He Was Never The Plan

For six years, I loved Caeden Luis Alvero in silence.

What started as a simple crush slowly became the reason why going to school felt exciting.
I thought watching him from a distance would always be enough.
I thought I could live with being an "almost."

Until Wes Elijah Laurent came into the picture.

The boy who was always beside him.
The boy who somehow always knew how to annoy me, make me laugh, and show up at the right moments.

At first, he was never someone I paid attention to.
Not when my world had always revolved around Caeden.

But little by little, Wes started noticing the things Caeden never did.

And somewhere between late-night conversations, teasing remarks, stolen glances, and the kind of comfort I never expected to find-

I started falling for the person who was never part of the plan.