一 alex's pov

"hey beautiful." i grinned, wrapping my arm around rain's shoulder after i spotted her in the hall.

she only gave me look that i couldn't tell what it was about. "what? can't call a friend beautiful?"

"what if i want to be more than friends?" she questioned me.

my throat went dry and i felt my cheeks start to heat up. i never even felt this way about a girl. "what?"

"kidding." she laughed, escaping from under my arm and into the classroom.

i turned to jacob, who then appeared next to me, with my eyebrows furrowed and he only shrugged, laughing at my face.

"okay what was that?" i asked him. was i missing something?

he shrugged before patting my back. "i know as much as you do, dude." with that we followed her into the classroom.

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"did you mean what you said earlier?" i asked rain once we entered her house.

"what did i say earlier?" she questioned me as i followed her around.

"about being more than friends."

"two years ago i probably would mean it but now probably not." rain spoke making me look at her in confusion.

we made it to her room and i took a seat on her bed, facing her as she stood a few feet away. "what's that supposed to mean?"

"alex you don't all of a sudden like me." she crossed her arms, staring at me. i couldn't tell what she was feeling.

"who said it was all of a sudden?"

rain ran her fingers over her face, something she did when she was frustrated. "really? every one of our friends have committed and now it's just us. i don't want to be with you just because we're the last ones to do anything."

i quickly shook my head before she could say anything else. "rain, it's not even like that."

"then what's it like?"

thinking about it everything i was doing seemed sketchy even though that really wasn't the case. "i'm sorry.. you're right, we should just be friends."

rain rolled her eyes. i didn't want her to be mad at me. i didn't even know she liked me. "sorry that you were too caught up with other girls to realize i was the one then."

standing up, i hugged her. at the end of the day she was going to remain my friend and i didn't mind that "maybe in the future, yeah?"

rain nodded, giving me slight hope. "maybe."

o{-<]:
alex gots problems.