Tell Me We Weren't Just Friends Novels & Stories

Friend. The word echoed in her mind, amplifying the sadness she already felt, making it nearly unbearable. It was a term that held so much weight, dragging her back to college days when being his friend was all she was ever allowed to be. In those early years, she wore the title like a badge, taking pride in being someone he could lean on. But each time he turned to her for comfort, it felt like a bittersweet reminder of her place in his life. Once he found his footing, once he emerged from the depths of his despair, she was left in the shadows, alone and heartbroken. The cycle felt all too familiar, and the pain of that memory flooded back like an unwelcome tide.

I asked in a neutral tone, "it's troubling because you never try to find out anything about me unless it benefits you." "How heartless of you Moretti, I thought that we were friends, weren't we?" I looked at her straight in the eyes and acknowledged what she said without words just a simple nod of my head before leaning back into the cushions of the lounge chair, we were as close to friends as a checkered world like ours could allow, but we knew not to step on each other's toes and that's all it took was a bullet aimed from the other side to shatter the alliance we shared now.

“I'm not dumb.” I shook my head. “That's not true. I believe you when you say that you won't tell anyone. This is separate. I just want you to still be my friend.” Maddy was the only person I really knew in New York, with the exception of Carter. A girl needs her girlfriends. It's important for her sanity. I wasn't ready to let Maddy go. “Look, I just want to move past everything from last night,” I said, pleading with her. “We both said some hurtful things but that doesn't mean it has to be the end of our friendship.”

“Then correct me.” She took a step closer. “I just miss the friendship we had.” “Yeah, we were friends before we started dating, but all that ended when we had a relationship, I only speak with you as friends when I want to buy a flower bouquet from your store, just to show that there’s no awkward tension between us and we’re cool, nothing else” She laughed bitterly. “is that so? You say that like it meant nothing.” “It meant something,” I said. “That’s why it ended the way it did.”

I pulled my hands back. "What are you doing to me?" I mumbled to myself. "I just want to-" the bell interrupted him. "It's time to go, Noah. C'mon!" He spoke, trying to pull me up. I freed myself because I didn’t feel like going. "I never had friends before. Yeah I have Keith, Isaac, Jessica and Anna but you, you are something else. We are close in different way. Are we friends?" I turned my head towards him, wishing I could see.

"We're friends." "That's a way to see it." her lips twisted at that, more genuinely this time and I realized this was probably the first time some of us stated it out loud. "We are friends." I repeated, fully meaning it and she lifted one shoulder. "Okay." I shook my head. This situation was beyond bizarre. "I'm not just gonna forget it." "Okay." again that apathy. "As long as you don't tell anyone."

Despite mу соnѕtаnt reminders thаt wе wеrе juѕt gооd friends, I wаѕn’t ѕо nаïvе to knоw I was a part оf certain trіggеrѕ thаt hаd ѕwауеd hіѕ mind into соnvіnсіng hіmѕеlf I wаntеd more. Our frіеndѕhір was оvеr, іt was dоnе, аnd thе асhе іnѕіdе mу heart wаѕ thеrе to prove іt.

I stopped dead. “You’re interrupting my movie”, “Be careful, you’re losing your cold self”, I pulled the blanket over us. “Being super nice”, I snuggled into him, resting my head on his chest “That’s what friends are for”, he whispered. But were we really friends? Or were we just ignoring the skeleton in the room? This feeling, this attraction pulling us together. I knew we both felt it, the energy surging through us. Friends. The word tasted sour in my mouth. We could try at being friends and nothing more.

He wasn’t even her boyfriend nor did they share a close relationship like she had with all her friends. He nodded. “Sure, I get it but it would be nice if you could’ve told me personally. After all, we…” “There’s no we, Ryan. Let me stop you on that. We are friends and will only be friends.” He chuckled and shook his head as if in disbelief at what she just say. “Well, that s’ not what I remembered when we’re in Four Seasons. If you ask me, it's more than just a… kiss… “And if you ask me, we were both drunk and I had...”

He asked in smiles and I bursted out laughing so hard “Yoo, why are you laughing? Is it that funny?” “No cause I'm imagining it, and trust me would have been the most chaotic duo ever” “Really?” “Of course because all of you are troublemakers what do you think would have happened?” I laughed “That's true but trust me we would have been the most powerful gang?” “Hmm, cause you guys are all amazing and loving, now that I think about it I'm wondering why we are not friends” “The fact that we didn't grew up together and we don't leave together too”