What Happened When We Met

About Drinks and Dates

This chapter is inspired on two songs. "Amnesia" by 5sos and "Somebody that I used to know" by Gotye.

Helena's POV:

It had been more than a month already. My feelings were so messed up, I felt everything and nothing at the same time. It was different than the last time they left.
I was working when I got a text.

Atticus: Want to get a drink tonight? I think Brandon asked Effie already ;)

Me: Did she say yes?

Atticus: She told him to ask you hahah.

Me: Okay then. Yes :D

Atticus: We'll pick you guys up at 8:00?

Me: Sure

Atticus: It's a date then ;)

"He said it's a date!" I ran inside Effie's room. She was on her phone FaceTiming Emma.
"Oh, hi Emma!" I said as soon as I saw her on the phone.
"Hey Helena! Who are you going on a date with?" She asked me wiggling her eyebrows. Roger came behind her and hugged her, trying to see us too.
"Who's going on a date?" He asked curiously.
"Oh my gosh guys, really?" I said laughing, everyone had heard that apparently.
"We'll talk later!" Emma said as soon as Jimmy appeared on the back with some random girl. Emma and Effie said goodbye and hung up.
"Who was that?" I ask Effie with a confused look.
"No idea," she shrugged her shoulders, "Atticus asked you out on a date?"
I gave her my phone for her to read the messages.
"You guys should just be together already!" She laughed and pushed me playfully.
"Are you and Brandon together?" I asked her raising my left eyebrow.
"I don't even know, it seems like we are all dating hahah" she laughed.
"Including Jimmy" I rolled my eyes. I did feel weird when I saw him with that girl. I wasn't jealous but I did feel stupid. I kept driving by all the places we used to hang out getting drunk. I kept thinking about our last kiss, how it felt and the way he tasted. And even though everyone kept telling me he was okay, I couldn't help but wonder if he was somewhere feeling lonely even though she was right beside him? Couldn't help but wonder if it was all a lie, because if what we had was "real" how could he be fine? Because I was not fine at all. I remembered the day I found out he was leaving, the sadness showing on his face, the dreams he left behind he didn't need them, like every single wish we ever made. I wished that I could wake up with amnesia, and forget about the stupid little things, like the way it felt to fall asleep next to him. It hurt to know he was happy, that he had moved on, but at some point we all had to move on too.
"Do you miss Timmy?" I asked Effie without really thinking about the question. She looked at me and then she zoned out.

Effie's POV:

"Do you miss Timmy?" Helena asked me out of nowhere. I stared at her and then I zoned out. I didn't want to miss him, I was not that kind of person. I didn't get sad and cry because people left. The thing was that I was so used to always being the one leaving, not the one left behind.
Also, I believed that things would have been easier if he would have stopped calling as soon as they left, but he kept on doing it once in a while. I dealt with "pain" in my own way, all I could do was change my number and pretend like nothing happened. It was better that way, we had to move on.
I had been going out with Brandon, most of the time Helena and Atticus would come too, but there were times where Brandon would take me food during my lunch break at work, or he would randomly visit at night before going home from his job. I really liked him, he was such a good guy. We had held hands a few times, and we had been about to kiss some others, but officially we were nothing but friends.

Timmy's POV:
I was not trying to listen in on somebody else's conversation, but I had accidentally heard Emma and Roger talking about Effie and Helena. Apparently they were going out on dates with I don't know who. I knew that Effie and I were not together anymore, we never really were. I decided to call her, but I dialed Helena's number because Effie's had stopped ringing a while ago.
"Let me guess, you want to talk to Effie" Helena told me after catching up a little.
"Please" I responded. After a minute, Effie answered dryly.
"Hello?"
"Now and then I think of when we were together" I blurted out.
"Like when you said you felt so happy you could die?" She asked.
"I told myself that you were right for me, but I always felt so lonely in your company. People can get addicted to certain kinds of sadness, like resignation to the end. So when we found that we could not make sense, well we said that we would still be friends" I said quickly.
"I'll admit that I was glad that it was over" she confessed.
"But you didn't have to cut me off, make out like it never happened and that we were nothing. And I don't even need your love, but you treat me like a stranger and it feels so rough. You didn't have to stoop so low, have your friends collect your records and then change your number..." she interrupted me.
"I guess that I don't need that though"
"Now you're just somebody that I used to know" I told her. We stayed silent for a while.
"Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over, but had me believing it was always something that I'd done" I continued.
"But I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know" she said with a tone meaning that the conversation was about to be over.
"Now you're just somebody that I used to know" I told her before hanging up. The thing was that we always had this kind of relationship, and I didn't know what would happen in the future, but all I knew was that for the moment, it was over.

Helena's POV (after two more months):

Effie and I were officially going out with Atticus and Brandon, and by going out I mean dating. We were not the ordinary kind of couples, for us a good date was going out and getting drunk, or doing random crazy things like hiking at 8 pm, or sky diving on a Monday. It felt good being with them, it was like nothing could go wrong. We did give our relationships the importance that they deserved but we didn't make it too serious, that's what I liked about it.
Emma was home, when we asked about the guys they didn't really say much, they just told us they were doing okay, that they had their jobs and all that. They also gave us the news that they were getting married, because they were living like a married couple, so might as well do things right.
Alice and Tyler are still together, they go out to concerts every weekend, and they're taking classes together for random things, they took a baking class two weeks ago, then they took some Salsa classes, and now they're planning on learning Mandarin.
Alaska is stressing out too much because of the wedding plans, she wanted something and then she wanted something else. But to us, everything was turning out amazing, I tried to help her with what I could, but when I wasn't getting drunk, I was working.
Even though things were hard sometimes, everything was coming out good, something I didn't think was possible after all the mess with the Browns.