Friend Zoned || Shyland Fanfiction 《✔》

chapter fifteen

(same night as last chapter)

Shane's POV

Knock.

Knock. Knock.

(who's there lol i'll stop)

"Could you not?" I sassed, throwing my head in my hands.

"Could you let me in then?" I heard the voice ask me. 

I groaned, knowing who it was. I got up from the floor, using the bed as leverage to help me as I sat for way too long. I walked slowly to the door, opening the nob slowly, only to look up and see his eyes staring down into mine. 

He pushed my door open a little bit more as I moved out the way. I sat down on my bed as he closed the door. He then looked back at me and leaned against my dresser. I didn't want him to look at the mess I was, but I knew he could already tell. 

"So, would you like to tell me why you've stayed in your room all day?" My father asked softly at me. "We even made your favorite for dinner and you didn't even try to come down for a plate."

"I wasn't hungry."

"You could have at least sat with us at the dinner table." He said, crossing his arms. 

"What's the point? I'm not even eating so why even?" 

"Why are you acting like this? You've been like this for the past couple of weeks." He informed, trying to get me to open up. "Is everything alright?"

"No, it's not." I groaned, getting up off of my bed to face him. "He wants me to love him, but I don't know how too."

"May I know who him is?" My dad asked concerned. 

"Ryland."

"Haha, I knew it. You literally can see the love bursting out of his eyes when he looks at you." My father chuckled. "Honestly, I really thought you two would have been together already."

"Are you kidding me?" I exclaimed, narrowing my eyes at him and throwing my arms up in the air.

"Well, what do you expect? You two are too close to just be 'friends'". My father said, rolling his eyes. "So let me think, he's deeply in love with you"

I nodded in response to him, as he just sighed. He then sat me down on the bed again, and he just tilted his head at me and I tilted my head back at him. 

"The real question is, do you love him back in the same way?" My father asked me, crossing his arms and raising an eyebrow.

"I don't know?"

"You don't know?" My father exclaimed, taken back a bit. "What do you mean?"

"He loves me, but I've only ever seen as my best friend but I just....I'm so confused." I admitted, putting my head down. "I saw him kiss someone else, and I got jealous and..."

"Shane, you can't force yourself to just fall in love." My father stated, looking in the eyes. "You just have to let it come to you, and you have to just let it be. Don't keep pushing it away."