𝐑𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐬𝜗𝜚 | 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 (𝟏)

"𝐣𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐲?"

Megs hair was finally dried from her shower so she loosely plaited it back out of her face and tucked the loose strands behind her ears. The memories from earlier in the day still lingered in her mind, the train of thought circling the scenarios of Banks and McGill over and over. Her thinking session was cut short when she heard the doorbell ring. She jumped up and ran halfway downstairs to find her best friend hugging her mother.

"thanks for letting me stay carrie" Sydney said thanking her politely

megs moms name was Caroline but everyone called her carrie.

"no problem sweetie come round anytime" carrie replied with a sweet tone

"SYDNEYYY" meg shouted as she ran down the steps quickly

"MEG!!" Sydney responded happily as meg sprinted for a huge hug.

"i missed you so much" meg mumbled underneath her grasp. Sydney had been away performing in a professional figure skating competition halfway across the country and she hadn't seen her for 2 weeks. I know 2 weeks doesn't seem like much but when she was Megaera's only close friend, it felt like 10 years.

"awe me too " she answered happily "come one let's go upstairs and we can talk about everything" she said as she grabbed her overnight bag and they headed to her bedroom.

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a few hours of laughs, pizza, prank calls and makeovers passed and it was getting to the part of the sleepover where they'd just talk about random things. Sydney looked up from megs fashion magazine that she found under her bed

"so Megsie" she started and cheekily grinned "you told me you wanted to fill me in on something huh?"

All the events came back to her and she gasped and jumped onto the end of her bed with her legs criss crossed as a signal to Sydney to "listen, this is important". Sydney adjusted herself and put her chin in her hands so she could slightly look up at her.

"okay so basically you know Adam Banks yeah?" Meg asked.

"Duh obviously?" she replied with a chuckle "you never shut up about how much of a jerk is meg" she said as if she was stating the obvious, which she most definitely was

"he is but anyways, today at practice he was being a jerk to me, as usual, BUT as soon as i approached him to say something back, McGill? grabbed me and pulled me back and then told adam to lay off being rude to me?" she explained to her intrigued friend.

"WHAT? AS IN HENRY MCGILL?" she shouted in confusion and shock.

"SHHH KEEP IT DOWN! BUT YES HENRY" she whisper yelled at her

"omg meg he totally likes you" she said excitedly

"ew no thank you" she said slightly smiling, she was flattered thinking that someone could possibly like her, But she wasn't sure about him. Sure he was nice and all but in that moment she thought about him and her being a "thing" and something about it made her feel off, like it just wasn't right. Meg went silent for a few seconds, then she remembered how adam acted and she shot up fixing her posture.

"woah you okay there?" Sydney asked sarcastically as she flinched at megs sudden burst of movement.

"well there's one more part i forgot to tell you" meg continued.

"is that so, well you better tell me then i guess" she sassed and giggled. i rolled my eyes playfully and rested my elbow on my knees in my crisscross position.

"so after McGill.. you know, like stood up for me, well uh, adam kinda went silent when that happened. he gave us a weird dirty look and then skated away" i told her

"yeah but are his dirty looks not normal to you by now?" she questioned trying to know more.

"well yes but there was something weird about this look." she said sort of zoning out thinking of it.

"hmm okay continue" Sydney said while adjusting herself again.

"it was almost like he was sad, like it was a dirty look i know that, but it was like i could sense the smallest tiniest bit of.. i don't know jealousy?" she finished

she looked over at Sydney who was sitting there with her jaw wide open.

"now. that's the best gossip i've heard all year meg, and i know many popular girls." Sydney said taking in everything meg had just said, like she was analysing the information.

"come on it's not that interesting" she defended with a chuckle

"trust me it is" she answered back grinning.

Meg laughed at her remark and hopped off her bed to grab a mixtape for her mini radio. She heard her friend speak up from behind her

"i think Adam could like you the smallest bit too megsie" she admitted "not as much as McGill from what i'm imagining, but maybe slightly"

meg whipped her head around so fast she though she could've gotten whiplash.

"EW ADAM WHAT NO EUGH HOW COULD YOU THINK THAT I HATE HIM, HE HATES ME NO WAY" she started rambling on until Sydney cut her off

"shut up omg" she said between fits of giggles

"no!" meg said as she crossed her arms and tossed her head away from her. Sydney rolled her eyes playfully. She then asked a question that formed a pit in her stomach.

"do you like either of them?"

"no way syds" she answered a little too quickly

"hmm you sure?"

"yes!"

"not even McGill?"

"ew no"

the two stayed silent for a few seconds until Sydney spoke up again

"Adam?"

meg froze for a couple seconds. she didn't know why. hearing his name in a conversation like this felt strange, but she wasn't sure what type of strange.

"no way Sydney ew you know id NEVER" she defended quickly while she turned her head to fully face her friend. Sydney simply smirked to herself

"okay just checking" she mumbled

"i'm just gonna use the bathroom i'll be back in a few" meg told her as she walked out her room and into the bathroom. She looked in the mirror at herself and she felt the pit in her stomach grow.
she felt weird after saying all that stuff about adam and how "she'd never" , something didn't feel right. she splashed her face with cold water and tried to push the weird feeling and the thoughts the the back of her mind. "what's wrong with me" she mumbled to herself before walking back into her bedroom to go asleep for the night.

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this is kinda a short chapter sorry but i promise i'll make it up to you all soon bc there is some good stuff coming up🤫🤫