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Chapter 9

We got up around noon. I stayed up late talking with Will about editing videos and he taught me a lot that night. Since the HH group didn't have anything lined up today, Will and I lounged around my house for a while. Zach was still editing his video because he got none of it done yesterday. Shelby was doing the same. I assumed they were making out all last night and didn't want to ask because I didn't want to know. Will and I both ate some chips and we talked about the creator dance party. He said there would be food, a DJ, dancing, and games. It sounded like so much fun. We were sitting close together on the couch while talking and watching TV. I always sat right by his side because if I didn't, he would eventually scoot closer and closer until we were this close anyway. I still wasn't sure what that was about. He actually did a lot of things that seemed like things couples would do with me. We sat together, he told me I was cute or things about me were cute, we ate together, watched movies and fell asleep on the couch together. I couldn't tell if he did those things because he liked me as more than a friend or if he was just a very friendly person. Shelby thinks he likes me. I have no idea. Just then, he put his arm around me and pulled me closer so I was leaning on him. I looked up at his face and saw our faces were 2 inches apart. I blushed super hard and looked back at the T.V. and he kept his arm around me. A little later I felt him lean his head on me. My stomach was doing so many flips I felt like I would throw up. I really wanted to ask him what we were, if we were more than friends. I thought about it for a while before my phone went off. It was a text from Zach asking if we wanted to go out to lunch with him and Liam. I quickly shot a text back saying we would meet him there in 30 minutes. "Hey Will," I said quietly, trying not to scare him. He stirred and sat up rubbing his eyes. It was the cutest thing! "Zach asked if we wanted to meet up for lunch. You hungry?" I asked gently. He looked around for a second, not sure where he was because he was just waking up. "Oh lunch. Yeah I could eat. Sounds good." He said finally waking up fully. I laughed and told him I already said yes and then we should get dressed and head out. I changed out of my pajamas and brushed my hair and teeth and we headed out the door.

We met up at a restaurant and found Liam and Zach who were sitting down. We joined them, sitting across from them. "Did you invite Shelby too?" I asked Zach, wagging my eyebrows at him. "Yes she's on her way still." "I'll go sit on the other side then, since the married couple will be here." Liam said sitting next to me and flashing me a smile. I smiled back at him and picked up my menu to take a look. After a few minutes Shelby showed up and sat next to Zach we all looked at them knowingly and they ignored us. During our meal, Liam was talking to me quite a bit. He was very nice to me and funny too. I actually really enjoyed talking to him. I made a mental note to do more clips with him. After lunch we all decided to see a movie. We went to the theater in the area and all decided on a movie. We got drinks and 1 small popcorn just to get a taste. We all sat down in the theater and the movie started. We got there just in time. I was sitting next to Will and Liam. Shelby sat on Liam's side with Zach on her right. At some point during the movie, I peeked at them and saw them holding hands and smiling at each other. It was cute. After a while, Will put his arm around my shoulder. I pushed the cup holder up so I could scoot closer to him. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Liam glancing at us and looking disappointed. I felt bad because he was sitting in the middle of a couple and 2 people who act like a couple. After the movie was over, I went to the bathroom and everyone waited in the lobby. When I got out, Liam was standing there. "(Y/N), I have a question, are you and Will together?" I was shocked by how blunt he was being. "I, um don't actually know. We haven't talked about it." He nodded and said we should catch up with the group. Later on, we decided to go to a mall. As we were walking from one store to the next, I overheard Liam asking Will if we were a couple. "Oh no, we're not together." He said quickly and quietly. "We're nothing like that, we're just friends." It took me a second to register. 'He doesn't like me like that' I thought sadly, my stomach dropping. 'I thought we were more than friends. The things we did together made it seem like we were more than that.' Zach saw me looking sad. He bumped my arm with his. "Hey, you alright?" I just shook my head. "I heard that too. You like Will don't you?" He asked making me look up at him, shocked. I saw him and Shelby looking at me. "I swear I didn't tell him, he's actually kind of smart when it comes to other people's love lives." Shelby said. Zach shot her a joking mad glance. "Let me talk to Will. He might be not wanting to talk to H about it." He said supportively. I smiled and said "Thanks, Zach." He caught up with Will and Liam and I stayed behind with Shelby. Zach said something to Liam and he lagged behind so that he was walking with us. "Zach needed to talk to Will about something. I don't know what." He smiled at me and I tried to smile back but it felt forced. I thought I saw Liam make a sad face but he didn't say anything to me. We walked until we got to the GameStop and walked in and the two groups split even further apart. I kept stealing glances at Will and I could tell Liam was looking at me too. At this point, I just wanted to go home and sleep but we still had to go to the dance party tonight so I told the rest of them I was going to sit outside the store. I didn't want to know what Zach and Will were talking about.

Will's perspective:

I was talking to H about something in Harmony Hollow when Graser came up from behind us and asked to speak to just me. We were walking through a mall trying to find the GameStop. "Hey, Will can I ask you what you and H were talking about?" He asked me. "Yeah we were talking about how Scott said we were-" He cut me off, "No what you guys were saying about (Y/N). I overheard a little bit and was curious. What was that about?" I didn't know what to say exactly. "He asked me if she and I were a couple." "Yeah that, what was your answer?" "I said we weren't. We're just friends." Graser nodded. "So do you like her?" He asked bluntly. Again, I didn't know what to say. "Well she's nice and smart and funny and she's a good friend." "Yeah I know that, everyone knows that, but, romantically, how do you feel about her? Would you date her?" I made a shocked face. I didn't know how to answer that. There were a lot of things concerning (Y/N) that I didn't know how to answer. "I'm not sure. I never thought of her that way before." "Well you always sit next to her and you are so touchy-feely with her and you put your arm around her in the movie theater, even H asked if you guys were dating, because you guys do things that usually couples do." I had never realized it. I guess the things I do come across as flirting. "It seems like you like her by the way you act around her." "I don't know, I just do what my brain tells me to do. I thought it was something friends do because she never told me to stop. Should I stop?" "Only if you don't want to date her. If you don't like her and you keep doing couple things, you could give her the wrong impression and hurt her feelings." I had a sudden realization. All the things I've been doing have been things guys do in movies to flirt with girls. I didn't even realize I'd been doing it. "Oh my gosh, I've been unintentionally flirting with her and I just realized it. What does that mean though? Do I like her? I have no idea. My only girlfriend was Sarah and I never did any of these things with her. She just yelled at me and called me an idiot." "I think you know what that means, Will." Graser winked at me and walked over to where Shelby was and started talking with her. I couldn't believe it took me so long but I just finally realized, I kind of like (Y/N).

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