Peraltiago/Dianetti AU

Thanksgiving Part 2

Author's note: Hey guys, I don't know what happened to my rankings, but I've gone from good to awful rankings overnight. Can someone tell me what's going on??? 

I have written the story in both Amy and Jake's POV, so you can choose between the two. I wouldn't recommend reading both parts because they are written very similarly.

Amy's POV

"What is he talking about?" Jake asked me.

Liam had just revealed one of my biggest secrets, and I was now had to find some way to escape it. I'm not going to be rejected while my entire family is here.

"I have no idea," I finally responded.

I was so bad at lying. There was no way he bought it.

"Alright," he said awkwardly. He never acted like this

Everyone at our table was looking at us.  My cousins had stopped eating to pay attention, and Ted and his friends abandoned their conversation as soon as ours got interesting.

I felt really weird with all of them watching this. I buried my head in my hands.

"Do you wanna step outside for a second?" he suggested.

I looked up at him and nodded.

"Alright," he said. He got up and I followed him out to our front porch. "Close the door and... we're good," he narrated.

He folded his arms together and then looked at me. He had this look on his face I couldn't read. Was it...disappointment? No, it couldn't be. Confusion? Yeah, probably. Gina is way better at reading people than I am. I should've invited her, too. 

"What the fuck just happened?" he asked. It was a legitimate question.

I felt really bad for Jake, this all must have been sprung on him out of the blue.

"I don't know," I said. I really didn't know.

I wanted so many things at that moment. I wanted to cry. I wanted to go back in time and never invite him to Thanksgiving in the first place. I wanted to tell Jake how much I loved him. I wanted him to say he loved me too. I wanted him to stop smirking at me, and instead smile at me with a look of love in his eyes. I wanted to know that he'll be with me forever. I wanted to go back to Halloween, to that moment late at night that I keep reliving in my mind.

"None of that was..." he trailed off. I knew it. He didn't want any of it to be true. I now know what it feels like to have a knife stabbed into your heart.

"No," I finished.

His bottom lip twitched slightly, which was his tell for when he was lying. I learned that from Gina.

I looked at the ground. I'm pretty sure he did too. This was a really awkward moment for both of us.

This is not at all like any of my other Thanksgivings. Honestly, I would've preferred to be uncomfortable and alone like I was for every other Thanksgiving up until now. I'd rather be alone than to be stuck here with the boy I love who will never love me back.

"So, we're good now?" he asked.

I smiled softly and nodded, "of course, this was just my stupid little brother making a huge mistake." 

As much as the words hurt me, I had to say them.

He smiled back at me.

He was smiling about our friendship staying 100% platonic. Great.

He opened the door and held it for me before he followed me in and closed the door.

We walked into the dining room together. The tables we weren't at earlier seemed to act like we didn't exist, but our table was entirely focused on us within seconds of us entering the room.