Hopeless Romantic -- Brallon

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"Okay, you guys don't have to hate each other." I say. "Hatred is toxic. It's bad. I mean, you can, I guess, but it's still bad."

"How can you not hate Ryan Ross?" Brendon spits.

"I don't know. Try being him for once." Ryan retaliates.

I sigh. "Okay, stop fighting. Let's just try to get all of this resolved."

"I think everything is resolved already. You guys broke up, and Ryan is moving." Brendon smiles.

"You do realize how terrible I must feel? I barely spent a month here, and my parents are making us move again. The school year is ending! I'm going to have to get used to New York again." Ryan whines.

"I understand that, but maybe... Maybe it's like, karma." I shrug.

"Sure." Ryan rolls his eyes.

"I'm serious! You're kind of a terrible person, no offense." I say.

He narrows his eyes at me. "Wow. Thanks for the feedback."

"When exactly are you leaving the state?" Brendon asks.

Ryan looks up in thought and responds. "It's probably soon. My parents don't inform me on a lot of stuff, so I'm left in the dark."

We hear a sudden buzz, and Brendon takes out his phone. "I, uh... I need to go."

"I'll see you tomorrow?" I say.

He nods. "Are you going to be okay? Alone? With him? I'll stay, if you want to."

Ryan groans. "God, am I really that bad of a person? We can just all leave. It's getting late anyways."

"Will we see you again?" I ask.

"I don't know." Ryan shrugs. "As I said before, I'm pretty much left in the dark about all this."

I hesitate and glance at both Brendon and Ryan. "If... if you're moving right away, should we say goodbye? Properly?"

Brendon looks to the ground and nods. "Ryan Ross, I'm sorry that we hated each other. It was natural for us to because we both fell for Dallon. It's time for you to move on, and for all of us to learn from past mistakes."

Brendon then looks up at Ryan. "Are we good? For real. I don't want another grudge between us."

Ryan smiles at this. "Yeah. We're good. I'm sorry for everything I've done." He turns to me, and sincerely apologizes. "I know I was terrible to both of you. I'm really sorry. For real, this time. I guess I'll be the one that got away."

"I'm sorry to both of you. I... I guess I was kind of selfish and not thinking about either of your feelings. I only really cared about how they affected me." I scratch the back of my neck nervously. "I'm too caught up in my own problems that I don't realize others have problems too."

After the three of us are done apologizing to each other, we all hug.

"It feels so nice to have a clear conscience." Brendon sighs. "I really need to go now, though. Bye, you two." He walks away to his car.

Ryan turns to me after a few minutes. "I get why you like him. He suits you."

An amused grin makes its way to my face. "You think so? It took me a while to realize he liked me. I guess I'm oblivious."

"You both are. Always daydreaming just to pass the time." Ryan mutters.

"I guess so." I reply. I check the time on my phone. "I should be going now too. Goodbye?" 

He nods. "Goodbye, Dallon Weekes."

I give him a soft smile and wave.

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Songs referenced:
Boyfriend -COIN 
Sadderdaze -The Neighbourhood

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This chapter is trash, but here's a sort of explanation ?

It has legitimately been FOREVER but I felt like updating this even though I don't have all the chapters finished still oops. My writing quality went downhill but I took a big break so I may start to write more. I think I noticed this a little before I put this book on hold. I was like "hmm why do I just write mostly dialogue now what happened to detailed scenes" and now I realize that was probably from trying too hard through a writer's block and burning out. :P