Don't Fall in Love | e.d

eight

Stace's pov

i called Abi for her to meet me at the park in our neighborhood. there is this wall there that's amazing for photos. it has a bunch of stuff painted on it in different spots on it. i wanted to get some pictures for my photography account.

mid-way during abi's photoshoot w me, abi stared off to the side. i began to look but abi called my name.

"Stace!" she exclaimed.

"what" i say.

"nothing, let's just keep going" she says.

"okay" i say, nodding.

except while she was looking away i glanced up and seen Ethan with a girl. around our age. walking around.

i let my camera hang from the strap around my neck and started walking over to him.

"stace, calm down" i heard abi say to me.

i shook my head and kept walking.

Ethan looked my way and his eyes grew.

"hey stace" he says.

"what are you doing" i ask

"hanging out with a girl. we're not actually ya know. it's fine" he says.

"no it's not. that's cheating Ethan. you can't hangout with other girls whenever we're a thing. real or not"

"look Stace, i'm not into. i will never be into. how could i? you always seem so uptight and hidden away from people. i dont love you, i won't ever love you"

i stood in shock for a minute, but backed up and jogged off. passing abi, i ran home. it hit more 10x more than it should have. my vision became blurry on my way home so i started walking. my eyes were swelling with so much tears, but i couldnt cry. not over Ethan of all people.

Abi eventually caught up to me, by then i was only 5 houses down from my house.

"Stace" i heard her call. i ignored.

"Stace!" she called louder. i ignored again.

"Anastasius" she said loudly. i stopped, but i didn't turn around.

she put a hand on my shoulder, and then came to face me.

i looked up at her. "what'd he say" she asks.

"it doesn't matter Abi"

"yes it does or you wouldn't be so upset about it"

"he said i was uptight and hidden away from everyone and that he couldn't love someone like me"

"you know that's not true Stace"

"maybe it is. am i those things? uptight and hidden away"

"if you were you have reasons to be"

"that helps a lot Abi, thank you" i move my leg to walk but she stops me.

"i was joking Stace. slightly. but i have my own right to say what you are. we're best friends right. maybe you are hidden away from people, but you have your reasons to be hidden away! ethan doesn't know that though. which is why he isn't worth it"

i sighed and shook my head.

"how about we go see the horses" she says.

"yeah i'd like that" i say.

we walked the few seconds to my house and got my stuff. then hopped into my vehicle my grandpa gave me for my 17th birthday and drove to Abi's house to pick up her stuff.

Abi and i each got a horse for christmas one year, of course that's all we got. but that's all we asked for. it was when we were 14.

we were always in nature, in the woods. discovering new things. building tree houses, tents. anything. Abi lives really close to the country side, where a few farmers live within walking distance from her. whenever i'd go over to hers we would walk over and look at the farms. we looked at one in particular so often that they ended up letting us be able to go inside and help feed all the animals, milk the cows, get eggs from chickens and learn to ride horses. that was when we were just 7.

we drove closer to abi's house, which was around 7 minutes from my house. the horses we have, moved locations, they used to be 3 minutes away from me, 4 away from abi. now they're in the farm we visited all the time. we thought it'd be better for them. since the owners are amazing. it's a 8 person family, but around 15 people take care of the farm altogether. the family and a few more people.

abi opened up the gate and i followed behind her. there was a gate to go through, and then a bigger fence to go around the animals. we went around the back of their house where the horses are. they have 4 of their own horses.

straight away my horse came up, then a few minutes later abi's came up. we went into the small supplies shed they had and got everything i needed to ride the horse. along with a few treats for my horse.

i set it all up and set down my helmet since i decided i just wanted to go easy today and jog around a bit with her.

i hopped on, and waited for abi.

she got set and climbed on her own horse and we road in one of the many trails here.

it felt good. i haven't road the horses in about a month, because of being busy with family drama, school etc.

but since i'm riding my horse, and talking to abi things felt alright. they might not have been, but they felt alright. which in the moment, was okay. atleast i felt okay for a little bit.