The Difference Between You and Me (GXG)

chapter 27

dakota's p.o.v

"hey it's okay, if you really don't want to talk then she can't really force you." kenzie says to me as we get out of the car.

"i know but we have first period together and i know she's going to try to talk to me right now when we walk in." i sigh, wincing at my backpack which is extra heavy today. i needed to take so many books home over the weekend.

"if you need me i'll say something." she says giving me a small smile. i nod, glancing at the big building in front of us. we both walk up to the entrance, walking in to school. this is the last place i want to be right now.

we walk to our lockers casually like normal. i'm just dreading the moment lucy walks up to me because i know she is. she's going to want to talk to me and i'm going to say no. i really don't want to talk to her. at least not now.

"you alright?" kenz asks me as she pokes my arm. we are at our lockers now and i just nod, opening mine. i put away all these stupid books i took home that i don't need for class. well not all but most.

i shut my locker when i'm done, turning my body towards kenzie. i watch her do what she has to do, not wanting to look anywhere and make eye contact with lucy.

i finally feel what i've been dreading. a slight poke on my shoulder. kenzie looks behind me and then looks at me. it's her. fuck. i turn around slowly, meeting eyes with lucy. she has no makeup on today, and she dressed comfortable.

"h-hi." she says staring into my eyes. i break eye contact and look down, shifting from my heels to my toes.

"hey." i just say quietly, waiting for what she has to say. even though i don't want to.

"will you please just hear me out? please?" she asks me, the 'please' sounding extra emotional this time. what could she possibly want to tell me? for me to just sit there and listen.

"i'd rather not lucy." i say looking up. "i would really appreciated it if you just left me alone. okay, this is all complicated." i explain to her, turning back to kenzie. "walk me to class?" i ask her sweetly. she nods.

"dakota i-" she touches my shoulder again, retracting it almost immediately. i glance at her. "i'm begging you right now. i'll do anything. you can never talk to me for the rest of your life after that if you want but please just listen to me. i-it's me..dakota." she pleads, trying to grab one of my hands.

"lucy." kenzie butts in, coming up beside me. i don't let lucy grab my hand as i wait for what kenzie is going to say. "would you please just stay away. you put her through a lot and it messed her up. okay, no is no."

lucy's face drops, her mouth opening to say something but then closing. she nods slowly, looking at me before turning the other way. i watch her walk down the halls with her head down, pushing past everyone.

kenzie walks me to class and of course as soon as i walk in, lucy's eyes are right on me. i walk in and wait for the bell to ring. i sit down and go on my phone, minding my own business. i can feel her intense stare on me. this is going to be rough.

when it was lunch, i didn't see lucy at all. she didn't sit with me obviously and she didn't sit with nicole or nate either. she wasn't in the lunch room, at all. i ate silently, hearing olivia and kenzie talk. every once and a while kenzie would ask me if i was okay and i'd nod, telling her yes i was.

last period, i figured out, lucy moved her seat. away from nate and nicole. she now sits right behind kenzie because that seat was always open. i didn't look at her once, trying to forget about everything that's happened with her. however i find it hard because we did kiss multiple times and she told me she felt something. did she?

"hey, want to go get some ice cream after school?" kenzie asks from beside me during last period when it was getting closer to the end of class. i look over at her, which causes me to see lucy in my peripheral vision. she's looking at me, of course.

"sure." i smile a little, looking back at my desk with my head faced downward. i wait patiently for the bell to ring, wanting to get out of here.

when the final bell rang, kenzie and i rushed to our lockers so we can get out of here and go get some ice cream. we both closed our lockers at the same time, causing us to laugh hysterically. she grabs my hand and leads me out to her car.

we get in the car and kenzie blasts the music right away. she drives to the ice cream place we've gone for the longest time for so many years. one of the workers there even remembers us every time we go in.

we arrive and go inside, ordering our ice cream and taking a seat. as we eat our ice cream, kenzie starts making moaning sounds as she eats hers. i give her a weird look.

"please don't." i say continuing to eat mine. she does it again, making me cover my face.

"what? are you embarrassed of me? your best friend?" she gasps dramatically, putting her hand over her heart. i roll my eyes, eating my ice cream and keeping to myself.

"it's not such a surprise." i say and smile, glancing up at her. she pouts, dragging her finger down her face like a tear. what a weirdo. "hey um.." i start. "thanks for spending time with me and making me feel better."

"of course dakota. i am your best friend after all. you don't deserve lucy if she really meant to fuck nate at the party." she tells me and shrugs.

"what do you mean 'if'?" i ask her. she sighs, putting down her cup for a moment.

"i mean that maybe you're just so hurt that you don't want anything to do with her. and i don't blame you but..she seems super sweet and i don't think she would do anything to hurt you like that." she say to me. i think for a moment, realizing maybe she's right. ugh, curse you and your bright thoughts kenzie. my first instinct was to just be mad and nothing else. but maybe there's more.

"thanks." i nod at her. she smiles, finishing her ice cream. i do the same.

"here, take this. i want to pay for you." she says hanging me a ten dollar bill.

"no you don't have to-"

"oh please you do enough for me. take it." she shakes it in front of me. i roll my eyes before taking it, thanking her sincerely.

she drops me off back at my house and for what i did what i got home..one word. nothing.

big shit happening next chapter, just wait ;) i hope you all liked this chapter though, it was fun to write. i love dakota and kenzie's friendship hahah comment and vote plzzz thank uuu ❣️