Just Friends || n.r.

chapter one

4 years earlier...

"Nick, I swear if you touch me, I'll slap you so hard you want wanna touch me again." I say to my best friend Nick Robinson, annoyed. "Aw, c'mon I was just buggin' ya!" He says back at me. I look over to him. "Yeah, yeah."

We were in 8th grade and we were just about to graduate. We were studying together for a class project. He eventually become bored of the studying and started to bug me. I, however wanted to get a good grade so I tried to ignore his stupidity.

"Skylarrrr." He whines. "What?" I spit back at him. He starts to poke my shoulder repeatedly. "I'm bored." he whines again. "Yeah, no shit." He throws his head back in laughter and I raise an eyebrow up at his sudden amazement in my last comment. "What is wrong with you Nick?" I ask. He's still rolling on the floor laughing.

I close the stupid history textbook that weighs literally as much as a stack of goddamn bricks. I lay my head back in the grass and we stare up at the bright blue sky.

Hours tick by and we're still laying there in the grass. He starts to wrap my blonde hair around his finger. He started doing that back in 5 grade, when we were sitting on the playground blabbing about the track team.

present time...

"Nick! Come with me to pick out a graduation dress." I ask him. "No, that stuffs for girls." He doesn't like those kind of things. Obviously, I mean what guy would? "Please?" I whine. He rolls his eyes and I eventually pry it out of him. He gets up from the leather chair in my basement and stuffs his phone in his pocket.

We get into his car, since he decided it was a good idea to park right behind me. I take out my phone and plug in the AUX cord that's always in his car. I look through my songs and land on our song. The song we always sing at the top of our lungs, the one we always choose when we're around each other. It's our song.

The first verse of The A Team by Ed Sheeran comes on and he surprises me by singing it. I look over to him and he seems pretty into it.

••••

As we pull into the parking lot of the store, I jump with excitement. I grab his hand and pull him into the store. He sighs. "Nick, you'll enjoy it trust me." He rolls his eyes and looks me in the eye. "Was that a joke?" "Maybe, but just come onnn!!!"

A middle aged women approaches us. "How may I help you today?" She asks us. "Well, um I need a graduation dress." She smiles. "Alright. Follow me this way." We follow her into a room filled with gowns. Nick looks bored out of his mind.

We sit down on a couch and the lady pulls me into a room. "So what are you looking for?" I think of the dream gown I've always wanted. "Um, well, I kinda want a long gown. And it would be the colours light pink or mint!" I become excited. "Alright wait here and I'll be back with some dresses." I get changed into the robe she left.

Minutes later, the lady comes back with the most beautiful dresses ever. I get changed into the first one, it was a light pink with a beautiful embroidered top. I slipped it on and immediately got a boost of confidence. I feel really insecure about my body.

I walk out and Nick is scrolling through his phone. He looks up and his immediately become large. "Sky..." He's lost for words, and I become flattered. I smile and admire the beautiful dress on me. "Sky, you look amazing." He continues his sentence. "Really?" I say feeling somewhat insecure. "Yeah, I mean it."

•••••

I tried on at least six dresses and picked out the one. It was a mint green maxi dress with a bejewelled neckline. "You happy with what you got? Because you looked amazing in all of them." He looks over to me. "Really?" He nods. "You're literally the best friend ever Nick."

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