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telling them i love you but they dont feel the same

JOHN B:

"Hey John. Can we talk?" His eyes suspiciously eye me but eventually he nods. I sigh and fidget with my hands making me anxious even more. "I-"

"I know what this is about Y/N. And i'm sorry but i'm with Sarah and she's- she's the one that I love." My stomach feels empty like a bottomless pitch. I feel sick like I might just cry. "I'm so sorry. I love you Y/N, I really do but not in the same way."

"I understand." I choke my words out and turn to leave. Just as the tears began to brim. He loves someone else and now I look like an idiot.

SARAH:

Today was the day. The day that i'll finally tell the L word to my girlfriend. And I simply can't wait, maybe just maybe it'll turn out good.

I knock on her door. It is quiet but I know she's in there, doodling in her journal and blasting music probably. "Come in." And I do as told. She smiles and pats the empty space next to her.

"Hey gorgeous." A giggle escapes her mouth and I grin.

"You said you need to talk about something?" I nod and suddenly my throat aches. Anxiety starts to kill me and if I don't say it now I never will. "Sarah...I love you."

The silence builds up and the smile that once was on her face fades, making my vision blurry. No one says anything for a good minute before she begins. "Oh Y/N. I like you a lot but- but I don't love you."

"Oh." It's all I manage to say before quickly getting up to my feet and heading to the door. She tries to stop me but my feet have never moved so fast in my life.

POPE:

Me and Pope have been dating for three months already. Sounds like such a short time but believe me, it's been a life time. All the dates and sneak outs, simply amazing. I've come to the realization that I love him and that's what i'll tell him today.

"Hey there Pope." He smiles as I reach him at the end of the dock. He hugs me and I giggle a little. Nervous because of what's going to happen is a few seconds. "Before we go I want to...tell you something."

"Yeah of course, what is it?" Pope's hands go into his pockets and he smiles.

"Uh I-I love you." My sheepish face bows to the ground and I feel the steaming hot cheek encounter me. Followed by tears at the corner of my eyes. He wasn't saying anything and that meant one thing....

"Oh my god Y/N. I-I don't know how to tell you this but-"

"But you don't love me."

"No of course I do! Just not in a romantic way...not yet...I'm so sorry." I wipe my cheeks and turn around. He calls to me but I refuse to stop and look at him because if I do I know i'll break completely.

KIARA:

Kiara sat opposite of me. We were in her dad's restaurant and it was completely empty, maybe because it was 2 in the morning.

"This is crazy." I whisper. She frowns and I smile to myself. I've always liked her, hell, i've been obsessed with her for so long. Admiring her from a distance...loving her from a distance. It's so unreal to me.

"What is? That were friends...drinking beer?" She laughs and I smile. Her giggly tone rings in my ears and it's like hearing a piece of melody for the first time. I've completely fallen in love with her.

"No..." I take a sip of my beer. "That i've fallen in love with you."

She stops. Her hands drop on her lap and her joyful face becomes serious. It's like she completely sobered up. "Y/N-"

"It's okay Kiara. I know you don't feel the same." A single tear rolls down my face and I wipe it quickly. She looks me dead in the eye and holds my hand in hers.

"You are my bestfriend. And that will never ever change but I-I don't feel the same way."

"And ive said it's okay."

JJ:

I was sitting on John's couch, no one was there but me and the blondie. He was on some rant about some chick he hooked up with last week.

"What exactly is the moral of this?" I ask with a sigh. JJ had told me it would be a lesson or something like it.

"That no other girl can top when me and you hook up." He says with a smirk. I laugh as I try to hide the pink tint in cheeks.

Before I know it JJ is already sitting next to me, his eyes on mine and his hand on my thigh. The goosebumps in my skin were noticeable and I knew he could feel them. I try to break eye contact but he grabs my chin softly and makes me look at him. His face is now inches away from mine and-

"No JJ." I push him away.

"What? Why? I'm sorry-"

"You just want hook up and- and have sex and I-" I pause. "It's not what I want."

"You want something more serious?" He has now pulled away completely. He is standing and gazing into the distance, avoiding eye contact at its finest.

"JJ I love you. All this years of hooking up it messed with my brain. And I know you don't feel the same way and eventually I won't either but this..." I point to him and I. "It has to stop."

"Y/N, you're right. I don't feel the same way. And if stopping is what will let you move on then so be it. I love you, because you are my best friend but not in the same way." I nod, containing tears and biting the inside of my cheek as I walk away and out. He smiled sadly at me and so did I. This was it...the beginning of me moving on.