Loving My Best Friend

Chapter 14 : 🐝 Lost Time 🐝

Rye's p.o.v

Its been a week since shelli told me that she was moving to LA. Don't get me wrong I'm proud of her, I knew she would get in but I can't just let her leave not now. My mum can tell something's up as I sit across from her as me and the lads have a few days of and I haven't seen my family in a while so thought I'll catch up.
"Rye? Come on rye-pie what's up you've been in a mood since you got here." My mum said looking concerned.
"Its nothing mum." I reply with a smile.
"Well if there's nothing wrong where's shelli? You always bring her when you visit." She asked looking more intently.
"We've fallen out OK." I replied a little to sharply.
"You never could handle a Fall out with shell." She replied with a smile.
"What's that supposed to mean.?" I asked.
"It means for some reason you can't seem to handle not talking to her or that she's mad at you. But its not like that with any other friend girl or boy." She said still smiling at me.
"Its not that I can't handle it its more she's always been there and when she's not its hard to handle." I say the last part not looking her in the eye. After that there was a bit of an awkward silence until my mum said.
"Its OK to like her you know.?"
"Wait? What?" I say shocked.
"Rye its not hard to see that you like her you have done since you were 15 its not a bad thing to like your best friend." She said looking straight at me.
"Oh it is she doesn't like me the same way she sees me like a brother". I say still not looking at her.
"Oh I think your wrong about that." She said." You don't catch the little glances that she gives you when she thinks nobody's looking or how she will always pick you over any date she cares more then you think."
"there's No point now she leaves in 3 weeks." I say defeated.
"I've never known you to give up rye especially on shelli now stop feeling sorry for yourself and go sort things out with her before you regret it."

Shelli's p.o.v

Its been a week
A week since I told rye about me moving to LA and he hasn't responded to any of my texts and I'm worried we have never fallen out this long before and I miss him. I check my phone one more time hoping for a text even though there was no text notification, as I look at the texts I've sent with no reply I realize how sad it looks.
Texts of shelli to rye:
Time: 23:45
Date: 23rd of July

Shelli: Rye ?
Shelli: come on rye don't be like this...
Shelli: its been a week rye we need to sort this out otherwise i wont see you before i leave.
Shelli: you know what i don't care go on and sulk i don't care!
Shelli: i miss you...

im already packing up my stuff because it needs to be sent to my flat in LA a week before i leave. I've got most of it done but I've stumbled across a box with loads of old things that rye gave to me over the years and things we have done.
I pick up a picture that looks like its a load of scribbles but its not its a picture of me. Rye drew this when he was 5 i forgot i still had this. I look through the box and found a bracelet that rye gave me when i was 10 its old but i still love it i missed him so much when he went on holiday but we spoke everyday i still missed him. I pick up a rose from when i was 14 rye gave me this for valentines day with a little teddy which is also in the box, i never knew why he gave it to me he had a girlfriend at the time who also broke up with him when she fount out he gave me a valentine.
I find pictures next and alot are from when me and rye were really young, i find one of rye aged 2 holding a baby that baby being me the day after i was born. Aprently he said is first word that day which was shell shell because he couldn't say shelli. I find another photo from when im 16 at my prom rye was my prom date ( not that no one asked me but i really wanted to go with him.) It was an amazing night. As im looking at the photo i see that im wearing a locket around my neck. Rye gave that for my 16th after working constantly to get it i keep it in the box to. When i think of the locket it always reminds me of the ex shereen song i don't know why it just does. I also fount every single photo booth photo that we ever took the most recent one was only a couple of weeks ago the oldest one was when i was 8. There is also a PIC of us at roadtrip first ever gig and tour i was so proud if him.
There's Also a picture of me, him and Paige this girl he was seeing up to a few months ago, i was surprised by the flare of jealousy that stierd up inside of me. (I forgot to say that in the week the me and rye haven't talked that i have finerly realised i do like him tho im not going to say anything.) I like Paige and i know that rye did but he stopped talking to her for no reason. I need to talk to him now i need to sort this out i need things to be good for when i leave i cant leave without... Without ....