to call him ?" he sarcastically asked, placing a hand on his hip to be extra sassy

the girl broke, letting out a quiet laugh. even if it was barely coherent, nelson was taking it as a win. he missed hearing and seeing her laugh all morning, it wasn't nice to see kylie all stone-cold and quiet

they fell into a momentary silence before nelson broke it, "alright lets go !" nelson unfroze and began walking towards the door, a keycard in his shorts pocket, his phone in the opposite pocket

kylie followed him before pausing, the silence was unusual. "wheres niles and luke ?" she asks, realizing she hadn't seen or heard them since she exited her room

"they went to the pool with our parents or something" nelson shrugged, holding the door open for kylie. he received a small thank you in return as she walked out ahead of him

the duo walked on the sidewalk quietly, it had been about five minutes and they both knew what was coming. nelson wanted to talk about what jake said, kylie knew that as soon as he knocked on her door

she hopes it'll stop hurting so much if she talks about, and she'd rather talk about it with nelson than anyone else. she rather talk to nelson about anything and everything, he was just easy to talk to

nelson pointed to a bench a few feet ahead of them, "lets sit" nelson said, kylie agreeing with a small nod. the bench faced the park across the street where there were many kids and adults, someone was even grilling

"can we talk about what jake said ?" nelson asked, fidgeting with his fingers. he didn't understand why this was so awkward, but at the same time it was easy to understand why

kylie nodded before realizing she had to speak now. "I didn't tell rosalie I wish she was dead. im not that type of person, I would never wish death upon anyone. me and her were going back and forth about how she was intruding on my family and how I intruded on her and jakes date-" she sighed

nelson didn't interrupt, he waited. "and when jake came back from the bathroom, she began to fake cry and told him I said 'I wish you were dead and homeless' which I never did. yet of course jake believed her, since he always has... and now he thinks im a terrible sister."

the girl did feel a little lighter after talking about it, though she knew it would still ponder in the back of her mind whenever she couldn't sleep. her eyes glanced over to nelson, waiting for him to respond. maybe he truly thought she was a horrible person

"you aren't a terrible sister." were the first words out of nelsons mouth, he tried to collect his thoughts. "and its messed up that she said that, I understand why you're angry at jake. also, for the record, I don't think you're a bad person." he told her

kylie looked at him, her eyes unfolding to him that was exactly what she needed to hear in this moment. "you mean that ?" she double checked, not wanting false hope and that her ears were messing with her

nelson nodded instantly, "of course I mean it, lee. you're actually one of the coolest people I've ever met..." he admitted, making kylie blush

the two looked over at the park, watching the little kids play on the slides, climb the monkey bars, and fall and scrape their knees. kylie missed a knee scrape being her biggest worry, now it was boys and school and friends.

the world around the two seemed to melt as they thought to themselves about childhood and being carefree and happy in life. well, atleast, that's what kylie was thinking. nelson was too focused on kylie to think of anything else

his eyes were stuck tracing over her side profile and how utterly perfect it was. how her black hair with blonde chunky highlights made her pale skin pop, how her lips were so full, how badly he wanted to kiss her- umm, just ignore the last part nelson thought to himself

instead of kissing her, he opted for reaching out and grabbing a hold of her hand. he thought kylie was to in her own world to notice but the hand squeeze she gave him proved otherwise

he needed to ask her out.

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