My Newsie Best Friend

Moving Too Fast

Bre's POV

"Did I just hear an alarm start ringing? Did I see sirens go flying past? Though I don't know what tomorrow's bringin', I've got a singular impression things are moving too fast." Ben sang once we got seated. "Ey! Last Five Years." I nodded approvingly.

"But seriously though. We are moving pretty fast." He said, in all seriousness. "And Sky and Becca aren't?" I raised my eyebrows questioningly. "Ok, you got me. But really. Is it just me, or does this feel right?" He tentatively asked. I pretended to ponder the question even though I already had an answer.

"Yes, it does feel right." I chuckled. Ben gave me a look of relief, then laughed with me. "I've put up with Nick going on and on about you for years. He refused to tell us your name, so we started to refer to you as 'the mystery girl'" He told me.

"Really?" I giggled, and Ben nodded his head. Nick was so silly sometimes. "I have a question." I told him. "Shoot." He smiled. "How much did Nick tell you about me?" I asked.

"Not as much as we all wished. He wouldn't tell us your name, but he described your looks and personality. Every day, he described your looks and personality." Ben rolled his eyes, which made me laugh.

Ben's POV

"Now I have a question for you." I smirked. She nodded her head, motioning for me to ask it. "Why are you so jumpy." I asked. I just couldn't let this go.

I knew she probably wouldn't open up with me, and I didn't blame her. We'd only met a few hours ago. "I've just been like that for years." She shrugged. "Any particular reason?" I pried.

Strangely, she almost looked like she was going to tell me. We hardly knew each other, but I hoped she could trust me. "Yes." She replied plainly. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to it's ok." I smiled understandingly.

She nodded, looking thoughtful. She didn't seem quite ready to tell me, but maybe sometime in the near future she would. "So what's up with you and Josh?" I asked. "What do you mean?" She gave me a weird look. "You guys seem really close. Are you...dating?" I asked.

She laughed so hard that she accidentally snorted. "What's so funny?" I asked.

Bre's POV

"Josh and I are just friends, and that's all we'll ever be." I promised him. "Ok, good." Ben sighed, looking relieved. "What's it to you anyways?" I asked, trying not to sound terribly rude. "Maybe I'm interested." He shrugged.

I felt my face heating and I couldn't stop it. I'd never had a guy interested in me before with the exception of Nick. My eyes went wide as I looked at him startled. He chuckled at my response then glanced away nervously.

"I'm not asking you to be my girlfriend right now, but maybe sometime in the future..." He trailed off. "Yeah, I don't want to rush things either. But I would like to get to know you a little better." I smiled warmly at him.

He sighed, relieved, then went back to eating his cookie. I noticed he was watching every little movement I made, and it blush furiously. To hide now red face, I jerked my head to the side so my hair would fall in my face.

Ben lifted his hand and reached across the table, going to brush my hair out of my face. That hadn't been what I was going for... I braced for impact, trying to control myself enough so I wouldn't flinch.

But as soon as his hand made contact with my face, I flinched hard. Ben furrowed his brows, most likely unsure of what to say. I just shook my head; partly from embarrassment, but mostly from shame.

"I won't ask." Ben sighed, obviously wanting to. I just couldn't tell him yet. First of all, I hardly knew him. Second of all, I didn't know if I would ever see him again so I would've told him for no reason. Thirdly, he might ask Nick about it. That was the worst case scenario.

Nick's POV

I was getting really worried about Bre; I hadn't seen her in a while. I knew that she had been with Ben, but was she still? Not that I didn't trust Ben, but I wanted to spend more time with her. I decided to text her.

Me: Where are you???

Two hours later

Bre: With Ben

Me: Are you doing ok?? Why did you take so long to respond???

Bre: Goodness gracious, Nick. I'm fine. I had my phone on silent and didn't know you texted me.

Me: I'm sorry. I just don't want anything to happen again.

Bre: Nick, it's been two years and I trust Ben.

Me: I trust him too. But you have to tell me if anything bad happens. Because I'll kill that boy.

Bre: 🙄😒

Me: I love you, Bre. Therefore I want to protect you ❤️

If only she knew how much I loved her...

Bre: I love you too Nick. Now don't plague me with any more texts.

I sighed, wishing she loved me more. If only I could tell her how I really felt; but she obviously liked Ben. I never had a chance.