I love you, Goodbye

T H I R T Y~F O U R

It was our turn to get in the elevator. I have a fear of elevators. I guess Anthony could see that because he grabbed my hand. I looked up at him and he smiled down at me. The elevator started going up and I suddenly felt okay. It took about a minute to reach the 71st floor. We stepped out of the elevator and a waiter pointed to our tables. Jonah and Tate were with Corbyn and Christina. Daniel went and sat with Jack and Gabbie. So that left us with Zach and Kay.

We walked over to their table. "Hi Zach" I smiled. "Do you mind if I text Mila? She was suppose to be here by now" I whispered to Anthony. "Why are you asking permission to use your own phone?" He chuckled. "Because, it's rude to have your phone out on a date" I nodded. "Ohhhhhh okay, well then no, I don't mind" Anthony smiled. I smiled back and grabbed my phone. I texted Mila.

I put my phone away and looked up. Daniel gave me a 'where is she?' look from across the room. I held up 3 fingers, then 2, then 1. The elevator dinged and Mila stepped out wearing

I stood up and walked towards her. We hugged. "So where is he?" She asked. I pointed to Daniel. Mila looked at me like 'are you serious'. I smiled. "He's so cute" she whispered. "Yeah yeah, okay go over to him" I laughed. I walked back to my table as Mila headed towards Daniel. Gabbie stood up and hugged her once she reached the table. Daniel looked stunned. I'm guessing they introduced themselves, then they hugged. As they were hugging, Daniel gave me a thumbs up.

I smiled and returned the thumbs up. Then I started focusing on my own date.

5 minutes later

We ordered our food and are now just waiting for it to get here. "So Ellie, you excited to go home?" Zach asked. I shook my head. "I'm gonna miss my guys too much" I dropped my head. "Yes Anthony that includes you" I added. Zach and Anthony laughed. "But that doesn't include Zach, right?" Kay asked. I looked up. "Yes, it does" I smiled. "Well it can't possibly include him because he's my boyfriend, not yours" Kay smiled.

"He's my bestfriend, I think I'm allowed to miss my best FRIEND, and now I'm being the bigger person and ending this conversation that I didn't want to have" I smiled politely at her. Zach gave me a "calm down" look. I gave him a "I am calm?" Confused smile. Anthony grabbed my hand. I looked at him. "Don't worry, she's just mad because she looks like a Barbie doll....plastic" Anthony whispered. I started laughing.

Kay looked at Anthony and I and glared.

30 minutes later

We're halfway through dinner, we got our food 8 minutes after we ordered it and finished eating about 30 minutes later. We've been talking for 10 minutes. "So what are your plans when you go home?" Anthony asked. "I'm quitting my job" I nodded. "What why?" Anthony asked. "Because I'd rather take pictures of things that I like rather than take pictures of women that I don't know" I nodded.

"Oh that ma-" Anthony jumped. "Uh, babe, not here" Anthony looked at me. I looked at him confused. "What?" I asked. "You don't want me to hold your hand?" I asked, slowly letting go of his hand. "No no no, not that. You're not rubbing your foot against my leg right now?" Anthony whispered. I looked across the table. I noticed Kay was smirking at Anthony. He looked at her, grossed out. I slammed my hands on the table and stood up.

"Alright listen here" Kay jumped and looked at me, everyone on the top floor went silent and all eyes were on me, Mila and Gabbie stood up. "You can fuck with me all you want, but don't you ever, and I mean EVER lay ANY of your god damn body parts on my boyfriend again, got it? Good" I glared at her. "You can all continue eating" I smiled at everyone. I signaled to Gabbie and Mila that everything was okay.

Zach looked at me. "You didn't have to be so harsh..." he whispered. I looked at him. "Are you being serious?" I asked. "Yeah he is serious...you little slut" Kay crossed her arms and smirked leaning back in her seat. "Hey hold on there-" Anthony started to sit up. "You're the one trying to cheat on your boyfriend so I don't think you have any room to call anyone else a slut" Anthony stared at Kay. "Bro lay off" Zach glared at Anthony.

"He's not your bro, and how can you switch sides so quickly, you can literally see and hear everything she's doing and it's wrong. But the second I stick up for my relationship and myself, you are so quick to take her side" I shook my head at Zach. "You know what, maybe it's just best that we aren't best friends anymore, it's clearly upsetting Kay" Zach looked down. There was a seemingly long pause. "Is that what you want?" I asked.

"Yes, of course, Kay's word matters" Zach nodded. I looked at him, hurt. "Wait shit no Ellie I didn't-" "Don't" I shook my head. "Just fuck off" I stood up and started walking away.

Anthony

Ellie stood up and walked away. I looked at Zach. "Do you even know what the word best friend means Zach?" I looked at him. "It means someone who's always there for you, you'd choose them over anyone else, they're like a brother or sister to you, you tell each other everything and you sure as hell don't let a guy or girl come between the 2 of you....it's someone who would and should never leave you" I shook my head. "I guess you didn't get that memo when you claimed Ellie as your bestfriend" I scoffed.

I stood up and ran to catch the elevator before the doors shut, Gabbie and Jack came running in with us, along with Daniel and Mila. I'm guessing Mila didn't want to leave Daniel, or maybe it was the other way around, or maybe the feeling was mutual. We all got in the elevator and I could see the hurt in Ellie's eyes that she was masking with anger. I know that if I hug her to comfort her, it'll only make her cry so I just gently grabbed her hand. She squeezed my hand tightly.

(I never understood that, like why do we cry more or start crying when someone says 'what's wrong' or hugs us to comfort us when we're mad or sad or asks us if we're okay. Someone please let me know lmao)