To Catch a Dream ➢ Milo Manheim and Pearce Joza

five.

"Where are you going Sara?" Milo asks me, seeing that I was leaving the complex.

"Out." I say heading for the doors but he just grabs my arm.

"Oh no you don't. You're crying and I don't want you out there by yourself. It's getting dark." he said.

I look away from him, and wipe my eye with my sleeve.

"What happened?" he asks.

"I don't want to talk about it Milo." I answer, and he nods understanding.

"You can come hang out with me. Meg and Noah went to hang out and Trevor is with some other people. So it'll just be me. Sorry." he said. I smiled at him.

"That's okay." I laugh, and we head up to his apartment.

We walk in and it looked very similar to ours. He motions me towards the couch and I sit down while he goes to the kitchen.

"I know what would cheer you up." he said digging through the pantry.

"Hot Chocolate." he smiled, showing off the box. I laugh and watch him make it from the living room. He makes himself one and sits next to me handing me the cup.

"Now I know you don't want to talk about it, which I respect, but just know Sara. You can always talk to me, and I'll always listen. Now, I'm not the best at giving advice, but I know what's the right decision." he said sipping his drink.

"Thanks Milo." I take a sip of my drink too.

"Now, what we watching?" he asks, covering me with a blanket and him a different one.

"Easy, The Office." I say.

"I like your taste Sara Holland." he smiles choosing the show and setting the remote down.

After many episodes, I was starting to get tired.

"I should probably head back to my apartment." I say yawning.

"Yeah, you want me to walk you?" he asks.

"That's okay. Thank you Milo, for everything." I hug him, his arms tight around my waist.

"See you tomorrow." I say opening his door and walking out into the hallway.

I head back to my apartment and open the door to see Ariel, Chandler and Pearce sitting on the couch watching TV. They all look at me and Ariel instantly gets up.

"There you are, where were you?" she asks me.

"I was hanging out with Milo." I answer simply shrugging my shoulders.

I look at Pearce, and instead of the jealous look he always gave me, it was different.

It was the apologetic look.

"I'm going to bed." I say, walking towards the hallway.

I get to my room and before I could close the door, Pearce was standing there at the doorway.

"Sara."

But instead of always giving in to people and accepting every apology even when they didn't deserve it, I just looked at him.

He was about to say something but instead of listening, I just shut my door in his face. And while I felt terrible for it, I didn't really care.

I woke up the next morning, and today was our free day so I slept in.

I sit up and stretch and head for the bathroom. I take a quick shower and get ready for the day.

And while I did miss talking to Pearce, my plan was to avoid him at all cost. I didn't really want to talk to him after what happened yesterday.

I blow dry my hair, straighten it, and do light makeup. I change into some shorts and a white crop top. I head to my door but before I opened it, I heard voices.

"What happened?" Chandler said making me push my ear against the door.

"I kinda yelled at her." I hear Pearce say. I then hear a slapping, and Pearce saying ouch.

"You're so stupid, why?" Ariel asks.

"I don't know, I was mad. And yes, I shouldn't have put it on her. I went to apologize last night, but she slammed her door in my face." Pearce said.

"And you deserved that." Chandler said.

"What do I do? I want to make this right." Pearce asked them.

I open the door and head to the living room. They were all sitting down on the couch. I smile at them and head for the kitchen. I go into the pantry and find some pop tarts.

I go back to my room, and I could feel someone was following me.

I turn around, and there Pearce was standing in front of me.

"Please don't." I say to him.

"Sara, let me explain." he said making me stand there waiting.

He closes my bedroom door and comes closer.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you. It was in the moment and you didn't deserve that. And me being mad yesterday, that was stupid."

"Why were you mad?" I ask him.

"Something stupid. And I guess I was lashing it on you. Which is wrong and I had no right to do that."

I look at him, and he genuinely looked sorry.

"Let me make it up to you. With a day in Toronto. Please Sara, I want us to be friends again." he said grabbing my hands. I look up at him and smile a little.

"Okay, let's do it." I say and he smiles. I hug him with my arms around his neck.

"Let's never fight again. Okay?" I say into his shoulder.

"Agreed." he said hugging me tighter.