Country's Her Middle (Luke Bryan Fan Fiction) BEING EDITED

Chapter 17 PART TWO

Chapter 17

Dedicated to SarahBarrera4 because she's perf && she has the same name as my little sister 😱😱 hahahaha XD

Song dedication:
No Air by Jordan Sparks & Chris Brown

***Linzey's POV****

"Alright class, have a wonderful afternoon." Mr. Vega grinned as he gave us a small wave. I couldn't remember the last time I saw a smile on the old mans face--or the last time I saw him at all. I guess I really had missed a lot of school, but it's not like I could help the occasions of the past that made me miss it, and at least I made up every bit of the work.

I sighed in relief as I sloppily shoved everything into my bag and began to make my way to the front of the classroom in a rush to finally get home. I scurried out of the door and into the crowded college corridors, surrounding me with some familiar faces, and several more unfamiliar ones. I had always hated school hallways.

I hated them in middle school, high school, and even college. You always get shoved and pushed, and you always somehow find yourself talking to someone you'd rather not. In that moment I happened to suffer one of those moments as Edward Reed began to approach me with a wide grin on his mouth. I held back a groan as a forced a fake smile.

"Hey, Linzey." He smiled as he came to a halt in front of me. "Hello, Ed." I spoke. I completely forgot about him being around with everything going on lately, or else I probably would've been a bit more carefully about running into him. "How's Josh?" He questioned.

How was Josh? I couldn't help but wonder myself so, of course one of his closest friends would be thinking the same thing. "I--don't know." I spoke honestly as a sigh escaped my lips and my eyes drifted down to my feet. "What do you mean, you don't know?" Edward spoke confused. "I mean, I don't know." I sighed, shaking my head.

"I don't know how he's doing, what he's doing--Hell, I don't even have the slightest clue of where he's at." I admitted as tears absentmindedly flowed from my eyes and cascaded down my scarlet cheeks. I hated to admit it to myself, but the tears had been settled on my tear ducts for the longest time just waiting to be released, and yet I couldn't bring myself to break down over someone such as Josh.

Not only was he my boyfriend, but also one of my best friends, and although Luke had a tight clutch around my heart Josh would always be holding unto a tiny fragment of his own. Whether he knew it or not, and whether I was willing to believe it or not, I would forever love the boy that I had grown with, even if it wasn't as much as I loved Luke Bryan. "Shh." Edward cooed, wrapping his arms around my shoulder once again, and even though I barely knew him I still excepted the gesture. I really needed to get home.

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My eyes rested solemnly upon the dull, white ceiling levitating above my almost limp body as my mind wondered off into the dazing debate I had been living for what felt like hours, and maybe it had been that long. A deep contemplation of what I should and possibly could do circled my hazy brain. I had been doing this for the longest time as I shut out the world around me, including my worried best friend/lover which only made him seem more distraught at my secluded behavior, however he knew me better than anyone and was more than understanding about the alone time I needed, which I appreciated greatly.

I sighed as I finally allowed my eyelids to lay on top of my tired pupils. I couldn't help but wonder where my friend had gone, what he was doing, whether he missed me as much as I missed him. A small part of me hoped to hold some part, any part of his thoughts, but another part prayed that I wasn't one of the bad ones. "Linzey, baby." I heard Luke's soothing voice speak. I simply mumbled out a few incoherent words as I became aware of the world outside of my mind.

"I just wanted to tell you that if you need to tell me anything, you most definitely can." He assured me. "I may be your boyfriend now, but that doesn't overpower the fact that I'm your best friend. I will always be your best friend that will listen to your every concern." I smiled widely at his words as I peeked one eye open to see that he returned the grinning gesture, and in that short moment Josh didn't matter. Nobody mattered except for the only person that had truly been there since day one.

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A/N:
Heyyyyy! Hope you enjoyed the rather short chapter and I'm very sorry that it wasn't longer. I feel like a shitty writer over stuff like this, but stuff happens, and I honestly anticipated for this to be longer :/

-Shannon :3