Friends Hang Out Without Me Novels & Stories

"I'm not saying it's improper, but eating outside once or twice a week doesn't jeopardise your lifestyle." "Oh…" "Where do you and your pals hang out often?" "Hannah's house or mine, the library, or the cafeteria." "Those aren't hangouts, Amelia." "Like I mentioned earlier, I don't get out much, so I don't know any locations," I shrugged. "How come your friend didn't take you out? Does she like you as well?" "No, she goes places with her classmates." "Did she abandon you?" "No. I was the only one who wasn't interested. She asked me several times to accompany her, but I always declined, so she stopped asking me." And kept devouring the food.

Sadness fills me as I think of teenage memories I'm missing out on that my friends aren't. Parties, boys, hanging out with friends. All superficial however I want to experience it, desperately. I grab my phone and scroll through my contacts, landing on Trish. I ring her and wait patiently for her to answer. "Hello?" She giggles on the other end, sounding breathless. "Trish? Are you okay?" I ask her, concerned at her difficulty to breathe. She giggles louder and I faintly hear a male voice in the background, instructing her to hang up. I gasp, slapping my knee —

Holding himself up in the doorframe, I could push against him harder. “Hey! Woah! No fair!” Finn called from behind. I pulled back, smiling. “I missed you guys. Do you know how lonely it’s been without you? I got used to you being in my space all the time. Then nothing for so long.” “You can’t get out of our questions that easily.” Noah was panting. “We missed you too, though.” Looking over his shoulder, I reached out for Finn. He stepped up and took my hand. Kissing my palm, he winked at me.

I could hear loud music blasting in the background. “I’ll pass.” [“Damn it! Dude! Zackeriel is here with me too. Just come over. We’ll wait for you,”] he said, and hung up immediately. I stared at the screen for a moment, then reached for my coat lying on the table. At the Club “Yeahhh! I miss this! It’s been so long since the three of us went out together. And now look at us… each of us carrying our own different kinds of problems,” Brandon said, downing his shot glass of alcohol.

“It’s okay, mom. Don’t be sad.” I gave my mom a hug and was mindlinked by my friends at the same time. I hadn’t heard from them in two weeks. They hadn’t mindlinked or texted me while I was away, but they must have seen me drive into town. I made plans to see them tomorrow. Right now all I wanted to do was shower and sleep in my own bed.

Rafe merely tightened his grip around me as he said, “I think this is going to be the start of a beautiful friendship,” scoffing I turned to face him questioningly, but his eyes didn’t meet mine. Instead Rafe looked over my head at Nick and frowned, Jeremy and Len had both disappeared and the only other people scurrying around were a bunch of tech guys. “Is the shield holding up?” and at that moment I found myself looking to and fro from Rafe to Nick and back again, I felt utterly left out of the loop at this point,

"Who are you? Are you my Daddy?" Another day, another sunshine! Boring sunshine, that is. It's been days since I've hung out with Adon and Hop and Neil. Almost a week, really. I'm starting to miss them so! I haven't been able to talk to them since I don't have a phone. I just go to the park and stay there, hoping that they'd go there. It's been five days, and still, they didn't come.

I don’t have a family anymore and yet a friend will leave me. I think I’m really bad person in my past life. After we ate we just talked about schools. I don’t have someone to talk to, like girls because Julia isn’t here but I can talk to this guys. Ben and Mark are really talkative. You don’t really get bored when you’re with them. “Your not going home yet?” It was already wrinkled when Philip told his friends. There are only four of us left here. “Are you sending us home bro? You’re already hurting ah! You act like we’re not friends” Mark acted even more hurt. I laughed at their scene.

As the evening unfolded, the room filled with lively conversations, shared laughter, and a genuine sense of camaraderie. Despite the underlying secret I carried, the fleeting moments of joy and connection were impossible to deny. And in that moment, surrounded by Drew's friends, I allowed myself to embrace the present, cherishing the beautiful chaos of friendship and anticipation for the future.

They may not have been family in the traditional sense, but their friendship had become a beacon of light in my life. Nara stepped closer, her eyes bright with excitement. “Let’s take some pictures! We need to capture this moment.” I nodded, and as we huddled together, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of belonging. The camera clicked, freezing our smiles in time, and for a moment, I forgot the loneliness that had been my shadow.