part 1

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by turnaboutink

It was a beautiful summer afternoon on a Saturday. Your best friend, Pete, invited you to hang out with him in his backyard. The two of you were sitting in lawn chairs under a beach umbrella and blasting Panic! At The Disco.

Your phone buzzed in your pocket. Pete looked over your shoulder as you unlocked your phone, revealing your text messages.

"What'cha doing?" Pete asked you.

"Nothing." you pulled your phone away from him. "I'm just texting someone."

Pete grabbed your phone as soon as you sent the text. "Who is it?"

You tried to grab your phone, but Pete held it above his head.

"Pete! Give it back!" you shouted as you tried to jump and reach for it.

He raised it higher. "Not until you let me see who you're texting!"

You stopped jumping and sighed. "Fine."

Pete read your texts. "You've never texted me like this before... Why are you so nice to this guy?"

"Did you see who I sent them too?" you asked, your voice shaking.

"No." Pete replied as he looked to see. He froze. "You like Patrick?!"

You snatched your phone back. "Yeah. That's why there's a heart by his name."

Pete frowned. "Oh. Why didn't you tell me before?"

You shrugged. "I thought you'd make fun of me."

He slumped back into his lawn chair. "I wouldn't have..." Pete slowly looked up at you. "Are you going to tell him?"

"I want to." you answered. "We're going to meet up at the park tomorrow. I plan to tell Patrick there. I've been thinking about doing this for a few weeks."

"Oh. Well... good luck...I guess."

"Thanks, Pete!" you hugged him. "I should go now." you told him as you looked at the clock on your phone.

Pete weakly smiled. "Alright. Thanks for coming over!"

"Thanks for inviting me!" you called back as you walked out of the garden gate.

"Anytime..." Pete whispered to himself. "Anytime..."