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zebra 🦓
whyd I just hear something
From vinnie ?
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scary girl 🥲
do you want a cookie???
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zebra 🦓
he told me you like Jordan.
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scary girl 🥲
ok and?
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zebra 🦓
wow
Nothing , I hope you have fun with
him lol
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scary girl 🥲
thanks Troy
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Emma's pov

I stare at my phone with regrets. I thought that maybe Troy would have an actual reaction. Like admit that he has feelings for me but I guess I was wrong. More importantly, jordan was wrong.

I pass him the phone and he reads the text messages and rolls his eyes with a smile.

"He's just being difficult emma I know he likes you." He says holding my hand gently and giving me back my phone .

"He didn't say that though." I say sighing and I eat the last of the popcorn, we sit on the couch watching some old zombie movie. I look up hearing footsteps over me. Vinnie races down the stairs and is breathless as he hits the end of the steps.

"Bruh." He says watvhing the two of us on the couch but my eyes are glued to the screen. I don't have time to deal with whatever he has to say. "No way y'all are watching this without me." He says with huff before sitting between me and Jordan.

I suck my teeth mentally. I know vinnie and he did that on purpose. He thinks that Troy likes me too and he's trying to keep me away from Jordan. I grab the popcorn bowl and move into the kitchen.

Shortly after, Vinnie is pulling out the box of popcorn I'm looking for.

"Why did you tell Troy about Jordan?" I ask and vinnie completely ignores me. He unwraps the popcorn and placed the kernels into the bowl and then into the microwave before finally sighing.

He's being dramatic, I think... I don't know I hate silence though.

"What you're doing—" vinnie stops himself short and then begins again as the popcorn circles around in the microwave. "You don't have to pretend with Jordan to get Troy to admit his feelings for you."

My skin turns to ice as I hears the truth from him. I folds her arms together.

"We're a brotherhood. We're all we got and if you like Troy admit it. If you like Jordan admit it. You think that Jordan is willing to play this game, well he is. But what happens when he actually gets feelings for you? What would that do to Troy?" Vinnie questions before awkwardly picking at the popcorn.

I think about it and it was true that I never thought about that before. Maybe vinnie could be right. And no matter how much banter me and Troy have together I still need him to say he likes me and not try and hide me like some lie. The same way Vinnie hides Maddy. It's not fair.

I pick up the popcorn bowl and look Vinnie in the eyes, "thanks but if I wanted advice I don't think I would take it from someone that's lying about dating my best friend." I say, regretting it automatically. Vinnies eyes look down at the ground as I get back into the living room. I sit down next to Jordan and start rethinking everything.

He agreed to help me make Troy jealous because he knew that Troy liked me but...

I look over to Jordan as he leans his head on my shoulder, his curls falling down slowly. What if Vinnies right? I don't want to hurt Jordan.

"Troy will own up to having feelings, I promise." Jordan says with a nonchalant smile. I hmm in agreement but I can feel vinnie watching us, in a lie, before he goes back upstairs.

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vinnie 🐕
hey guys 🫡
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troy 👰🏻
what's up?
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jordan 👰🏼
hey Troy 💞💞💞
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troy 👰🏻
so you're with Emma?
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jordan 👰🏼
um... I-
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troy 👰🏻
are you?
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vinnie 🐕
I really think you guys
shouldn't be upset with each other
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troy 👰🏻
I'm not.
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jordan 👰🏼

Troy just
I love you bro it's not like that
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troy 👰🏻
lol
I don't care, congrats bruh.
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note; mmm hey guys... 😶 side story filler 😨