Gladly Unexpected *Avani Gregg*

nine

a month later

nothing has happened between me and avani since the kiss. we've texted, called, facetimed, and hung out and stuff but we're not dating and we haven't kissed again either.

mattia's still the only one that knows i like her but he doesn't even know that i kissed her. my parents still don't know i'm bisexual and neither does social media.

today, i'm inviting avani over and i'm gonna ask her to be my girlfriend. hopefully she'll say yes. then i'm gonna come out to my family. then i'm gonna tell my friends about avani. and then i'm gonna come out on social media.

right now, avani is on her way over here. i'm sitting on the stairs waiting for a knock. once i hear one i run to the door.

i open it to avani and i hug her tight and she does the same to me.

i grab her hand and pull her up to my room. i sit her on my bed and i sit across from her. (we're sitting in the middle, not on the edge.)

i take both of her hands and hold them in mine.

me : avani, ever since i met you, i thought you were beautiful. i thought you were kind, funny, and confident. i immediately started liking you. there was just something about you that drew me to you. i'm so glad you came up to me after my audition. i don't know what i would do if i hadn't met you. and on top of that, we're soulmates! it's literally a dream come true. i say all this to say, avani, will you be my girlfriend?
avani : yes! a million times yes!

she throws her arms around my neck and i wrap my arms around her waist. we hold each other tight and close for a second and then she pulls away and kisses me.

the kiss literally felt like an electric shock. like i think i actually felt a shock. i guess she did too because she pulled away and looked a little confused.

we both see on our arms in big letters "SOULMATE FOUND"

we smile wide at each other and kiss again and i'm laying on my bed and she's laying on top of me and we're still kissing. we're making out, tongue and everything, when mattia walks in my room.

tia : oh...my god. i am so sorry guys.

he walks out of the room and we start bursting into laughter. we kiss one more time and then we sit next to each other.

me : do your parents know that you're bi?
avani : yeah. have you told yours yet?
me : no. but i'm planning on telling them today. like right now. that way they can meet you too. get it all done at once, you know?
avani : right now?
me : yeah. is that okay?
avani : yeah, of course!

we walk downstairs side by side. luckily my parents were sitting in the kitchen.

me : hey mom. hey dad. i have something i need to tell you. it's important.
dad : okay, what's up?
me : so, as y'all know, i got my soulmate recently. and i've been talking to them and i actually found out it was a girl.
dad : but you're straight...
me : uh...i'm not actually. i'm bisexual. mom, dad, this is avani. my um girlfriend. and she's also my soulmate. i found her very fast.
dad : girlfriend? girl that's a friend or like girlfriend like relationship girlfriend?
me : we're dating.
mom : aww really!? since when?
me : since like 20 minutes ago.
dad : really?
me : yeah.
mom : that's great, hun. i'm proud of you for telling us.
me : thank you.

my dad is staring at my mom and he looks mad.

me : are you okay, dad?
dad : no. i'm not okay. THIS is not okay.
me : i'm-

i start crying.

avani : i'm sorry sir, this really isn't my place to say anything, but why would you judge somebody by the people they love? like you can't help having feelings for someone. emma is an amazing person. she always has been and she always will be. i can't change that, and neither can her sexuality. liking girls does not define who she is. her kindness, humor, and beauty does. it's okay if you don't exactly except her or me, but that doesn't give you the right to sit here and be this judgmental to her face. please forgive me for saying this, but that's fucked up, sir.

i'm still crying and avani looks pissed. she turns to me and wraps her arms around me as i cry into her shoulder.

dad : and just because y'all are dating, doesn't give you a right to say that to me, young lady. y'all won't ever even last anyways. young love never does. and it never will.

i pull away from the hug.

me : of course we're gonna last. she's my soulmate. i can't change that, and i don't want to. i love her, dad.
dad : your mother and i were soulmates and we didn't last.
me : THAT'S BECAUSE SHE DIED.

i wanted to punch him so bad. i started getting closer to him but avani pulled me back.

i ran up to my room and slammed the door shut.

avani's pov

i flinched at the sound of the door slamming. it hurts me to see her hurting.

me : do you see what you did sir? that is your daughter.
her mom : i don't understand why it's a problem, brandon. so she's bisexual? that doesn't matter! like avani said, it doesn't define who she is.
her dad : i raised her better, rachel. what would you do if mattia was bisexual or gay? or noah?
her mom : i would love them and support them.
avani : and there's no reason why you shouldn't. love is love.
her dad : listen here, she is my daughter. i can feel whatever way i want about this. there is nothing you or anyone else can say to change my mind.
avani : i can't talk about this anymore. i have to go. thank you, mrs jones.
her mom : no, thank you.

i walk back upstairs and i go into emma's room and sit on the bed next to her.

a/n sorry for the long chapter. i had a lot to put in this one <3