always // chandler riggs

e i g h t e e n

✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ one month later ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧

"Baaaabe, I'm hungry!" Zach whines, as he throws a pillow at my face. I playfully stick my tongue out at him, and go back to doing my homework.

"We can get food after I finish my stupid Algebra homework." I reply. He groans, and walks over to me. He keeps his eyes on me, which I'm starting to think is creepy. "What are you doing?"

"I'm just realizing something." he answer, not taking his eyes off me. "You look really good in your glasses." he says, then sends me a wink. I laugh at his cheesiness, and peck his lips.

"You are such a dork." I giggle.

"Yes, but I'm your dork." he adds, while pulling me in for another kiss. After a few seconds, I pull away.

"We can do that later, right now I need to finish." I say, and pick up my pencil. After about an hour of me doing homework, and Zach interrupting me, I finally finish. "Okay I'm done, what do you wanna do?" I ask him.

"Cuddle!" he exclaims, and opens his arms wide. I giggle, and go lay next to him. He wraps his arms around me as I snuggle into him. "Your hair smells nice." he says out of no where. Which causes me to burst out laughing. "I'm not kidding! It smells likes strawberries."

"Oh my gosh, strawberries? Anyways, let's watch a movie!" I suggest.

"What do you wanna watch?" he asks.

"Into The Woods!" I answer excitedly, a little too excited actually. He just chuckles, and plops the movie inside the dvd. So the rest of the night we spent watching movies and eating junk food, while wrapped in each other's arms.

      

Chandler's P.O.V (surprise surprise xD)

"Come on Chandler, get up." my younger brother Grayson says. "You've been in bed this whole weekend, why are you so depressed?"

"I'm not depressed!" I exclaim, while lifting my head from the pillow for the first time this whole day. Which causes me to get dizzy because of all the movement. Maybe I am depressed. No! Why would I? I have a great family, a great career, great friends, and a great girlfrie-maybe not that last one.

It just feels like me and Jessica just aren't clicking anymore. We never did click actually. The only reason I asked her out was because I was upset, upset that Abbie didn't like me back. I just wanted to make her jealous, which didn't even work! She's probably with Zach at this moment, and the thought of that just kills me inside.

"Come on Chandler, get up! Mom's making spaghetti and meatballs, your favorite." he says, while smirking. I just turn my back to him. He sighs, and I can tell he's getting frustrated. "What do you want? What do you need so that you can get out of bed?"

"Abbie," I whisper to myself. Grayson lets out a deep breath, then walks out of my room. No one is going to get me out of this room, unless that someone is Abbie. Only just a few days ago I realized that I had really lost Abbie, to someone else.

She doesn't even like me anyways, she never did. Whenever I admitted to liking her, she just stared at my in shock. She didn't even say it back. And after all this time, I thought we really had a connection.

No matter what I do, I just can't stop thinking about her. She's just so beautiful, smart, kind, carin-what am I saying? Just the plain truth about her. Damn, I am so whipped.

But I don't care, because I really do like her. And I just want to tell her that. I don't care if I already did, I want her to know that she makes me happy. I want her to know how much I care about her. And you know what? I'm going to tell her!

I bolt up from bed and head straight to the shower. I brush my teeth, then change into the best set of clothing I could pick. After doing my hair perfectly, I take a look in the mirror. I don't look half bad. There's a big smile planted on my face. And if only Abbie knew, that it's there because of her.

I grab my car keys, then head downstairs. "Woah, what's got you up? And why are you so dressed up?" Mom asks me, very surprised.

"I'm gonna go meet a friend." I answer. At first she looks confused, but then a smirks grows on her face.

"A friend? Or do you mean, a special lady friend?" she asks, while wiggling her eyebrows up and down.

"Mom!" I exclaim, getting embarrassed. "Yes it is a lady friend." I add, in a low tone. She smiles and claps her hands rapidly.

"Aww, my handsome young man!" she says, grabbing my face and leaving a slobbery kiss on my cheek.

"Mom, I have to go." I say, while pulling away from her. I walk over to the front door, and twist the door knob open.

"Go get her Chandler!" she exclaims. And for once, she has good advice. I am going to go get her. I leave the house and get inside my car. Before going to Abbie's house, I stop by the flower shop to buy a bouquet of roses.

As I'm arriving, it starts raining. Dripping at first, then it starts getting stronger. But I don't care. Once I arrive at Abbie's house, I'll tell her everything and we'll spend the rest of the day in her house together. The thought of me and her together, I wish it'd last forever.

Once I arrive, I quickly walk over to her bedroom window. It's way more romantic than just walking through the door.

I grip onto the roses, and that big smile can't seem to leave my face. Me and Abbie are actually going to be together. I quietly open her window, and take a look inside.

My smile drops, and I can hear my heart break into a thousand little pieces. I try to look away, but just can't. I watch Abbie and Zach cuddling in her bed as the heavy raindrops soak me. All of the hope I had, just vanished. And the chances of me ever being happy again, are close to none.

I find the courage to look away, and I quietly close the window. As my clothes get drenched, I grab the bouquet of roses and throw them to a nearby puddle.

After a few more minutes of just feeling bad for myself, I get inside my car and drive back home. Playing sad songs the whole way there. I open the front door and try to go to my room as fast as possible.

"How'd it go honey?" Mom asks. I ignore her question, and just rush over to my room. I slam the door shut and lock it. "Honey, are you okay? What happened?" she asks through the other side of the door.

"Just leave." I say, my voice failing me at the end. I change into some pajamas, then throw myself on my bed. Looks like love, just isn't for me.

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i feel soooo bad for Chandler! awww😭 let's just see what he'll do next...