wildest dreams- 198nights

18. Down bad

1989's POV

"We need to talk" Speak Now said as she literally stormed into my house. "How can you not share such tea with me?!" I gave her a confused look.

"Do you want tea?" I asked, to which Speak Now looked at me in disbelief. "I'm just joking"

"Red kissed Evermore at the party and of course I was the last to find out, what a shame" I rolled my eyes. Speak Now always loved being up to date with all the drama and gossip.

"Because Red said it was a secret and by the way TTPD knew about it too" I replied calmly as I sat down on the couch in my living room.

"I know, that's what Red told me" she sat down next to me. "Hey! What's that?" Speak Now pointed to my collarbone which I noticed was exposted because my loose sweater was sliding slightly down my shoulder. Oh shit. I quickly fixed it.

"What?" I tried to pretend I had no idea what is she talking about. Speak Now gave me a flirty look, raising her eyebrows.

"A hickey! Oh my god!" she got so excited that I felt like she was about to explode.

"You act like you've never seen this before in your life" I stated feeling myself blush and Speak Now just smiled ambiguously.

"Because I didn't see it on you! You're blushing!"

"I'll make some coffee" I said standing up to break this awkward situation. I went to the kitchen and Speak Now followed me.

"You're dating Midnights now?" she continued sitting on the counter.

"No! And why Midnights?" I was irritated that she knew. Was it that obvious?

"It's obvious" What the fuck?! I think she read my mind. I handed her a cup of coffee. "So it wasn't just a one-time kiss?"

"It wasn't just a kiss" I corrected her and Speak Now's face was priceless. Her eyes widened and I couldn't help but give her a wicked smile. There was a moment of silence.

"You're kidding" she said, taking a sip of coffee and sliding off the counter with a deadly serious expression on her face. I shook my head. "I swear I'll kill you one day, why didn't you tell me?"

"I'm telling you now" I shrugged and Speak Now smiled flirtatiously again, I knew she wanted to say something. "Don't ask any more questions and don't you dare tell anyone" I said with a serious face and Speak Now just raised her hands in defense.

"Down bad" she stated and I rolled my eyes. Well she wasn't wrong, I fear.

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A few days have passed. I haven't really talked to Midnights since the weekend. She's been in a rush every time, good that at least I managed to arrange with her to do this stupid French project. It all seemed so strange and...I don't know. Plus, TTPD has been acting weird lately and I have no idea what's going on.

I waited for Midnights and kept glancing at the clock. I had planned everything about the project, all that was left was the implementation, but that wasn't my biggest concern. I wanted to talk to Midnights. I don't even know what I want to tell her. I just want to talk.

To my great surprise, exactly at 5 p.m. I heard the doorbell ring. She wasn't even a minute late. I took a deep breath and opened the door to find a blonde standing there. She had full makeup on, her hair and skin were shiny and outfit was perfect in every way.

"Hey, you're not late" I said what I was scolding myself for in my mind. Jesus how does that even sound.

"Yeah, nice to see you too" she replied dispassionately, entering into my house.

"Do you want-"

"No, I'm fine, we can start doing that project" she interrupted me and I nodded a little surprised and simply led her to my room.

"I made a plan, we actually just need to focus and everything will be fine" I assured, smiling slightly. Something was wrong. I knew it.

"Great" That's all? Really Midnights?

There was silence between us, broken only by some brief comments regarding the project. It was strange and unlike Midnights, who could literally never focus and was distracted by everything. And now she was doing school stuff without any complaints. I shouldn't complain, but subconsciously I really wanted her to do everything not to do this project and say how she hates French and school.

She seemed so unreal to me. Her face was concentrated, but tiredness was visible, yet she looked absolutely flawless.

"Are you okay?" I asked. Midnights tore her gaze away from the laptop screen and she finally looked at me. Something made her eyes go cold. A chill ran down my spine.

"I am" she replied quickly, it sounded not very convincing but I didn't want to argue. "According to your plan we are done"

"Oh yeah, thank you" I said, coming back to reality. This wasn't how I imagined this meeting. Midnights just gave me a quick forced smile and was already getting ready to leave. I realized that I didn't want her to go.

I didn't know what to do, I didn't know how she would even react if I told her to stay. Why would she stay anyway? I wanted to talk to her but the words were stuck in my throat and I couldn't get them out.

"Goodnight 1989" was the only thing she said as we stood in silence in the hallway of my house. Did she just call me by my full name? For the very first time. Oh.

"No goodnight kiss?" I joked trying to relax the dense atmosphere. Midnights laughed quietly.

"You wish" she replied referring to the message that I remember so well while grabbing the door handle. I smiled at the fact that she remembered it too. For a moment I was thinking that she would kiss me.

"Goodnight Mid" I said quietly, looking at her one last time before the door closed and I was alone again.

I let out a loud sigh. I didn't know what to think about all of this really. It was so weird and awkward, and Midnights was acting like she wasn't herself. Unless that was the real her. Certainly not, she was just tired. Although I'm sure she wasn't at school today.

What if she really regret that night? It didn't looked like it, but maybe she realized and came to the conclusion that she regret it now? I really have a problem with overthinking.

I don't think I have the courage to ask her about it. Sometimes I just can't say anything to her face, cause she's so gorgeous. Maybe I should text her? Or call? Certainly not today, she probably get enough of me by now.

Well, at least we finished this damn project. But what else?

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I HATE THIS CHAPTER. I've barely written it and it makes absolutely no sense that I'm so mad at myself. In addition, I have a pretty intense week at school coming up, so I will try to update as many times as possible and as quickly as I can.

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