one kiss // e.d

awkward coffee sesh

saturday, september 1st

song: slow it down by the lumineers

-sydney-

last night was the night that me and ethan kissed. i haven't spoken to him since i left the party, but i felt weird. to be honest, i didn't know why. ethan was my friend, and only my friend, i couldn't feel anything for him. wes was also distant, probably cause i kissed another guy in front of him. we talked after i got home last night and agreed we would put it past us, which i don't think either of us could do. i sat up from my bed and rubbed my eyes, it was twelve pm, i groaned and pulled the covers off me. i stood up and stretched my arms and went to my bathroom. i looked in the mirror, i look like shit. i brushed my hair and pulled it into a bun and got dressed. i heard my phone buzz and i went to see who it was, grayson. i answered the phone:

s- "hello?"

g- "hey dawg, what are you doing today?"

s- "hmmm, nothing."

g- "okay be here in twenty minutes."

s- "uh okay?"

g- "bye."

s- "bye"

i didn't know what i was going over there for, or if ethan would be there but, i got ready anyways. i walked across the street to their house about fifteen minutes later. i knocked and got no answer. i knocked again and still, no answer.

"damnit grayson." i mumbled. i turned to leave when the door opened, revealing a frazzled ethan. "oh, hey?" i said.

"sydney, what are you doing here?" he asked me.

"we are all hanging out, like the old times!" grayson exclaimed from behind ethan. we both looked to him and raised an eyebrow. "what? it has been forever since we have done anything. we even missed our weekly coffee date." he pushed ethan out the door and started walking to the car. we looked at him then to each other before looking away quickly. i felt the awkwardness burn my body so i walked to the car. i got in the front and grabbed the aux, anxious to shake this feeling. ethan got in the back and gray started the car. we drove to our usual coffee place and hopped out. we got inside and it was crowded. people were in line and waiting by the pickup counter, only a couple seats were left.

"here, I'm gonna go save us a seat." gray said handing ethan his wallet. we both looked to him, eager for him to not leave us alone. he didn't get the memo. we stood together in line, quietly. the line rarely moved but when it did, it didn't move much. we were about three people from the cash register when a big guy walked by me briskly, bumping my shoulder in the process. my tiny body didn't stand the force very well and i stumbled over my feet, almost falling, before someone caught me. his familiar big hands grabbed hold of my waist and steadied me. i looked up at ethan, worry laced in his eyes.

"uh thanks." i said and he released his hands from my waist. he nodded and looked forward. my hips were tingling from his touch.

-ethan-

i was watching a football game when i heard a knock on the door. i groaned and hoped someone else would get it. after a couple seconds i heard it again. i rolled my eyes and reluctantly stood up. i walked to the door and opened it, revealing sydney. she was in the process of leaving when i opened the door. she turned around and saw me. i was shocked she was here, we haven't seen each other since the kiss.

"oh hey?" she said.

"sydney, what are you doing here?" i asked her.

"we are all hanging out, like the old times!" grayson exclaimed from behind me. i turned to him and raised an eyebrow. "what? it has been forever since we have done anything. we even missed our weekly coffee date." he pushed me out the door and walked to the car. me and sydney stood where we were and looked at him, then to each other before looking away quickly. sydney started walking the car and got in it. i stayed behind, wondering why we had to kiss. i didn't like this feeling of awkwardness that i had. i walked to the car and got in the backseat and gray started the car. we drove to our usual coffee place and hopped out. we got inside and it was crowded. people were in line and waiting by the pickup counter, only a couple seats were left.

"here, I'm gonna go save us a seat." gray said handing me his wallet. we both looked to him, eager for him to not leave us alone. he didn't get the memo. we stood together in line, quietly. the line rarely moved but when it did, it didn't move much. we were about three people from the cash register when a big guy walked by sydney briskly, bumping her shoulder in the process. her body tilted before almost falling over, i reached my hands out before she could hit the floor. my hands grabbed hold of her waist and i steadied her. she looked up at me, probably seeing the worry in my eyes.

"uh thanks." she said and i released my hands from her waist. i nodded in response and looked forward. we eventually ordered and went to the table where grayson sat. we both sipped our drinks silently and he looked back and forth from us.

"okay you guys kissed, so what? don't be awkward and ruin this friendship for me because you two can't be around each other anymore." he angrily stated causing me and sydney to look at each other.

"you're right, we're sorry gray." she said. i nodded in agreeance. the rest of the coffee date, we all talked and caught up like the kiss didn't happen. but it did and i can't shake the feeling of sydneys lips on mine. it felt right, natural, and i wanted to do it again. as we all sat, i admired her beauty, her brown hair, blue eyes, wide smile, her laugh. her laugh could make me smile any day. right now it made me feel complete, and- i don't know what else. i couldn't describe the feeling i got from being around her. wholeness? my stomach felt like it had butterflies and my head was in the clouds. i couldn't stop this feeling, and i wished i could.