it's complicated ➵ a.g & m.c

8

"Do you want anymore coffee?" the waiter distracted me from my thoughts as I took the last sip of my beverage

"Please"

The waiter filled up my cup to the top before adding two sugars and milk

"Are you okay?" Aaron asked from across the table "You don't seem like yourself"

I shuffled in my seat before taking several gulps of the warm coffee in front of me

"I'm fine" I lied. I wanted to apologise to Liam, for dragging him along when I knew fine well that I never wanted anything more than friends, although he wanted different

"Is it Liam?" he read me like an open book, it wasn't hard to tell by the look on my face

"I want to-" I was cut off by Aaron

"Speak of the devil" he motioned towards the door, it was Liam

"Liam" I breathed, he approached the table before pulling a chair up

"Hi" he sighed, his eyes were red and his hair was messy

"I'm sorry" I sniffed, tears forming in my eyes

He diverted his gaze to meet mine. He looked so broken

"I thought we had something" he trailed off wiping his eyes with a napkin

I was speechless, I didn't know what to say

"But I'm a forgiving guy," he smiled weakly placing a hand on mine "and I'm okay with being friends"

That must've been really hard for him to say, I was proud of him and I was also so generous that he was willing to be friends with the girl who broke his heart

"I'm fine with just friends too" I rested my head on his shoulder

-

We made our way into town, Aaron had made it clear that I had nothing to wear to the concert and insisted on buying me something new

"I'm thinking flannel" he said looking me up and down

"Black jeans?" Liam turned to face Aaron who nodded his head in agreement

"And some new black converse?" I asked which they both agreed too

Gangs of people hung around the centre of the mall where the benches were and even more people gathered around the other shops

"Converse first?" Liam asked pointing to the shoe shop across from us

We all walked in a line like we were about to rob the place, there was just one thing missing

"Where's Jacob?" I questioned linking arms with Aaron

"He's meeting us soon, we're going to the movies before the concert" he explained

Not many people were in the shoe shop, so I waltzed in, grabbed a pair of converse and payed with my card. My mom had gave me $200 for new clothes, plus, I had the money Michael had gave me for my hotel room

We had been in the mall for an hour already: Forever 21 had no flannels, which is where we had been looking

"What about Topshop?" Aaron asked stepping through the doors

Me and Liam followed, searching the clothes section for a flannel

"Here" Aaron called us over, a red and black flannel