The Best Of Both Worlds

chapter 17 - Dale

Dale

"Fuck, fuck, fuck..."
I whisper, my feet rushing me away as I put a hand over my mouth, my cheeks heating up. What the fuck was that? Why would he grab me like that and what did he want to talk about?
Before I can snap out of my thoughts, I bump head first into someone.
"Sorry-" I stop realizing who it was.
"Louam." I'm caught off guard, behind him are Benjamin and george, they were going the way of the infirmary so I was assuming they're going to visit Thomas.
"hey dale." Louam said, though he was a sweet guy it's hard to put him in words. He wasn't always smiling but neither was straight up cold like Thomas.
"Dale, we heard you brought thomas to the infirmary, is he okay?" George was sweeter than all of them, he seemed genuinely concerned.
"Y-yeah, hes fine... You guys can go visit him in the infirmary." George and Benjamin quickly head to the infirmary, leaving me alone with Louam.
I attempt to walk past him but he stops me.
"You love him, don't you?"
I stop in my tracks.
"Is it that obvious?" I laugh.
"Yeah." There's a moment of silence between us.
"So, do you plan on telling him?" I look at him with a smirk.
"I already told him months ago, he was the one that rejected me." His eyes widen, Thomas clearly hadn't told his friends, had he.
"But why would he reject you-" he stops realizing something.
He goes quiet but looking at the puzzled look on my face he continues.
"We used to think he had a crush on Emily, maybe that's it." Louam sounds a bit guilty which causes me to tap on his shoulder playfully.
"That's okay. It's not his or your fault." It's fine. It really is, even if he didn't feel the same way it's fine. I can live with it.