My Two Best Friends|G.D|E.D

52|"we are now strangers"

| Beth |

Day by day, week by week, I pass by my used to be best friends every day in the halls.

All of our late night talks, party crashing, movie hopping, adventuring, just all of our memories from a whole 7 years, and we pass by as if we are now strangers.

Same thing with Damien, my ex.

All of our late night make outs, mid day cuddle sessions, dirty dancing at parties, late night drives in the car, just all our memories from a whole couple of months, and we pass by as if we are now strangers.

I want Damien back, but he wants nothing to do with me.

Now that I know that Damien never did anything wrong and it was just Ethan and Grayson with their big set up, I know who I should trust.

I should've trusted Damien and not the twins. I should've believed him when he promised me he didn't know that girl. I should've believed Seth too.

The two boys who've had my back since day one and the two boys I've ever trusted are now strangers to me. Trust is no longer in my vocabulary when it comes to Ethan and Grayson.

All of my nights continue to be nothing but restless. I stay awake from the feeling of being betrayed, lied to, and manipulated by people I loved and trusted.

I'm so unbelievably traumatized and in fear that this could happen to me again, that I now reject anyone who attempts to engage a conversation with me.

I spend my days at school alone at lunch, sitting in the back of the cafeteria, avoiding my old table where my used to be friends sit.

People watch and stare at me in confusion and concern.

"Isn't that Beth Young? Why is she sitting alone?"

"Where's Ethan and Grayson?"

"The three of them never talk anymore, I wonder what happened."

That's all the muttering and mumbling I hear around me when I sit alone at lunch.

Everyone at school knew Ethan, Grayson, and I as an iconic trio. We were never seen not together. But, now the iconic trio broke up.

Today at school, I built up enough courage to even consider talking to Damien, something I haven't done in over a month.

Damien walked passed by the tiny table I sat alone at and I lifted my arm up and waved him over once our eyes made contact with each other.

His eyebrows furrowed slightly once he saw me wave him over and he turned his head around to make sure I was talking to him.

He mouthed the words, 'me?" 

I nodded my head and waved him over again.

He furrowed his brow again and slowly made his way over to me.

"Sit down?" I asked him once he was now in front of me.

Damien cleared his throat and looked around the cafeteria as if he was keeping an eye out for someone, "Why?"

"I want to... talk," I mumbled.

He gulped, "Why?"

"I'm sorry I didn't believe you," I blurted out.

His lips slightly parted, "It's a little too late for that. But, thanks for apologizing."

Then, he turned back around and ended our conversation.

"Wait," I ordered him.

Damien's body stopped moving and he paused and turned around to face me again.

"What's wrong with you?"I asked.

Damien refused to keep eye contact with me as he was too busy scanning the lunch room in search of something.

"What are you looking for?" I barked.

"Your security guards," Damien muttered.

I already knew who he was talking about.

"I'm not friends with Ethan and Grayson," I mumbled.

"That doesn't stop them from jumping me if they catch me even looking at you," Damien replied.

My eyes rolled, "Fuck them."

Then, Ethan and Grayson rolled into the lunch room and immediately their eyes shot to Damien and I. Both of their eyes narrowed at us in despise, but they didn't dare to walk over here.

"Fuck, they saw me," Damien muttered.

"And?" I scoffed.

"I gotta go. Bye, Beth," He whispered under his breath and left me alone.

Even when I'm not communicating with Ethan and Grayson anymore, they still manage to fuck up my life.

There's no escaping them.

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