the prettyway // a PRETTYMUCH fanfic

~15~

zion:
what made her think she could just kiss nick in front of my face? i was already suspecting something when he asked to talk to her alone and she agreed, following up with that kiss. WHAT THE FUCK?! i hear footsteps coming towards my room, the door opens, it's el. of course it's el.

"what do you want?"

"babe what do you mean what do i want? there's clearly something bothering you."

"well obviously you just kissed nick right in front of my face. he's testing me."

"zion, listen. first of all it was on his cheek, nothing intimate. do you remember the time i kissed each one of the guys on the cheek. actually i did it more than once... and we were dating at the time." oh shit. that didn't even occur to me. but i still have my concerns. she continues, " ...and you know nick's a weirdo. he's very playful, but friendly playful not sexually playful. nick's my best friend, all of you are but he's just up there. come on z don't be mad."

"i'm sorry babe. i know you kissed all the boys on the cheek before. it's not you, it's him."

"uhum what do you mean."

"he clearly likes you el. remember that time we were writing music and i was being all simpy and shit. i mean i already explained it to you, but i'm here to remind you he liked you, and still does i could just feel it. luckily i ended up getting you."

"yea, but again nick's just my best friend nothing more nothing less. okay?"

"but babe... i can't he-" she cut me off with a kiss, then says, "we aren't gonna argue about this z, you're the only one i'm intimate with. only you." i know she means it, she's really good at putting emotion in whatever she says. you can tell if she's mad, sad, happy, any emotion really.

"okay fine. but can you not kiss nick in front of me again, or at all. i know you won't do it out of no where, it's just him i'm concerned about."

"i'll tell him, but i just don't want to reject him. that's cold, because i know in my heart that it's not intimate, and i'm pretty sure he sees it the same way. but i know for a fact that he doesn't like me like that," she says, really confidently.

"how are you so sure?"

"because we were talking about a little something upstairs, unfortunately you're gonna have to find out yourself. my mouth is shut for his secret."

"alright fine, but if he tries to do anything with you, let's just say that's gonna be a nightmare on his part."

"of course, i know babe. but you have to promise me something too. promise me you won't make things awkward or different with nick. before me you guys were really good friends, then something went wrong when i came in the picture. you guys became fine when we became official. i know you z, after this you're gonna go back to being awkward. so please try your hardest to be normal."

"okay." i lean in for a kiss, just to ensure she's mine. i cup my hand on her cheek reel her in and her lips... her lips are as soft as butter. i know she loves me and she won't do anything to hurt me. so maybe i should just completely trust her from now on, but i can't control being jealous.

el:
well i'm glad i got to fix that with zion, but now i have to tell nick. ugh. i'm sure he'd be understanding. he did seem concerned when zion ran into his room. on the other hand, DANG! that kiss. we pulled away, i didn't want it to stop by any means.

"el what happened i'm really sorry about what i did. that was idiotic. i'm really sorry." i feel the compassion through his words, the way he said it. i knew what i was talking about to zion. i know nick won't purposely do something stupid.

"relax nick. it's okay, but z does have some requests."

"that's understandable, what are they?"

"well for starters, don't ask me to kiss you on the cheek right in front of his face, or just don't ask in general."

we start to walk to my room, mind you we were talking in front of zion's door. we go into my room and talk about the rest there.

"oh so i can't have cheek kisses anymore." he looks upset, i felt kind of bad.

"well i mean i don't think of you asking me to kiss you on the cheek as anything wrong. just i guess don't do it in front of zion or anyone. cuz it's not like you're gonna ask me everyday."

"alright. is zion mad at me?"

"i think he's annoyed. don't worry he'll get over it soon enough," i lie. zion's clearly mad at him and i don't know if he's gonna listen to me not being different around nick. i really don't want their friendship to be fucked up because of me.

"good to know," he smiles. "well i'm exhausted. goodnight el." he kisses my cheek ever so gently. uhum what the fuck? i don't anything.

"goodnight nick."

finally i get to go to sleep, no more stress. i look at the clock and it's already 7:30, right now in new york it's 10:30 i mean it's not that late. i was tired but after talking to them my tiredness went away. i change into my fuzzy pjs and go on youtube. i start watching random videos and then all of a sudden i get a text... from reid. why is he texting me? what the hell?

reid 🖕
hey!
uhh hi?

reid 🖕
wyd?

lying down on my bed. why are you texting me?

reid 🖕
can i not text you?

uhh what the actual fuck. of course you can't text me. you shattered my heart. we literally saw each other yesterday. i wonder if lena's part of this. i know he's up to something i can feel it. i decide to ignore him, and force myself to go to sleep instead.