Young Love (Gabentine Fics)

Friend-Zone

"Dad! Did you get some pizza rolls at the store?!"

"Yes, Clem. I even got the pepperoni kind because I know their Gabe's favorite!"

"Thank you!"

I moved frantically in the living room to make it look somewhat acceptable for company because tonight was the night. The night me and Gave settled our differences and became close friends again. We had been friends ever since kindergarten and we were the best of friends! Until we hit puberty and I started worrying about how others viewed me, as a tomboy who wore a dirty old ball cap everyday and baggy clothes. Around junior year in high school, I changed my look completely and started wearing clothes that made all the boys look twice.

Well, every boy except Gabe.

Gabe stayed by my side every minute in school and we even hung out almost every second out of school. I admit, I did develop a small crush on Gabe as we were growing up together but it never led to anything big and eventually faded away. Gabe never gave any indication of attraction towards me and I just let it go because I didn't want our friendship to end.

Yeah, I was that kind of girl. But, that was the biggest mistake of my 18 year old life because something happened that I didn't count on.

Gabe pulled a fucking Neville Longbottom and kinda grew out of his nerdish ways and became a super hot nerd. He wasn't massively hot like Andrew Lincoln or Zac Efron, but more like a nerdy and sexy mix of Logan Lerman and Nick Robinson. Gabe traded in his ratty long sleeve graphic tees and upgraded to these tight fitting dress shirts that hugged his torso just right. He also ditched the cargo pants in exchange for some snug fitting blue jeans. Gabe still had his signature beanie that he wore almost everyday and he also adorned some glasses that were prescribed to him freshman year.

Now that we're done describing that tall drink of water, let me tell you how big of a dumbass I am and what I did.

After changing my looks and attitude, I started dating the most popular guys in school just so I could be the most popular girl. Reputation was everything to me and Gabe being my friend was not helping me reach the top of the social food chain. So, I had to drop him because he was seen as a nerd at school and it was making me look bad.

Stop shouting at me. I know, I'm a bitch but it gets better.

After I told Gabe we couldn't hang out anymore at school because me being with him was bringing down my social status. He seemed upset at first but Gabe surprised me by saying something that I never would've expected him to say.

"Okay. I'll always be here for you because you're my best friend and always will be."

Even though that was incredibly sweet of Gabe to say, I still made that the last day we came within feet of each other. We still seen each other in the hallways, me with my group of fake people and him with his odd group of friends. He usually hung out with a boy named Carl who had extremely long hair and wore an eyepatch because of getting shot or something. I would hang out with my friends that consisted of Russell, Liam, Claire, Sophia, and Enid. Sophia was really the only down to earth one and I enjoyed spending time with her the most because she wasn't fake.

Now, we start getting to the part where I began to regret my actions with Gabe.

I would always steal glances at him across the cafeteria during lunch and he would always be looking when I did. My heart would do this stupid skip when he sometimes threw me a smile when no one was looking and then turn away. I wanted to spend time with Gabe like we usually did but I messed that up and had to deal with my other shit friends. Sophia left the group because she apparently had a crush on Carl and finally went after him and I envied the way she stopped caring about what others thought of her. I was left alone in my group of assholes and I felt truly alone and miserable.