Brand New Love?

Chapter 16 - "First Fight"

Y/N's POV:

I wake up to a snap and flashes. Opening my eyes, I see Rich is there with his phone taking pictures of me. "Payback, baby! Months ago, you remember that picture you took of me when I was sleeping? Well, I found it and I just knew I had to get some blackmail" he smiles. I turned my back to him, literally, seeing that Connor is already awake. "You are such an asshole... let me sleep for a few more minutes"

"Well... you could sleep or you can wake your ass up and look at Michael's non abs"

First, don't question. Michael without a shirt on is kinda hot. Second, how dare you Rich. Michael has abs.

I shot my eyes open and got up. Getting to the living room, everyone is having cereal. I look over to Michael and smirk. "Hey hottie"

"Good Morn-" Connor said, before getting cut off.

"Hey wifey... aw, did Richie wake you up? It's okay, I'll beat his ass" Michael said, being sarcastic.

I get myself something to eat, and sat next to Michael on the couch. "Morning babe" Connor said, trying to start a conversation. I look over to him, shrugging. "Sup" I say. Michael smiles and puts an arm around me. Connor suddenly became protective. "Dude, get your arm off her and stay away from my girlfriend. I'm not afraid to punch you"

"Bro, chill out... I'm gay"

Then, Connor had this embarrassed look. "Oh, uh... right, my bad" he said. Even I'm embarrassed for him. I thought he knew. Rich takes a seat on the other side of the couch and scrolls through his phone. "Hey Rich, where's your brother?" I ask, being curious.

He looks up, and shrugs his shoulders. I set my plate on a table, stand up, and stretched. "I'm going to see what's going on with Marvin and Jason" I say, throwing on sweatshirt. Connor scoffs and raises his voice. "Okay, literally what the fuck, Y/N. How come your hanging out with others guys except for me? Whatever, go have fun with your other boyfriends" he said, crossing his arms.

"Connor... Marvin is queer and Jason's a kid"

Again, he has an embarrassed look on his face. I walk over to him, looking his eyes. "Con... you know I love you. I would never cheat on you" I say, kissing him. As I walk away, he grabs my arm and pulls me in close. "I love you" he smiles. I crack a smile, putting my head on his chest, and looking at Rich and Michael. While looking at them, I slightly roll my eyes.

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When Connor and I enter his room, he falls back on the bed. "Hey Y/N?" he said, leaning against the wall. I sit on the edge of the bed, looking at him. "I just wanna apologize, I now realized that I'm being way too overprotective" he said, scratching his face. Now? He realized it now? Wow, he is really slow at noticing stuff, but I appreciate that he said something. "I know you have... just realize that I other guy friends. Connor, I love you very much, and you know that. If I had to choose between hanging out with you or Rich, then I would definitely be-"

"Rich" he mumbles.

"What? No, it would be you"

He sighs and stands up, putting his hands in his pockets. "Well, I kinda figured, because you two are always together" he said. Okay, his he actually doing this right now? Man, I don't even want to fight right now. As I push my hair back, I turn my head his way. "That's because we've known each other for a while and he was there for me when no one would be"

Flashback to my grandma's apartment... that was not pretty.

"Well, why don't you date him then? Because you always seem to talk about him, even on OUR date last night" Connor said, raising his voice.

"To be fair, I didn't even noticed that I mentioned him. Plus, I wouldn't date him! He's my best friend!" I say, standing up, raising my voice.

Connor and I begins to fight, mostly about Rich. I just... why is he fighting about this. I can't believe he's wanting to fight like this. All of a sudden, Zoe comes walking in. "You guys are super loud, what are you guys fighting about?" she asked. "Stay out of it!" Connor and I said to her in unison. Then, Connor starts pointing to things and just basically saying nonsense. I got so angry that I just stormed off, scooting past Zoe, I ran downstairs and left.

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This time, I didn't go to anyone's house. A few years ago, I found this beautiful pond in a very lovely view surrounding it. The forest is where I sometimes go where I just need to calm down and recollect myself, and my thoughts. Mostly the sounds, they help the most. The animals are just friendly to me.

These past months, they were rough. Although, I made a bunch of amazingly weird friends. My thoughts currently are everywhere, and Connor keeps calling and texting me. I'm not going to answer them, he's the one I need to get off my mind. I just can't believe he would do this, that he would fight about this.

He's basically telling me who I can and can't be friends with. Which is stupid, he acts like my father. Sometimes, I just ask myself... why do I made the decisions that I make?

Now, im getting text messages from Zoe... and an unrelated message from Michael. I really want to text him back, but I'm not going too. I should probably put it in 'do not disturb'

Up ahead, there's a waterfall. People go there to swim or relax. I'm going to take the chance of no one there, and I can take off my shirt, going in the water with a bra and my pants. As I walk over there, I set my stuff to a nearby tree, and took off my shirt. Luckily its a sunny day.

Stepping in the water, its surprising not to cold. I'm glad I found this place... its beautiful. Life right now, its kinda shitty... but, I can't stop it now. The thoughts that go through my head are pretty serious when I get to be alone. Once, my parents caught me talking to myself in a conversation that I had with someone earlier.

Then, I get a bunch of notifications. Probably from Connor. I reach over to grab my phone, and I not wrong. But, it was Rich. What does he want from me, at this time. Oh wow, I sound like I hate him. Which I don't, I just really want to be alone.

Hey, Y/N...

Can you help me out? I kinda sorta maybe sent myself to the hospital

Nothing to extreme, just accidentally cut my finger while cutting up food

-Rich

You kidding? Not to extreme? Well, I guess its better than getting stabbed. I jump out of the water, throw on my shirt, and head off to the hospital. Hopefully, it's a small cut.