WARMTH • DIXISON

chapter 4 | we're done

sorry for not updating in a bit guys i made this chapter a bit longer and this is where the hope for dixison might start to happen ;)

addison's pov

it had been about two weeks since the d'amelio sisters arrived and we were all best friends already, it feels like i've known them for years. dixie and i especially are really close, we're basically inseparable besties. tayler gave up on dixie after a week, finally. bryce and i are still together but we don't talk as much as we did, he says i'm always with dixie, which is true. i used to see him everyday but now i see him only two or three times a week. for some reason i don't find myself as into him as i used to. i don't know if i'm even attracted to him anymore like that, he's a nice guy but i think we'd be better off as friends.

"addi!" i heard dixie call out as she was coming up the stairs.
"what?" i asked when she reached the bedroom door.
"what are you doing today?" she asked.
"i dunno, what do you wanna do today?"
"i'm feeling lazy today to be honest," she yawned.
just then my phone started ringing, it was bryce, i answered it.
"hey babe are you doing much today?" he asked.
"no not really" i replied.
"do you wanna go out for lunch at 1?"
i checked the time to see that it's already 11 in the morning. "yeah sure."
"ok, i'll come pick you up at 1, see ya babe love you."
i saw dixie roll her eyes, leaning against the doorframe with her arms crossed.
"ok see ya love you too." i hung up.

"what's the eye roll for?" i chuckled.
"i shouldn't be saying this but i don't know, bryce gives me off vibes ever since i met him... he acts obsessed with you but he's such a careless person everywhere else so i don't understand..." dixie explained her thoughts.
"well, that's your opinion i guess. dixie can i tell you something and promise you won't tell anyone?" i stared into her eyes.
"yeah, you can tell me anything." she came and sat down on our bed next to me.
"the past few weeks i haven't been feeling as into bryce anymore, i don't know why, like i don't see him or talk to him as much as i used to, and i just don't like him that way much anymore..." i spoke the truth.
"that's probably my fault for stealing you 24/7," dixie laughed.
"no it's not! i love spending time with you, you're way more fun than bryce, wait... did i just say that!" i laughed realising i lowkey just called my boyfriend boring.
"it's fine, i know he's kinda boring to be honest, all you guys do is just go out for food or stay here or the sway house. if you don't like him that way anymore you should break up with him, you guys can just be friends y'know." she suggested.
"you're right, i should just break up with him, i don't even like him as more than a friend anymore. i'm scared though, i don't wanna upset him or make him mad..."
"well if he really loves you he'll respect your choice and just stay friends instead right?" dixie held onto my hand for reassurance.
"ok, well when we go out for lunch today i'll just tell him... our relationship is just so boring and every time i go out with him part of me just wants time to speed up so i can go back home... oh my god i sound so rude!" i realised what i was saying.
dixie burst out laughing. "you need to break up with him now addi!"
"ok well i'm gonna get dressed and all." i picked out some nice clothes and hopped into the shower.

it was 1pm on the dot, i waited on the couch by the door for bryce. i just want today to be over and done with so i don't have to keep forcing myself to get up and get all dressed up just for his eyes every few days.

"you look nice," dixie walked over with a bowl of cereal, still in her pyjamas.
"well i've gotta look good for the breakup you know," i joked.
dixie laughed and sat down next to me.
"i'm really nervous dix."
"you'll be ok, i promise, if he turns psycho or something just call me ok?" she held onto my hand again.

i started playing with her hand, bending and unbending each finger to help distract and calm myself.
"just think, you don't have to suffer being around his boring obsessive ass all the time after today." she ate a spoonful of cereal.
"that's true."