My Best Friend And I (#Wattys2017)

Chapter 13

Emily's POV

I ran for a while before I reached the nearby park and went to my thinking spot deep in the woods. It was an abandoned old swing in front of a small pond. I sat on it and started slowly moving forward and backward with tears still running down my face.

I couldn't believe I was such a fool. Why did I have to say that to him when I was positive the feelings were one sided? Hadn't I learned anything from what had happened between Tyler and me?

Now not only had I made things awkward between Jack and me but I wasn't sure what would happen to our friendship. Don't get me wrong, I wanted to be so much more than friends but since that wasn't going to happen, then I was glad to have him as my best friend even though it hurt me.

I couldn't get the image of his face when I dropped the bomb out of my head. Mainly because there was no emotion whatsoever present there. Even if it had been disgust or something else, anything else, it'd have been much better than the emotionless mask he had on. The only obvious thing was shock which didn't exactly give me any clues.

Ugh, I give up on guys.

Looking at the little pond and swinging on that old thing had always calmed me down and made me feel relaxed and once again the place worked its magic on me.

Some time passed and I thought I heard footsteps over the creaking of the swing so I stood up and looked around and saw nothing but trees. The creepy thing was that I could still hear the footsteps and they were getting closer. Frantically looking around, I finally spotted a brown mop of hair. A very familiar messy mop of brown hair.

Jack.

Damn it. I had forgotten that I'd showed him this place! He was the only person that knew about it. I hadn't even told Ashley about it.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck! What am I supposed to do now!?

I was frozen at my spot. Just a while ago I had confessed my feelings for him and then ran. What the actual fuck was I going to do?

I didn't have much time to think about it since while I was in a shocked state Jack had managed to move really fast and was now a few feet away and quickly approaching me.

"Look J, I don't..." I started saying but was rudely interrupted as he reached me in three large steps and pressed his lips against mine, effectively cutting me off.

The kiss was slow and sweet but there weren't any butterflies in my stomach. No, there was a freaking herd of elephants dancing in there while watching a fireworks show. Warmth spread from my hip and neck where each of his hands was resting, pulling me closer to him. Since Jack was too tall compared to me, even though I was on my tiptoes, I wrapped my hands around his neck, using them to bring him down to me.

After a while, we pulled apart for air and Jack leaned his forehead on mine, his eyes closed. I could still feel tingles on my lips, that were fiercely kissing his plump pink ones.

"You know, Emmy, you should give people some time to register what's happening and come back to their senses after telling them that you're in love with them." He whispered and when he finally opened his eyes, I could see it very clear. That emotion that always disappeared before I could figure out what it was? It was love.

"Well for your information, I was really nervous. Like, you have no idea how hard it was for me to tell you that." I lightly laughed when I remembered the mini panic attack I'd experienced.

"Actually," the seriousness in his voice sobered me up pretty quickly, "I do have an idea. I've been trying to tell you that I loved you as more than a friend for the past year but never got the courage to do so. And plus you had a crush on Tyler at the time, so I..." Now I was the one that didn't let him finish his sentence as I grabbed the collar of his t-shirt and connected our lips yet again.