Bryce's POV
A couple years ago, Addison and I decided that we would never become anything. Obviously I was really upset about it and stopped talking to her entirely. I eventually told myself that I can't live my life without her and we ended up becoming best friends. Like she's my best best friend. You know what I mean?
I have this girlfriend. We've been dating for two months. Her names Alicia (uh-lee-see-uh) Shes slowly becoming more distancing herself from me. So naturally I confronted her about it.
"Alice, can we talk?" I asked knocking on her door frame. "Sure, whats up?" She said turning around in her desk chair.
We both sat down on her bed. "Are we okay?" I asked her, getting straight to the point. "What do you mean?" She asked me. "You've been distancing yourself from me. Not talking to me. We haven't really hung out all week." I explained to her.
"I've been distant? Bryce, you don't even pay attention to me." She lashes back at me. "What are you talking about, Ali, you're my girlfriend. Of course I pay attention to you." I said confused.
"No, you don't. Let me ask you something." She paused and readjusted herself you face her entire body towards me. "What's Addison's favorite color?" She asked me. "What does Addison have to do with this?" I asked her. "Just answered the question." She said. "Purple. She likes purple and red." I answered her.
"What about her favorite candy?" She asked. "Airhead extremes." I answered.
"Her middle name?" She kept going with the questions. "The whole world knows her middle name. Rae" I answered
"Her favorite animal?" She asked. "Killer whale. Alicia I really don't understand why Addison is being brought into this."
"And lastly her birthday." She ignored my statement. "October 6th, 2000" I answered.
"Now, can you answer any of those questions about me?" She asked her eyes starting to well up. "Huh?" She continued. "Do you know my favorite color? My favorite candy? My middle name? My favorite animal? My birthday?" She finished.
"Green, Runts, Marie, Jaguar, and July 12th?" I guessed. "Orange, gummy bears, Jeanette, Koala, February 9th" Wow...I got ever one of those wrong.
"Bryce you are in love with her." She said with tears falling down her face. "No, I'm not. I've just known her longer." I denied. "No, It's more than that."
"Have you ever kissed her?" She asked. "A few times, but that was years ago." I tried to reason with her but it only made me realize she was right.
"So you can look me in my eyes right now and tell me that you don't have any romantic feelings for her whatsoever?" She asked me. I choked.
"That's what I thought. You can go now." She went back to her desk chair. "Ali" I called to her but she ignored me. "Alice" I tried again. "Alicia, please." I tried to talk to her.
"Bryce I don't want to talk anymore." She said getting upset. "Addison and I have nothing going on. Sure we used to but that's over. She's my best friend so of course I know stuff about her." I tried to reason with her.
"She's in love with you, Bryce! And you don't even see it. Why do you think she doesn't like me? She hates me! She hates seeing us together!" She explained. "She doesn't hate you!" I yelled back.
"Yes she does! Bryce I really like you. I do. But I can't sit here and watch you looking at someone else. I am not Addison. And I wish I was. She's beautiful and talented and most of all you're in love with her, but I'm not. I'm not her. So please. For me. Go to her and tell her how much you love her." She told me with tears pouring down her face.
I pulled her into a hug and kissed her head. "I'm sorry." I gave in knowing she was right. No one could ever replace Addison in my book. She was the girl I loved and no one could change that.
I left Alicia's house and went straight to Addison's. I knocked on the door and Addison answered holding her 3 year old brother Lucas, who was sleeping. She had to take him in after her parents passed away in a traumatic car accident when he was just a newborn.
"Bryce?" She asked as she opened the door. "What are you doing here? I thought you were going to hang out with Alicia?" Alice was right. Addison doesn't like her. You can hear it in her voice. "I need to talk to you." I told her. "Yeah, just let me put him down. We'll talk in my room." She answered.
We walked upstairs and she put Lucas down in his room. Once she closed her bedroom door I kissed her. She immediately responded kissing me back. She pulled out of the kiss with a shocked expression on her face.
"Bryce" That was all she could say. She was speechless. "I know we decided that we were never gonna be anything, and I know that it's been years. But, Addison, I'm in love with you. I've always been in love with you and I will always be in love with you. From the very beginning, from the moment I laid eyes on you when we were 19 and 20 at mine and Tayler's house, I knew that you were going to be the girl that I was going to fall for."
She still had this shocked expression.
I walked up closer to her and pulled her closer by her waist. "I am in love with you. Not Alicia, Not anyone else, you." I told her and pulled her into a hug.
"I love you too" She whispered into my ear I squeezed her tight. I never thought I would hear her say that again.
can i just say...
heather been real quiet :/
yeah that's it bye now
