Moonlight

Chapter 12: Do you?

Y/N's POV:

I stood there speechless, absolutely no words were coming to mind as a reply to what just happened and I internally began to panic when Ariana realized.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine" I quickly replied, not really thinking about my answer but hoping it was good enough to walk away and not get questioned on which is exactly what I did.

I walked away from Ariana and headed to my Literature class, only to be stopped when I heard her voice calling my name from down the hall.

Against my better judgement, I stopped and stood still, turning around when her footsteps slowed down and meeting her eyes for the first time in a while.

"I didn't really buy your answer back there, talk to me"

I sighed, staring directly into her eyes for a moment before blinking and turning my attention to the wall of lockers behind her.

"I've gotta go to class Ariana"

I turned to walk away again but was stopped by the shorter Brunette who gripped my arm.

"C'mon Santos, talk to me" She begged, worry laced in her tone and pleading eyes as she stared up at me. "Did I do something wrong? Is it something I said?" Her eyes scanned mine quickly before swallowing the lump in her throat.

"No I'm just busy at the moment, I've gotta go"
"Is this about Dalton?" She immediately asked and I shook my head just as fast.

"No, no, no, of course not" I said with laughter to follow, "Why would you even think that?"
"I'm just trying to figure out why you're so upset with me, I hate this feeling and I don't know," She slapped her forehead gently before saying, "I guess I just figured me and you-"

I paused, jerking my head back a bit at what she was insinuating.

"Wait, you don't think I like you? Do you?"

Ariana's POV:

That question confirmed the answer I was dreading.

"Of course not, I know we're just friends and you have a thing with Dalton and I have a thing with Violet"

She gave me both, a confused and concerned look in one facial expression.

"You mean you have a thing with Dalton and I have a thing with Violet"
"That's what I said isn't it?"

She shook her head with a laugh.

"Anyway, that's besides the point, I just want to know what I did wrong to make you act all weird, which is why I brought up the Dalton thing from earlier"
"You didn't do anything wrong or upset me, it's just-"

Just as she was about to tell me what happened, the minute bell rang which meant we needed to be in our seats or we'd receive a late pass from the front desk.

"Can we talk about this later? I want to fix things between us"
"Us?"

She cocked an eyebrow and I quickly explained what I meant by that, "My best friend and I"
Then she nodded and walked away, leaving me alone in the hallway.

Lunch time had rolled around and I had yet to see Y/N once since this morning. I kind of felt like she was avoiding me but I could just be overthinking the situation entirely.

I left my friends and walked over to the table where Y/N usually is with Violet and some others that I don't know.

"Hey, have you seen Y/N?"
"I was just about to walk over and ask you the same thing" Violet said with a tilted head as she looked up at me.