Free.
That's how I'm feeling. I never realized how much I needed that. I was carrying a heavy weight for so long that I became unconscious that it was there. It was affecting me more and more and I didn't even realize.
Ever since I talked about.. well basically everything I didn't before, I felt normal. Like I can finally breathe.
It sounds cliche, but it truly is what I feel.
"Lexi!" I hear Brian call from downstairs breaking my train of thought.
"Yeah?" I yell back standing up from my bed to look into the hallway.
"Come downstairs, you've got company!" He yells and I hear murmurs as the front door closes.
I walk downstairs and find Jake, Josh, Will, and Brent all in my living room.
"What's up?" I say sitting on a chair and looking at them confused. Something seems wrong. Jake seems confused mirroring my face, as Josh seems frustrated as he bounces his leg up and down continuously and Will seems angry glaring at his shoes and shifting around like he's worried as well. Brent seems completely normal looking around as he waits for the others to talk.
"What's going on with you?" Will asks me seeming pretty blunt.
"Uhh.. what?" I say confusedly.
"One day, you were really angry, and you come back happier than ever. What happened?" He asks again and I look down not wanting to explain.
"I don't want to go into specifics, but I just needed some time in my.. happy place, I guess," I say speaking vaguely. Yes, these guys are my friends, but I don't expect them to understand what I'm going through, but I think Brent knows. I mean he doesn't have his own fatherly figure, and I don't have a motherly figure. He might be just as curious as I am. Curious about all that could've happened.
"Happy place? Lexi what the fuck? Since when did you ever have a happy place?" Will asks sounding really.. angry.
"Will calm down, I just needed time to think about some stuff okay?" I say and takes a deep sigh.
"Who were you with yesterday?" he asks with s grumble.
"I was just with Bre- wait, what does that have to do with anything?" I ask confused.
Jake smirks at me and I shake my head. "Happy place huh?" Jake asks and I feel the need to facepalm at his ridiculous assumption.
Before anyone can react Will stands up and punches Jake square in the face.
"Shut the fuck up!" he yells before storming out.
My eyes widen in shock. It was a simple comment, something that should've been expected from Jake. Yet I don't think I've ever seen Will so mad before.
"One second," I say standing up but Josh stands up as well attempting to block my way.
"He's clearly unstable right now, do you really want to go to him, let him cool down or something," Josh rushes out and I gape at him like a fish.
"Yes, I really want to go check on him, he's my friend," I say pushing past him.
"That's the problem," he mutters frustratedly as he lets me go, not bothering to stop me anymore. I want to storm back to him and punch him straight in the face, but I think better of it before jogging outside to see Will standing out on the sidewalk looking at the sky, seeming in deep thought as he releases a sigh.
I walk up behind him and he turns around to face me.
"What did you do?" he asks me still angry, but sounding like he needs to know the answer.
"Not what Jake had suggested, that's for sure, I just went horseback riding with Brent," I say and Will walks closer to me looking down at the ground now.
He looks up at me when I finish and I don't know what to do, he just looks in my eyes as his own looks pain ridden.
Suddenly, he leans forward and I panic shoving his chest back. He was going to kiss me.
Will looks shocked, angry, pained, and sad. I hate it.
"I'm sorry, I didn't even think. I'm sorry. I- I'm just fucking sorry okay," he says running off leaving me standing on the sidewalk watching his retreating body as it gets smaller and smaller as he gets further and further away.
Will was gonna kiss me. When he knew I had a boyfriend, and when he knew I only liked him as a brother and as a friend. Does Will like me?
Oh God. What just happened?
After what feels like hours of shock, I finally manage to walk back towards the house.
Opening the door I sit back down in the living room not saying a word and everyone turns to face me.
Brent and Jake look confused as Josh gives me a knowing look as if to say 'I told you so'. He must've guessed what was going to happen.
"What happened?" Brent asks.
I look at Jake and examine his red face with a purple bruise already forming.
"To be honest, I don't really know myself," I respond truthfully.
I have no idea what just happened, or what's going to happen now.
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A/N: Dun dun DUNNN! OoOoOOoOH we have some dramaa! Some of you guys guessed that Will had feelings for Lexi, and congrats to you guys because you guessed right!
What do you guys think is gonna happen? I already have it planned and I'm freaking out xD
Also, can I just point out that we just hit 5k views?! Like WUHH? HOW? I'm still in shock. I mean this book hit 2k in mid-October and it's December with 5k. It makes me happy to think that people have been reading, maybe not voting as much, but it still means something to me. So thank you guys so much for the support, I really appreciate it xD
I think that's all I have to say for now xD
Hope you enjoyed <3
-Sarah
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