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49 | the first sign

| flashback chapter!

dylan clicked around on his computer for a moment before finding dyl's contact. he smiles to himself, getting distracted by the 10 star emojis she had put by her name one night when she stole his phone. dyl claimed it was because she was always a star— and because she really liked that emoji, but dylan liked the first explanation better. she was a star in his mind. he snapped out of his thoughts and clicked the little facetime icon. he sat back in his roller chair, patiently waiting for dyl to answer. it took a few rings, but she finally answered on the last ring.

her forehead appeared first and dylan could tell she was moving around a lot because the camera kept moving. he raised his eyebrow curiously but didn't have time to question it because her face appeared a moment later and she smiled.

"sorry about that. hey." dyl smiles warmly

"hey yourself. how's your acl?" dylan asks and he watches as dyl gets up for a moment to show her fresh brace. her leg had a wrap on it to protect the scar but it looked pretty good.

"it's not bad. pt is kind of kicking my ass, but what's new?" dyl chuckles but dylan frowns a little at that.

"what do you mean?"

"i'm just having a hard time here and there but i know it's because i'm still pretty fresh out of surgery. i still have a long way to go." dyl brushes it off a little and dylan makes a small face but not long enough for her to notice. dyl was never pessimistic about things, so this slight attitude change was new. dylan decided to not overthink it for now.

"you started school already, right?" dylan asks and dyl nods with a small smile.

"yes we did. kind of a shit show, but honestly what's new? i like my classes at least and my teachers. they seem really nice." okay first, there was more of that pessimistic attitude; and two, dylan started to notice dyl's fidgeting. maybe he was just really head over heels for her and he just notices everything about her, but she never used to be really fidgety.

"that's good. i haven't decided if i like my teachers or not yet." dylan decides to brush off her small change in behavior. he doesn't want to seem like he's overreacting.

"how different is canadian school than here?" dyl asks

"uh, i think they're almost the same thing? we don't have many differences here. football isn't as big here, it's more hockey i think? i'm not really sure." dylan laughs with a small shrug

"hmm, i don't know why but i always think you guys do different things than us. i guess it's more in europe where things are different." dyl says

"yeah i think a lot of people think that. canada is still america after all." dylan jokes and dyl rolls his eyes.

"yeah i know." she laughs and dylan smiles. he was hoping they digressed a little from her negative attitude a little. he was still wondering why she was thinking so pessimistically. maybe she was just in a bad mood?

"besides pt and school, how have you been?" dylan asks, subtly trying to dig into her feelings a little more. he watches as dyl's eyes flicker off camera for a moment before glancing back at him.

"everything's okay. you know, not really much happening." dyl laughs a little and looks off camera again. she was definitely looking at something.

"you okay? you seem off." dylan finally decides to comment on it, but dyl quickly shakes her head.

"what? no, i'm good. my little brother keeps trying to come into my room." dyl laughs but dylan was buying into that. he could always tell when she was lying and this was one of those times.

"are you sure?" dylan pushes but dyl only nods.

"yeah, i'm all good. don't be such a worry wart." dyl teases and dylan chuckles at that. he decides to just let it be for now, but it was still in the back of his mind for the rest of the facetime call — and the rest of the week.

looking back, dylan knew he should have kept pushing and asking her what was wrong because maybe it would have stopped them from winding up in this situation.

A/N
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