It's Complicated

Chapter 15

Tyler's POV

My alarm rings so loud, as if it's yelling at me to wake up. I sit up while my thoughts rush through my brain. It's camp today. I force myself to get up and brush my teeth. I look at myself in the mirror, staring at my shirtless body. I've been going to the gym more regularly, I would like to say I keep myself quite fit. "You are a hot guy Tyler." I say to myself, flexing and making ugly faces. 

"Ew, you're ugly." Freya says in the hallway.

"I was being sarcastic, you idiot." I grab her by the waist and pick her up, throwing her in the air.

"No stop! Put me down!" She yells stubbornly.

I put her down. She kicks my leg and runs away. "Ow that hurt!" I exclaim. She reminds me of Abrielle a lot. Stubborn, annoying, cute- *cough* I didn't mean the last one.

When I get to school I meet Brian, Alex and Jackson. They greet me while I put my suitcase and sleeping bag down. "Yo Ty is it all right of I sit with Nikki on the bus?" Brian asks me.

"Okay..." I say, my voice trailing off a bit. Then who will I sit next to? 

I look over to Alex and Jackson. "Sorry dude, we're sitting together." Alex tells me. Great. 

When it's time to sit on the bus, Brian strolls to Nikki and sits next to her. I'm kind of mad at Brian. I thought he would sit next to me! But no, he chooses his girlfriend over me. Those words hit my chest. I proceed to sit in front of him, but guess who's sitting there? Abrielle. She's sitting with crossed arms, probably pissed that no one's next to her. I look around the bus, is there a spare seat anywhere else? I look back at Abrielle, who's staring at me like I just told her she's pregnant. There's no other choice. So I do the unthinkable, I sit next to her.

Abrielle's POV

No no no no Tyler don't sit down next to me! Ugh, this is so awkward. I say awkward a lot. I hate Nikki, I thought she would sit next to me, but no, she chose her boyfriend over me. Those words break my heart. What do I do now? Is this the time to apologize to him? I didn't plan to apologize on the bus! I wanted to do it when we actually get there!

I go on my phone to distract myself. I get a notification, Nikki texted me. Hey, u should apologize to him now!

I'm not ready!!!!!!!!!! why didn't u sit next to me??? I text back. 

I'm really sorry abs, I'll sit with you on the way back, promise. but just do it now! Get it over and done with!  She replies.

I take a deep breath and look at Tyler. He's sitting side on to me, his jawline looks so sexy, hair messy but still in place, blue eyes shining while he licks his soft lips- I must not get distracted! Isn't it funny that doing something is actually a lot harder than thinking about it? I recite my speech in my head, Hey, I just wanna apologize about the fight, it was just a stupid dare, blah blah blah *explains myself* *ask if we're cool and smile shyly at the end* okay, I've got this.

"Um, hey Tyler." I say in a squeaky voice, I'm so nervous.

I just stupidly realised he has headphones on. Shit. I say it louder. "Um, hey Tyler?!!!" That was a bit too loud.

He turns his head at me and takes his headphones out. "Uh, yeah?"

"I'm sorry!" I blurt out. That was not part of the plan. He raises his eyebrow at me, surprised. "About the fight on instagram. It was a stupid dare, and I did it, sorry." I continue.

"Oh, that's okay, I'm sorry too, I shouldn't have attacked you." He says, blushing a little. Oh my god he's apologizing to me too? 

"So uh, are we cool now?" I ask smiling shyly. That was a part of my plan. Good job Abrielle, you actually did something that you were planning to do.

He grins. "Yeah." The weight is lifted off my shoulders. But now it's even more awkward. I've just made up with my worst enemy. Should I start a friendly conversation?

I look at him and smile weakly. "So, um, ha ha, this is awkward." No that's not a conversation starter! 

"Yeah ha ha." He laughs. "So... I've seen you carry a basketball in and out of school a few times. Do you play?"

"Yeah I do." I say.

"Ha ha so do I." He fiddles with his headphones nervously.

"Wait, you do?" I didn't know he played basketball!

"Yeah! It's a pretty cool sport."

"Ha ha yes it is." We continued talking about basketball. This is so weird. I've never had an actual conversation with Tyler without shouting or being mad. I thought I would never say this, but he's actually really nice. I feel so alive in his company. Why didn't I apologize earlier? I look at Tyler while he's talking about basketball, he has so much passion in his eyes, his smile looks unbreakable. My view about him has changed so much, in only a matter of minutes.

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Hey guys, so I thought I might start something where I put a side note at the end of every chapter. I just want to say I hope you're enjoying the story! And thank you so much for taking the time to read this. I have many ideas for this story, so please continue reading! and please vote and comment :3 it is greatly appreciated. Thank you!