Bad At Love {John Wall}

Complicated

I woke up and looked at my phone. I had missed a call from an unknown number. "Maybe it's Ashley!" I said and I called the number back.

"Hey John!" She said and I started to smile.

"How's the prettiest girl in the world." I asked and she laughed.

"Good how's the most handsome man in the world." She said and I smiled and told her I was fine. We talked for a long time and I hung up. "I love you Ashley." I said and I sighed. I got dressed and checked my phone. I called Bradley back.

"Hey John." He said.

"Hey Bradley what's up."

"Well um maybe we could meet up for dinner then we could go to the club or something?" He asked and I felt so bad.

"I'm so sorry Brad but I have to go to dinner with Ashley, but how about lunch?"

"Oh um uh yeah I understand and sure meet you in an hour."

"Oh um yeah." I said realizing how long I talked to Ashley. I got dressed and drove over to his house. He didn't answer so I walked into his basketball court and he jumped around right as the ball swished through the net. "Hey sorry." I said smiling at him and he smiled at me.

"Oh I'm sorry I have to go get dressed." He said.

"Oh it's.." I said but he walked past me and shut the door. "Fine." I sighed and sat down. "What have I done? What did I even do?" I waited for him to come back and he just told me to come on. He pulled up to a restaurant and we sat down.

"What a coincidence." I said as Ashley walked up to me. Bradley got up and walked away. I frowned but then immediately started to smile when I looked at her. "How have you been since I saw you like yesterday." I said and she laughed and we talked for a good hour.

"Oh I have to go see you tonight John." She said and I told her goodbye and she walked away. I looked for Bradley and he was sitting at the bar with a drink in one hand and his phone in the other. I got up and walked up to him.

"Hey." I said and I sat in the seat beside him.

"Hey." He said quietly.

"Hey what's wrong."

"Nothing." He said and he put his phone down and took a long drink of his beer.

"You've never drank as much as you have the past week."

"I drink when I'm stress, I mean I'm uh." He said and he ran his hand over his head and looked away.

"Bradley what's going on."

"Nothing." He snapped at me and I jumped from surprise at his sudden anger.

"Bradl..."

"Don't try to act all sorry, your gonna see that girl tonight but you spend our whole lunch talking to her I bought I was your best friend John." He said getting angry.

"I'm sorry Bradley it's just."

"It's just what huh John."

"I I I don't know I'm just so happy around her and I lost track of time I would have stopped talking earlier but honestly the whole thing felt like five minutes." He didn't say anything. "I think I love her."

He put his drink in the counter and fake laughed. "John in love wow I never thought I'd, hear the day." He said and when he said hear the day his voice cracked. "Oh look at the time I have to go." He said and he walked away.

Bradley's POV

I walked out and my whole mind just went blank all I knew to do was go home but then I remembered that we had taken the same car. I walked back in. "Hey take my car back." I said quietly to him and he looked at me concerned.

"Are you ok Bradley." He asked.

"Yeah I'm fine."

"Ok well thank you." He said and I walked out and called an Uber. I dropped them off at my neighbors house and waited for them to leave then I walked into my home. I sat on my sofa and a tear rolled down my cheek. But I loved him. I thought and I did nothing the rest of the day. I texted John.

Hope you have a great day tonight with that girl, just make sure you love her before you say you do.

He told me to call him but when I didn't call he did and I just ignored him.
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Johns POV.

I walked into the stadium and warmed up for a while until Bradley walked in. We were the only two there so I decided I was gonna talk to him. We started yelling at each other.

"You just don't get it John." He yelled at me.

"I just don't understand what you dumbass."

He stopped and looked at me his face looked broken. "Tell the coach that I'm sick, I'm gonna go home."

"No Bradley!" I said and I grabbed his hand.

"You just don't get it John you just don't understand what it feels like for the person you love not to love you back because you love her and she loves you!" He yelled and he and I pulled him a shin my chest and he started to cry. This is the firs time I've ever seen him cry.

"Hey I'm sorry you should have told me like a week ago and I would have understood a week ago. What her name I'll go out her in the right place."

"Don't do that." He sniffled.

"Ok but her Bradley if you ever need anything know I'm there for you."

"Ok." He said quietly and that was the last thing I heard him say all day.

"Hey John can I talk to ya for a second." Austin said.

"Yeah sure what?"

"Well I saw y'all fight, it was adorable, but anyways s was taking about you."

"What?!" I said and my heart started to beat faster and my stomach turned. "No." I laughed he's my friend that's all we are is friends."

"What ever you say John, but just if you ever get to, give him a chance."

"I will I promise." I said and I walked off things about Bradley.

"Hey Brad please wait don't leave..." he got in his car and pulled out. My eyes started to water up, why is my best friend ignoring me, what's wrong with Bradley.

"Its tough living someone and them not know it." Kelly said from behind me.

"Shut the fuck up I'm tired of hearing it." I growled and he jumped.

"Oh um ok well I'm gonna go." He said and he walked away.

"Why is this so complicated?" I asked myself out loud.