Beach House // colby brock

Chapter 36

"I need to ask you something." I sit down on my couch next to Jake. "And I need you to be honest."

"Whats up?" He leans back on a pillow and looks at me.

"Have you.." I try to figure out how I want to say what I'm going to say. "Have you been feeling different?"

I wince at my choice of vague words.

"What?" He scrunches his face in confusement.

"Like.." I sigh heavily. "Jake do you like me?"

I'm taken back by my bluntness and I can tell he is too. His eyes go wide.

"Like you?" He mumbles.

I nod my head slowly.

"Kendall." He straightens his back and faces me a little more. "I have to admit, I did feel something at first,"

My heart starts racing.

"But, I don't want to ruin our friendship over something that could be nothing."

The release of pressure that I didn't even know was sitting on my shoulders, lifted.

"I don't want to ruin our friendship either." I smile. "You're my bestfriend."

He smiles back, but then frowns.

"Why did you ask me that?" He asks.

I feel my cheeks blush.

Should I tell him that I may have been thinking about him more than usual? Should I tell him that talking to him sometimes gives me butterflies?

"I just had a feeling that maybe you did." I partially lie.

He squints his eyes.

"Honestly?" The word pours out of his mouth and I immediately know I have to tell him, or else he'll know I'm lying.

"I may or may not have been thinking of you." My cheeks start to burn.

"You have?" He asks.

"You take such good care of me and no one has ever done anything for me like you have." I look down at my lap to avoid eye contact.

"Wow." He sighs. "I don't know what to say."

"Don't say anything, that's better." I chuckle.

I look up at his smiling face. As I'm looking at him, I watch his eyes dart from mine, to my lips.

Observing this makes me nervous. What is he thinking?

As if to answer my internal question, I notice Jake starting to lean a little closer to me.

Should I let this happen? I don't want to ruin what we have.

My instinct automatically makes my body move forward slightly toward Jake as well.

Our faces, inches from each other, I can feel our nerves mixing, causing me to be more anxious.

He looks down at my lips again just before our lips, ever so gently touch.

I thought I was going to feel some sort of electricity or.. honestly anything... but I didn't.

Our lips met, a little more than before, causing only a small and simple kiss.

We lean back away from one another and just look at each other.

"I think that answered our questions." He says.

"Are we thinking of the same answer." I whisper.

He smiles. "Bestfriends."

His response causes me to smile as well.

"Bestfriends."

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hey y'all lmao i'm sorry if you guys were hoping for this story to turn into a jake fanfic but it's not ;)))))

they're just bestfriends.... for now.