Best Friend or Boyfriend? // Why Don't We

Chapter 43

Camry's pov

I walked out of my room and saw Val and Daniel sitting on the couch. They both looked up at me. Daniel gave me a sympathetic smile. I just wished none of this had happened.

"I know that was hard for you," Val said.

"Yeah," I sighed.

"Come here," Daniel stood up and held his arms out.

I walked towards him, and he engulfed me in a hug. I let a few more tears fall. We pulled out of the hug, and I wiped the tears off my face. I went and sat on the couch beside Val.

"I can't believe he wasn't going to say anything about it," she shook her head.

"I really don't know what happened to the old Jack," Daniel sighed.

"Me either. He's changed," I said blankly. "I shouldn't have dated him. If I didn't have these stupid feelings for him, this wouldn't have happened."

"This isn't your fault," Val looked me in the eyes.

I could tell she was being serious and not just saying that to make me feel better.

"But if I hadn't of gone along wi-" she cut me off.

"Camryn," she said sternly. "Stop. You know this isn't your fault. You're blaming yourself because you're the one getting all the hate and not him. Stop listening to what everyone else is saying and listen to the one person who has been here ever since the day we met at the mall."

I stared at her for a few seconds, but then I started to smile. She gave me a confused look.

"I'm glad you're my best friend," I said.

She smiled.

"Me too," she laughed.

Daniel cleared his throat. I looked over at him.

"Now, do you mind if I go meet up with Jonah to update him on everything? I haven't seen him since the day we came here to see if you were still alive," Val said.

"Go ahead," I laughed.

She got up and grabbed her keys before walking out the door. Daniel and I sat in silence for a few seconds. I ran my fingers through my hair and sighed. He scooted closer to me on the couch and turned to look at me.

"Are you sure you're okay?" he asked.

I tried not to turn and look at him because I knew if I did, I'd probably break down. I scanned my brain for the words to say.

"It's just hard to believe all of this actually happened. I always thought Jack and I would be best friends forever," I still wouldn't look at him.

"I know. He would always talk about how you two were so close and how he didn't know what he'd do if he lost you..." he trailed off.

"He didn't lose me... but I lost him," I could feel tears trying to escape, but I wouldn't let them.

"It seems bad right now, but I promise things will get better as time passes," he told me.

I nodded, and he pulled me into a hug.

*a few days later*
Val had been trying to convince me to start a YouTube channel ever since I had met her. I finally decided to create one, but I didn't tell anyone that I was going to do it. They could figure it out themselves. Daniel and Val had gone back to the Why Don't We since I was starting to recover from everything. I had bought a pretty good camera to record videos with. I set it up on my tripod and set everything else up as well. I hit record.

"Hey, guys," I started. "Um... I'm new at this so don't mind my awkwardness. As my first video, I decided to do a cover of Lie by NF. I hope you guys enjoy."

I paused before the music started.

"I hear you told your friends that I'm just not your type,
If that's how you really feel then why'd you call last night?
You say all I ever do is control your life,
But how you gonna lie like that, how you gonna lie like that?"

I finished the song.

"I hope you liked my first video. See you guys later," I covered the camera.

I imported the footage to my laptop and started editing. I spent a few hours figuring out how to actually edit and then I got the hang of it. I edited the video before uploading it on YouTube. I ended up just chilling at my house for the rest of the day because I had nothing better to do. I still got so many tweets and comments on my posts about Jack and Aspen. I was starting to get used to it, but it still really hurt me to see them so happy together. I had that for a while. At least for half of the relationship I did, but how could I even know I had it for that much?