Friends Don't - Mackie Jay - Wattpad

Friends Don't

Reads 123,666
Votes 4,497
Parts 21
Time 4h 30m

Reads 123,666
Votes 4,497
Parts 21
Time 4h 30m

Mature

abusiverelationship angst army artist bestfriends bff bfflove colorado friendstolovers healing hometown humor military photography safehaven soldier trauma wattpadromance wattyawards wattys2019 youngadult

Dylan and Rhett were childhood best friends-ride or die, thick as thieves-but time and distance have a way of changing things, as well as stubborn pride and the inability to express certain feelings.

They tried to stay in touch, but it became increasingly difficult as their lives went in very separate ways.

Teenagers grow up into adults, and sometimes they grow apart.

She went to art school in New York City and got engaged. He enlisted in the Army as a combat engineer.

Over a decade after their high school graduation, both are back living in their hometown for the first time, and they're both dealing with their own mountains to climb. Dylan broke things off with her abusive ex-fiance. Rhett lost a leg in Afghanistan.

Will they get back what they used to have, or will something more blossom now that they're all grown up? Can they help each other heal?All Rights Reserved

abusiverelationship angst army artist bestfriends bff bfflove colorado friendstolovers healing hometown humor military photography safehaven soldier trauma wattpadromance wattyawards wattys2019 youngadult

21 parts

Sign up to add Friends Don't to your library and receive updates

or

Content Guidelines

You may also like

Lakeside Reverie by lazyscorpii

"Theo gave up everything for Dylan... but will Dylan realize the truth before it's too late?" After a sudden, unexplained absence, Theo returns to his boss, Dylan, with one request-financial help. But Dylan, swayed by the whispers of friends, believes the worst of him. What he doesn't know is that Theo has sacrificed his family, his future, and even his health to support Dylan's dreams. Unaware that he's on borrowed time, Theo hides his terminal illness behind quiet smiles and fading strength. But there's one secret Theo can't bear to tell-the love that never faltered, even when Dylan forgot him. Now, as Theo's time slips away, Dylan must confront the truth: some sacrifices are made in silence, and love, if not seen, may be lost forever. Can Dylan open his eyes in time?. ··· General Trigger Warning: This story contains themes of loss, heartbreak, illness, and emotional distress, which may be triggering for some readers. - Note: This is a work of fiction made purely from my imagination, sparked by my brokenhearted era. Lol. Any resemblance to actual events or people is coincidental. - I'm a forever amateur writer wannabe, so forgive me for any inconsistencies. There are times I'm full of passion while writing, and other times my obsessive self just wants to finish the chapter so I can move on to the next part where I'm really invested. In any case, thank you for any support-reads, votes, comments, and kind feedback are welcome! If you liked it, please share! --- ©2024 · Mari√ @Lazyscorpii Any parts of the story may not be shared in any form without permission.

Blue Eyes by mythical_link86

My name is Sarah. I am 33 years old. I grew up in beautiful Buies Creek, North Carolina. In first grade I met two boys who were trouble makers. Their names? Rhett James McLaughlin and Charles Lincoln Neal III. When I turned fifteen, I got an unexpected birthday present. My dad told me we were moving in a week and honestly that sucked. To make it even worse we were moving across the country. The last thing I remember before boarding the plane is seeing Rhett and Link with one tear streaming from each of their beautiful blue eyes. Meanwhile... "Hey Rhett do you got everything in the trailer?" "Yeah! We're ready to go!" Rhett and Link are about to embark on a trip that would change their lives forever. They didn't expect their lives to change in as many ways as it will. Read along as you join them on the journey that started it all; the Mythical Road Trip. They will face many hardships and ultimately create the show that all of us mythical beasts know and love today. Who knows? They may even run into some people from their past that they never thought they would see again.

His Warbride *COMPLETE ✅ by amateur_anonymous

| COMPLETED | ~ | Chapters are being Edited | #Wattys2020 ~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~~•~~•~•~~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~• He was a soldier, running toward the war zone. She was a victim , fleeing away from the war zone. He grew up not knowing what love or family was. She grew up with the love of her family. He left something of himself. She now holds dear to what he left. He is a soldier. She is his warbride. ~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~~•~~•~•~~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~• After struggling to live through and losing loved ones due to war, all Leah wishes for is to leave this war torn country. With a mysterious past, Dylan tries to live a normal life as a military man and prepares himself to lead hundreds of men into this next battle. In the most oddest circumstances, they both meet and feeling are expressed, love blooms, secrets are exposed, memories are revived, obstacles are faced, but at the end of the day love and family is everything. ~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~~•~~•~•~~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~• "Wait Leah!" I wanted to tell her that she is not like a sister to me and that I love her, but something stopped me. The hope that shone in her eyes stopped me. War is unpredictable. The outcomes are unpredictable. If I were to tell her the truth and we were to fall in love, wouldn't there be more risks. I'll be worried about her constantly, as she'll be about me. If I were to get injured in the field, she will have to spend her life taking care of me. If I were to die, wouldn't I hurt her more than now.

𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥 [𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓭✔] by lethal_bullets

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺?... Ex military 𝘓𝘶𝘬𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴 retired after getting shot in the shoulder, and was forced to drive back home. Like every military staff, who was coming back home, he was still excited to see his fiancèe, despite him losing his job forever. It did not turn out the way he hoped it would be and caught her cheating with his best friend. That's when he started to lose all his hope in life and plot his own death. When life does not work his way he starts blaming God for it. Fortunately, he survived a car accident and was saved by a business woman named 𝘈𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘦. She helps him become a better version of himself and grow more into Christ, making him find the right path in his life again. Started: 12/27/20 Ended: 12/28/21 Genre: Short story/ Romance/ Spiritual *𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑*: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝐋𝐎𝐓! Copyright © 2020 M.L (ORIGINAL WATTPAD BOOK)

Say you love me by Liliuth

"I want to help you." His bright eyes sparkle in the moonlight. "You can't help me! You hurt me!" By now, the tears I had been desperately trying to hold back finally slip out. "They hurt you!" As he yells, the anger in his voice eases out; his eyes are filled with familiar sadness. "I have nowhere else to go." I shoot back, taking a step away from him, afraid he will strike me as everyone else does. As soon as he notices this, his eyes widen, and his fists relax. "Come with me." He responds, hope gleaming in his eyes. I look up at the bright moon shining down on us as the breeze ruffles my hair. "Come with you?" I question. Just as he nods my dizziness takes over, sending me to the ground. His hands wrap around me, barely catching me. "Don't let them hurt me." I whisper, looking into his eyes, trying to not let the spinning world take me. "They won't hurt you anymore. Ever." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tivelly always seemed like the popular girl, always filling the room with her laughs and bright smiles. No one had noticed the excess of makeup that would occasionally be used to hide the bruises. The words "I love you" being foreign to her. Kaiden has always been one of the guys that her attention is always brought to. The heartthrob every girl wants, but no one ever gets. It took one drunk Tivelly and a Kaiden in his right mind to get them to form a friendship. They both have baggage that weighs on their hearts heavily. Now all they need is each other to get through the storm that's about to hit them head on. Sexual abuse Mental abuse Physical abuse

When He Saved Me by 1234_MadelinexKai

(NOT FULLY EDITED) Madison has dealt with abuse and heart ache her whole life thinking that it was what she deserved. First her parents then her boyfriend. When her older brother left for college on bad terms with their parents things started to get worse. Her older brother never knew of the way their parents treated her, not even after the car accident that ended their parents' lives and left Madison scarred. Three years later and two years into an abusive relationship with her boyfriend an acceptance letter that will change Madison's entire life arrives in the mail. Madison gives her brother a call for the first time since their parent's funeral. When her brother tells her to come stay with him she never thought this one phone call would change her life forever and new friends would be waiting as well as her brother's asshole best friend.

BROKEN VOWS (Broken Redemption Book 1) by ArianaClarkAuthor

Choosing her cost me everything I'd ever loved... including her. It's why I left the small town where I grew up and vowed never to return. I'm no longer the golden boy with a bright future they all remember. Instead, I carry the scars of a tortured past. A broken man deemed unfit, even by the Navy SEALs he'd dedicated the past decade to serve. What was supposed to be a quick trip to sell my parent's property turned into this twisted journey that forced me to confront my demons. And then there she was. My first love, and deepest regret. The woman who still owns every piece of my blackened heart. When she asked for my time, I couldn't refuse. Now I can't walk away. Not after hearing of the danger her husband, a missing FBI agent, has brought to her doorstep. After everything, I owe her my help. It's why I offer to protect her and her two little girls from the danger circling them. It's a vow I never should have made, given the trail of bodies I've left in my wake. Like the harbinger of death, I'm the last man either of us should trust.

Beautifully Broken by prettiestoflies

"You shouldn't need to drink to try and drown your feelings Kayla. I've watched the people around me do this all my life and it doesn't fix anything." "I know it won't fix anything, but for right now it helps me forget" "You can't keep running away or hiding. In the end it all catches up." "You sound like you've been through this before." "I guess you could say that." "You want me to open up to you, but are you ever going to open up to me? I want to get to know you Tyler, but you are so closed off. You know why I got knocked over by that wave? Because I was watching you, I was watching your face and seeing how free you felt riding that wave. It's the only time I've ever seen you let go. You know that someone hurt me, but I think you have been hurt too. When you're ready to talk, I'll be waiting. Maybe we can help each other." "Maybe I'm not worth getting to know" he replied. "And maybe I'm not worth you trying to save me either. Or maybe I am" With that I got up and left him to think about what I said. I put my cards on the table, now it was up to him to make the next move. ******** A year ago, Kayla had it all, doting parents and a relationship with her older brother that others envied. By the end of junior year that changed, she's left broken after a series of events in her life, but she is determined to hide her pain from her friends and enjoy the summer. That is until she meets Tyler, who can see right through the hurt. He has his own secrets though and isn't ready to let anyone in. Together they will either fall apart or fall together.

Aspen Falls by lilbitafterdark

Aspen Carlee Ellington. "Beau's Girl" That's how I've been known since the 10th grade. Every time I looked into the future...whether it was an hour, a day or years ahead of me...that's all I saw. Me and him. Just like I'd always seen. I had no doubt it would be us. The one day I turned into a real fucking girl and voiced some feelings and watched him walk out of my life to go on some deployment I couldn't know the details of. My heart had a sinking feeling that I would never see him again. Now I'm 22 and it's two years later he's standing in my backyard with my brothers back from some godforsaken place...and yes. I'm still 100% his. Will this Christmas bring me a happily ever after? Beau Remington Brighton Every day I wake up and remember the most beautiful sexy girl I'd ever have the pleasure of knowing. Every day I find a way to torture myself to the brink of mental or physical death for shattering her. Fast forward two years, I'm standing in her backyard with her older brothers not knowing if she'll even acknowledge my existence. But fuck me...she's even more gorgeous than I remembered and I swear before Christmas is over, I'll have made her broken heart whole and she'll be mine. Aspen is a 21 year old dessert maker. Beau is a 28 year old Navy SEAL. Between ghosts from their pasts and dangers of their future...broken promises, broken dreams and broken hearts...can these two fix a love that was broken?

the worst kind of heartbreak by skylar__writess

the worst kind of heartbreak is the first book to the born broken series, it is an enemies to lovers story about two teens who met in middle school. The story follows Fallon Emery, a girl who was bullied to the point of gaining an eating disorder by the boy she thought was her forever. Keaton Ridge, a boy who has been broken since his father committed suicide when he was ten. Fallon ~ I never thought I'd trust anyone again. I'd built my wall up and it wasn't coming down for anyone. Then I met Keaton Ridge. He appeared in my life and quickly became the only thing I had left that kept me going. But he turned on me. He's spent years torturing me and ruining me. Now i'm different, skinny and maybe a little stronger. He might think I owe him something because the pain he caused me made me strong, but I owe him nothing. This year will be different. I'm done taking shit from Keaton, it's his turn to hurt. Keaton ~ I never wanted to hurt her, I just had to. It was a choice I made out of fear for ending up like my father. I wanted more for myself than that. But Fallon was like a wave of an emotion I'd never experienced before. I thought making her hate me would make me hate her, but it only brought us both pain. She might have given up on me, but I'm ready now. I'm getting my girl, and i'm getting my vengeance on my father's best friend too for everything he screwed up. I'll fight until I'm six feet under if I have to. She's always been mine and I've always been hers. Her and I are more alike than she might think, I was scared to love her for years. Only now that she's the one who is scared, I've never been more ready. TW: This is a semi-dark romance that speaks about harsh topics such as sexual assault, sexual harassment, suicide details, self harm (in detail), sexual content, mature scenes, eating disorders (a lot), bullying, harsh language, and death.

You may also like

Slide 1 of 10

Lakeside Reverie cover

Blue Eyes cover

His Warbride *COMPLETE ✅ cover

𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥 [𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓭✔] cover

Say you love me cover

When He Saved Me cover

BROKEN VOWS (Broken Redemption Book 1) cover

Beautifully Broken cover

Aspen Falls cover

the worst kind of heartbreak cover

Lakeside Reverie

"Theo gave up everything for Dylan... but will Dylan realize the truth before it's too late?" After a sudden, unexplained absence, Theo returns to his boss, Dylan, with one request-financial help. But Dylan, swayed by the whispers of friends, believes the worst of him. What he doesn't know is that Theo has sacrificed his family, his future, and even his health to support Dylan's dreams. Unaware that he's on borrowed time, Theo hides his terminal illness behind quiet smiles and fading strength. But there's one secret Theo can't bear to tell-the love that never faltered, even when Dylan forgot him. Now, as Theo's time slips away, Dylan must confront the truth: some sacrifices are made in silence, and love, if not seen, may be lost forever. Can Dylan open his eyes in time?. ··· General Trigger Warning: This story contains themes of loss, heartbreak, illness, and emotional distress, which may be triggering for some readers. - Note: This is a work of fiction made purely from my imagination, sparked by my brokenhearted era. Lol. Any resemblance to actual events or people is coincidental. - I'm a forever amateur writer wannabe, so forgive me for any inconsistencies. There are times I'm full of passion while writing, and other times my obsessive self just wants to finish the chapter so I can move on to the next part where I'm really invested. In any case, thank you for any support-reads, votes, comments, and kind feedback are welcome! If you liked it, please share! --- ©2024 · Mari√ @Lazyscorpii Any parts of the story may not be shared in any form without permission.