acquaintances; best mates sequel

twelve

*BRADLEY'S POV*

I opened my diary so aggressively, almost ripping the pages as I did so. The pen hit the paper and it was like all my emotions from the past few days had a mind of their own, filling the pages with each detail of each day. 

"...Tristan has betrayed me, once again. I finally did something nice for the dick and he goes behind my back and gets a girlfriend? Well... we aren't together. So he didn't have to tell me, but it would have been nice to know. I don't wanna be his anyway, not now." 

I sighed, throwing my pen across the room as my wrist ached. One part of me hated him, but the other part of me knew it was just jealousy because of the intense love I had for him. 

"Brad?" My mum's voice echoed from downstairs.

"What!?" I screamed back, unintentionally raising my voice much higher than intended. 

"There's someone here!" She shouted. I frowned, quickly jumping out of bed as I frantically looked around, wondering who it could be. I checked my hair in the mirror before rushing downstairs.

"Who is it?" I whispered to my Mother, brushing off my clothes.

"I don't know, Bradley. Some boy." My Mother shrugged before walking into the other room to give me some space with whoever was waiting.

I gulped and sped walk to the door, slowly creaking it open to reveal Tristan.

"Hi." The tall blonde smiled.

"What is it? What do you want?" I growled, holding the door, uninvitingly. 

"I want to explain myself. I feel like I have to." Tris sighed, playing with a piece of his blonde hair that wasn't slicked back like the rest of it. 

"Okay. Go on." I gestured. God, this was going to be interesting.

"Not here, I want to take you out. If you like." He grinned.

"Oh, how would your girlfriend feel about that, though?" I tilted my head, letting him know I was angry with him.

"Girlfriend? I don't have one. That girl was my close friend, Kelsey." Tris giggled to himself.

"Oh. My bad. Give me two minutes." I felt my face burn up as I slammed the door in Tristan's face. God, why was I such an idiot who felt the need to assume everything? I hurried upstairs, grabbing a jacket to finish off my outfit for my chat with Tristan. This should be interesting. 

*FLASHBACK*
*WRITERS POV*

"Fuck, I am so drunk." Tristan groaned, throwing his arm around whichever girl he could.

"Wanna get even more messed up?" A lanky brunette approached Tristan, slowly handing him a transparent bag which held a substance that Tris didn't recognise.

"What is it?" Tris smiled, holding his hand out to grab the bag, weary-eyed. 

"I'm not 100% Tris, mate. This new drug that everyone is talking about. It gets you hype." The boy spoke, planting himself down next to Tris. The boy carefully took the drug from the bag and lined it up on the table before them. 

"I'll do it if you do." Tris chuckled, rubbing his hands together.

"Hell yeah." The brown-haired boy agreed as their noses hit the table and they inhaled the substance.

Tristan jumped up and wiped his nose, his eyes pulsing as he smirked.

"Fuck I feel it already." He beamed, shaking his hands around as the drug entered his system.

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*BRADLEY'S POV*

Tristan had suggested taking me to an 'unknown location' which he thought I might like. I was confused and curious, but I agreed anyhow - there was no doubt that the blonde still had me wrapped around every finger of his.

During the car ride to this location, Tristan was blasting rock music that I wasn't familiar with. We didn't talk much, mostly due to the fact that I was so nervous to be in his presence again after so long. 

"Do you like this song?" Tristan yelled over the music.

"What?" I yelled back, even though we were sat right beside each other. Tris rolled his eyes and was forced to turn the music down to an acceptable level.

"I said, do you like this song?" Tris said, looking over at me now and again.

"I don't know it." I shrugged, looking out of the window.

"You don't know Sum 41? Fuck, you are missing out." Tristan gasped, almost losing his focus on the road.

"They sound alright." I smiled.

"Alright? They sound amazing. I love them." Tristan shouted as he turned a corner, which looked familiar to me.

"Never heard you speak of them." I said, looking around the town which we just entered. I could have sworn I knew this place.

"A lot can change in a year, Brad." Tris informed me as he sped up down the road.

"You've changed, Tristan." I shot a look over at him, I watched his eyes sink as he shrugged my words off. I knew that he knew that he'd changed. He just wasn't ready to admit it yet. 

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HI GUYS. 

Sorry I've been away for a bit. I've had so much going on. I'm finally back though and I hope you're enjoying the story. <3

-Ellise<3