DANSBY
I shoved my hands into my pockets as I walked up the stairs of the porch leading to my parents' front door.
I knocked and held my breath as I waited for an answer. I knew my sister was here, and she hasn't been happy with me recently because of the Blakelynn situation.
"I'll get it," I heard someone faintly call out from inside the house.
The door swung open. "Dansby," she breathed, shock evident on her face.
"Blake?" I asked. "What are you doing here?" I brows furrowed together.
"I was just leaving actually," she said.
"I thought you were staying for dinner," I heard my mom say from behind her.
"I was, but uh- I just have to go," Blakelynn said.
"No, wait," I said. "Please stay."
"I don't think that's such a good idea," she countered.
"Can we talk?" I saw the skeptical look on her face. "Please?" I said, hoping she would agree.
She thought about it for a second before slowly nodding. "Okay."
"Great. Let's go upstairs," I said.
She followed behind me as I went up to my room.
"Your stuff is in here?" I questioned. I noticed my bed was unmade. "Have you been staying here?"
"Sometimes," she said. I was suddenly angry that my family hadn't said anything. They knew I needed to see her and had been searching for her since I found out that she was back.
"I miss you, Blake," I said to her. "Why did you leave?"
"Because, Dansby," she said.
"Because why?" I asked.
"I just.." she trailed off with a sigh and she held her face in her hands. "I was in love with you, and you were in love with someone else. I could not live in the same house as you. I couldn't see your face everyday knowing that you wouldn't feel the same way," she said.
"Was?" I asked, referring to her using past tense.
She nodded.
"Oh," was all I said. My heart shattered. She wasn't in love with me anymore.
"Blake, I didn't know how to say it. I didn't know what to do. I was scared, and I didn't think Taylor deserved any of that. I stayed with her because I couldn't admit to her that I was in love with someone else. I would feel so terrible," I said. "But she found out anyways," I added.
She didn't say anything.
"Can I please just have my best friend back?" I asked her.
She nodded her head and a small smile came to her lips. "Yeah, I would like that," she said.
