Not for a Single Second - [Elizabeth Olsen]

Chapter 53: A Taste of my own Medicine

I never thought I was sentimental
But I guess I always had the potential
I think I had a feeling from the start
When you became the match to my spark

cheeze - Sarah Kang (feat. Andrew Kang)

Lizzie's POV

September 15th, 2023

"What if she gets mad?"

"She won't get mad"

"What if she kicks me out?"

"She won't kick you out"

"What if-"

"Stop with the what ifs! Nothing is going to happen"

"I'm starting to regret this", I say out loud after the deep silence that fell between us and see how Aubrey rolls her eyes at me while we wait in line to enter Y/N's club.

"For heaven's sake, stop spiraling, Lizzie. Chris invited all his friends for karaoke night, which includes you. It so happens that Y/N offered to have it at her club, but that doesn't mean you're stalking her or trying to get yourself back in her life. At least, I hope you aren't. You aren't trying to do that, right?", Aubrey questions and I stay silent making her scold me. "Oh, come on! Haven't you learned your lesson?"

"Yeah, I have. But that doesn't mean I can't be Y/N's friend again", I try reasoning with Aubrey and defend myself, but that just makes her scoff and shake her head.

"You're my friend, Lizzie. A very special friend and important person in my life. That's why, as your friend, I'm telling you, you need to get your priorities straight. You need to worry about your life, which currently isn't as perfect as you put it out to the world, and leave Y/N alone. She has a totally different life now, and you need to let her be happy, just like you did when she left. If you keep pushing into going back to what you girls were, let me tell you my friend, you're in for a rude awakening", Aubrey tells me, and I look at her confused and a bit mad.

"Do you know something I don't?", I question, and she just rolls her eyes at me again.

"I'm not saying this because I know something you don't. I'm just trying to look out for you", Aubrey explains but I don't know what to think or do.

"I know that, Aubrey. And I'm not trying anything with her. I'm just confused. She has been acting so nice with me, and then suddenly, she starts to be cold and...distant. I just don't know where we are in terms of our relationship. I don't know if we have a relationship at all. I don't know what we are", I explain frustrated, and Aubrey sighs before engulfing me on a side hug.

"Don't think about it too much. You guys just saw each other again after not having any kind of contact for a year. Maybe you girls' chemistry just needs a little time to spark again and go back to what it was. But, if that doesn't happen, you can't go back to feeling guilty and sad, and dwell over something that maybe wasn't meant to be. Don't think I'm raining on your parade. Just...take things slow, okay? And don't think she'll kick you out of our group hangout. She's not that coldhearted", Aubrey tells me sympathetically and I just give her a nod back.

A few minutes passed, and the line wasn't moving at all. Thankfully, that's when Y/N arrived in her motorcycle, looking absolutely smoking. Like the day of the party before the convention, she took her helmet off and shook her head side to side before combing her hair and letting everyone admire her from afar.

She is wearing an all-black outfit, just like the night of the party, but this time, she has her motorbike-style black leather jacket. It feels as if we were thinking the same thing, because I'm wearing her leather jacket, and it looks like we're twinning.