Chapter twenty seven

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As I stepped into Paige’s car, I was greeted by both her and Olivia, and we’d pick Scott up in a few minutes, since he lived close to my grandparents. We were in the car, singing along to I write Sins Not Tragedies, which was –and apparently still is- our jam.

A few minutes later Scott was in the car too and we were driving towards the sea, where we used to hang out a lot. I wonder whether the place still looks the same or not, but apparently the others hadn’t been to the place very often either.

“it just felt like, our place, you know. It wasn’t cool to be there without you around.” Scott said. The other two nodded in approval. “I’ve gone here once or twice the past year though.” Scott continued, “For some reason, whenever I really wanted to be alone, this place would work out. I’d be alone, feel alone and I just needed it sometimes.” I knew Scott has had some rough times the past few years, people haven’t always been the greatest and he was just, not very okay for a while. How I wish I could’ve been there to support him. I patted his back softly, and he smiled gratefully.

Scott knew I wasn’t always okay as well, so he put his hand on my knee, reminding me of how sweet he actually is. I smiled back at him and we remained silent for a bit. By the time Paige and Olivia, who were in the front seats, were already talking about something else. It had always been like this, even though we were a group of four, Olivia and Paige were extremely close, and so were Scott and I. Two duos, making a great team. People always thought Scott and I had a thing, and maybe it seemed like that, and maybe we were close enough for it, but we had always been friends, and no more than friends. Except probably best friends, but that was pretty obvious.

We got out of the car, and walked the last bit to our hangout place. It had changed, off course it had, but the benches were still crooked, the tree was still blossoming (or probably blossoming again) there was still a swing hanging from one of the branches, and the sand was still soft as silk. The only things that had actually changed was the fact that there were more plants, it was kind of hard to reach the place because of all the green, and also the benches had gotten even worse over the years.

Scott sat himself on the swing, Paige and Olivia on the bench and I immediately laid down in the sand. “I missed this place, this beach, this sand, whatever I missed you guys.” I said before sighing contently.

“Scott got a boyfriend.” Olivia stated randomly, and suddenly all eyes were on Scott. “that is not true” he scolded immediately. He was staring at me and I was just smirking at him. I was the first one who knew Scott was gay, he told me when he was like 13, but not that many people knew, because the ones who did know, were usually not very accepting him. But I was, and he trusted me, and I guess that’s why he told me first. “Soooo, Scott?” I said.

“Okay, okay, there’s this guy, but it’s only been official for like, a week. But his name is Daniel and he’s amazing. And Gosh, he is a great kisser.” Scott said. “But enough about me. Who’s that guy you’ve been seeing, Jen? A reliable source told me your grandma was winking at you in the car yesterday? Who’s the lucky boy?” Aaaaand now all eyes were on me.

My gaze turned to my hands, something I tended to do when I got nervous. “uhm, I wouldn’t say lucky boy but..” I said almost soundlessly, “yeah, Tyler is a pretty cool boy. We spent some time together the last few weeks”

“and he may have kissed me before I got on the plane…” Olivia and Scott were smiling extremely big, and Paige’s mouth was slightly ajar, which honestly cracked me up a bit. “HE KISSED YOU?” She managed to say after a few seconds, at which I nodded. “He’s definitely likes you, then.” Olivia added.

“I mean he might, but” I started defending, “after that he just turned around and walked away. He barely texted me and I don’t know. He has just always given off this friendly vibe and I don’t even know, maybe he just regretted it or whatever? I don’t know how boys work.” I sighed and looked over at Scott.

“What, why are you looking at me? I don’t even know how boys work..” He said sarcastically. “But yeah, I guess you just have to wait and see, and maybe ask him about it in person, and I guess that’d be a good moment to tell him you like him?”

I shrugged my shoulders and decided to bring up a new subject. We talked for a few hours, then went out to eat at a small diner near the port of Seattle. I hadn’t been there before, but it was nice. The food was good, the companionship was good, the atmosphere was good. Everything was good.

I went to my grandparents house, sat in the living room with a big mug of tea, we watched a movie. We played a card game together and I laughed more in one day than I had in the past school year, which might sound sad, but right now it felt like the best thing ever.

Granddad went to bed first, grandma and I talked a bit longer, mostly about the family. It wasn’t really gossiping, but she mostly told me some things about how mom had and hadn’t changed. Also, she told me about how Ben had been playing ice hockey with a bunch of kids and some man had asked him to come to his team or whatever. It sounded pretty cool but I didn’t completely understand it all. Around 11:30 grandma and I both went to bed. I walked upstairs, brushed my teeth and took a shower. I was tired, but satisfied. It had been a great day, I was genuinely happy and everything was good

[an] kind of filler chapter I guess. Sorry it took so long, it's been a buuuusy week :L THANKS FOR ALMOST 10 K READS I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL <3 THANks FOR READING

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