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astrid nelson
it had now been about a month since ethan moved to Long Valley.
since his first day of school, he sits with us everyday and hangs out with us everyday after school.
we accepted him as one of our own after about a week, yet i still don't know too much about him.
all i know is that he's funny, cute, kindhearted, protective, adventurous, and sarcastic as hell.
i've been trying to get him and aubree to hook up, and i've forced them to go on a few dates, yet ethan still shows no interest.
he said a few weeks ago that he had his eyes on someone else.
i cant wrap my mind around how someone could not love my bestfriend.
who is this girl he likes, and what does she have that aubree doesn't?
my mission lately is to figure out who it is and then find someway to sabotage that relationship to benefit aubree.
call me the bestfriend ever.

[school]

"alright, so we can all go to my house and hang before the party?" ethan asked randomly at our lunch table.
"sounds good." both aubree and kevin said at the same time.
"big no from me." i shook my head profusely.
"come on, i let you slide last time!" ethan whined.
"you let me slide?! ethan i got pneumonia!" i laughed.
"same difference! you are definitely going." ethan said, taking a bite from the pizza in front of him.
i simply rolled my eyes and let the conversation end there.
"so, ethan and aubree, you guys are going out tonight." i said, with a mouthful of pizza.
aubree quickly blushed and ethan slightly rolled his eyes at me, giving me a 'really?' look.
"and what are we doing matchmaker?" ethan said, suddenly interested.
"going to dinner then a movie."
kevin chuckled slightly from next to me, making me shoot him a glare.
"only if it's a double date. astrid, you have to find a date to come with us." ethan smirked.
i immediately looked at kevin, hoping he could tag along and we could make fun of ethan and aubree the whole time.
"it has to be a date. not as friends." ethan's smirk grew, making me glare at him as i knew kevin could no longer come.
"ugh, fine i'll go as a date or whatever." kevin groaned, taking me by surprise.
i looked at him as my eyes widened, shocked.
"what? in 8th grade we kissed so what's the difference?" he joked, making me blush and laugh.
"you're literally so dumb." i laughed.
"great! so it's a double date!" aubree cheered as ethan looked completely miserable.

[on date]

"you look nice." kevin complimented.
"well yeah, obviously." i laughed right back.
he opened the car door for me and went to the other side.
we greeted both ethan and aubree who were in the driver and passenger seats, wearing pretty casual clothes.
we ate at in-n-out, just because it was a pretty lowkey date.(i know they don't have that in NJ buT)
i wouldn't even like to call it a date, thinking about being on a date with kevin makes me cringe.
he's my bestfriend, that's so weird. i would never date any of my friends.
"whatcha thinking about?" kevin asked as his arm went over my shoulder slyly.
"just about that one time you purposely flushed a fork down the toilet of that fancy restaurant." i smiled, thinking about when him, aubree, and i went around town terrorizing the hell out of it.
he face went red as the table burst into laughter, leaving ethan a bit confused, yet still smiling nonetheless.
it was times like these i wouldn't trade for the world.
after going to the movie, we all went back to my house so kevin and i could play fortnite as ethan and aubree talked on the couch behind us.
the whole night, kevin made constant moves, i figured it was just his humor on this so called "date", but the more i thought about it as i drifted off to sleep, i wondered if kevin and i had something.
we couldn't, we were friends, and i never get involved with friends.

i think astrid is speaking too soon!
will she and kevin hook up, and will things between aubree and ethan go any further, or will it just be a forced relationship by astrid?
and who is ethan's secret romantic interest?
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