Give Me a Chance

4

•Axel's POV•

"C'mon Rachel." I say.
"What if they don't like me?" Rachel asks. Rachel is my.. Uhm.. I wouldn't say girlfriend.. she's my new fling.
"You won't know if you don't try." I say, reassuringly.
She sighs. "Fine."
We walk over to Emmett and Alissa. I wonder where Chance is..
"Hey, guys!" I say.
"Hey Axel!" They both say.
Rachel waves. "Hiya. I'm Rachel."
Alissa smiles. "I'm Alissa and this is Emmett."
"Nice to meet you." Emmett says.
"Hey, where is Chance?" I ask.
Just then Chance walks over. "I'm right here." He says. He looks... off.
"You okay, Chance?" Emmett asks. Chance nods, and looks at Rachel.
"Oh I'm Rachel." She says.
"Chance." He replies, coldly.
I glare at Chance and he glares back. Does he not like Rachel? He doesn't have a reason not to like her. Unless... he's jealous of her.

~Time skip~

I sit on my bed, Emmett and Chance sitting on chairs across from the bed. Alissa said she was going to come, but she stood us up.
"I wonder why Alissa didn't come." Emmett says.
"I know. She always come to hangout with us." I say.
"She's been acting strange lately." Chance adds in.
I nod. "Well, since she's not coming. What do you guys want to do?"
"Mario kart?" Emmett and Chance ask.
"You know it." I say. I get up and turn on my Nintendo Switch. I grab three joy cons and hand one to Emmett and Chance. My hand lightly touches Chance's and a bit of blush dusts our faces.
"What level?" Asks Emmett.
Chance and I exchange knowing looks.
"Rainbow road." We both say, earning a groan out of Emmett.
"I suck at that level!" He exclaims.
"Too bad!" Chance exclaims back.

I chuckle. It's been a while since Chance, Emmett and I have hung out without Alissa. I've missed this; all the witty banter between Chance and Emmet. It's so nice to have some bro-time once in a while. It's so nice to get along with Chance, once in a while. I wish we didn't have to fight all the time. I want everything to be cool between us.... I don't... miss him, do I? I don't. I like Rachel, but if that's true then why do I want to hold him so tight like I did before?

Tears threaten to fall out of my eyes, so I shut them tightly. I open my eyes and look back up at the game. I'm in 3rd place, Emmett's in 7th place, and Chance is in first. Typical Chance. He's so good at this game. I get a power-up in the game and I catch up to Chance.
"I'm catching up to you Chance!" I exclaim.
"Not on my watch!!" He practically yells. He gets a banana peel from a power box and throws it at me, but he misses.
"Shit!" He yells. I use a mushroom that I saved and I zoom over the finish line, resulting in me in first, Chance in second and Emmett in seventh.
"Yes!!" I yell, getting up and doing a victory dance. Chance any Emmett laugh at me and I continue dancing around my room.
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A/N: There you go! Another chapter!! Are you guys liking it so far?? I hope so! I'll talk to you in the next one! Bai~