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pretend it's not new years yet in this story that i'm not a bad writer, k? thank you!

"hey, loser!" weston woke me up. "why'd you fall asleep so early last night? you missed a lot in the group chat. everyone was throwing hands. you should never miss a good fight."

"my brain isn't awake and you're talking too much." i rolled my eyes at his behavior. "i just was over everyone fighting."

"drama is always entertaining. what do you mean? everyone loves a little drama." he said in a girly voice.

i chuckled. "i think it's childish and we're all friends. we need to get over everything and get everything back to normal."

"we were never normal and we never will be. get used to it, squidy." he said.

"can i go back to bed?" i stuffed my face in my pillow. he pulled my covers off of me and i shrieked. "it's so cold! how dare you."

"you have your rowland boy downstairs waiting for you." he walked out of my room.

i groaned in annoyance. why, why, why, why? what am i supposed to do know? just act normal. act like nothing happened between you guys and you're just friends.

i fixed my hair and put on some comfy shoes. i looked in the mirror. i had on a plain black shirt, a hoodie, and some leggings. looks good enough for me.

i grabbed my phone and walked downstairs. hunter, brandon, mario, and blake where in my living room talking to each other. everyone looked up at me.

"uh...hey." i awkwardly said.

i hate myself. they're your friends and a guy you have a crush on. no pressure! what are you talking about? this is too har-

"yo!" blake yelled.

"oh my god, i haven't seen you in five ever!" mario ran up to me and attacked me with a hug. "you haven't changed a bit, huh?"

"not much." i laughed at him. maybe this whole 'act normal' thing isn't as hard as it seems. "where's cat?"

"she's in the kitchen with weston and your mom." he pointed at the kitchen.

"hey." hunter waved.

i smiled at him. brandon didn't say anything, he just stared at me. hunter hit him on the shoulder.

"oh. sorry." he laughed. "hi."

"hey." i weakly said.

"it is awkward in here." weston yelled, walking into the room and plopping himself next to mario. "let's make it more awkward."

"let's not." hunter shook (1!1!) his head.

"brandon, are you dating gemma yet?" weston asked.

i sighed and sat down on the carpet. "no." i answered before brandon could say a word. "i mean, we're not dating. we're just friends."

"yeah." brandon nodded his head. "friends."

blake snorted. "for now." all of the boys turned to glare at him. "oh...forget i ever said anything. sorry, brandon. don't want to ruin th-."

"shut up!" brandon yelled at him.

i flinched. "what's going on?"

"nothing." they all said.

why are they acting so weird and what was blake talking about?