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Chapter 21: The "Good" Friend

I couldn't find a song for this chapter so you're gonna have to deal 😂

Your POV

You had no idea why you reacted like that. The sight of Ethan and Veronica was plastered on your eyes as you walked through the hospital with crossed arms.

You looked at the little dots on the typical hospitalfloor dissapearing under your feet. The sound of your boots hitting the rubber fabric was the only sound in the silent hallways of the building.

It sounds like the world, including the patients in their deep asleep. Here and there you saw a nurse with a leather bag on her shoulder entering a room.

With your eyebrows scrunched you kept wondering why you had the urge to leave that room.

Was it.. jealousy?

You always felt that connection with Ethan but when you saw that hug, you saw a whole different connection between the two reunited friends.

If they were only friends.

You closed you eyes for a second and sighed. Wanting to blow away all the questions what were dancing in your head. You kept walking and listening to your shoes hit the ground.

Some other footsteps interrupted yours as you heard a voice killing the silence. "Y/n wait up!" You turned around to meet the girl who you now had a different vision of.

"Why did you walk away? I-ls there something wrong? Was it bad to meet him? You know l can always leave-"

"No" you cut her off after hearing her words. Even if you were uncomfortable, the hug you saw a couple minutes sparkled with happiness and emotion. And that's all you wanted for Ethan.

Happiness.

"No, not at all l uh" you twisted the edges of your hair inbetween your fingers as you started thinking of a lie.

"My mom actually needed me, l just didn't want to interrupt you guys, you seemed pretty close" you mumbled while looking down, feeling the blood in your veins tingle by lying to her face.

"Oh, well" she looked at your shoulder while thinking what to say. You wished she would go home but that wish was too unreal.

"I guess l should go back to Ethan then, you know, catch up and all" she said while pointing her tumb towards the empty hallway behind her.

You would be okay with it if that weird smile wasn't resting on her lips. You had absolutely no idea why she said it that way, but before you could ask she turned on her heels to walk back.

"Veronica wait!" You called after her. She turned around; letting her hair fly through the air while waiting for you to continue.

You fiddled with your fingers while looking at the girl. "Tell uhh tell Ethan that l'm sorry if he took it wrong that l left. I'll see him tomorrow. Can you say that for me?" I asked feeling bad that l left the two of them like that.

"Yeah sure" she answered already turning around; giving you a vibe that she wasn't really interested. As you saw her pushing on the button of the elevator you wanted to make sure she heard you.

"Bye! Make sure to tell Ethan that!"

"Will do!" She answered with a gently smile before the big metal doors closed and you were back all alone in the empty hallway.

You turned around, even more questions filling your head. You crossed your arms again as you continued your trip towards the big glass doors to leave the building.

Ethan's POV

I was flipping trough the colorfull paper on my lap as l heard the door open again. My head shot up to meet Veronica's face. I looked behind her, expecting y/n to walk in but the door gently closed with a soft click.

"You talked to y/n?" I asked, really wanting an answer for her sudden leave. Veronica brushed her fingers through her hair before thinking about a response.

"Yeah she had to leave, her mom texted her or something like that" she said while making eyecontact with me again; waking up the butterflies as l looked in her soft eyes.

"Oh" l answered short while looking at my shoes, resting my elbows on my knees. "Did she say anything else?" I asked fiddling with my fingers as l was expecting a 'bye' or 'see you later' from y/n. For her not to say anything, was unusual.

"No that was it" Veronica said shrugging her shoulders as she walked over to my bed that l was sitting on. She let out a little sigh while sitting down next to me. My body moved along with the mattress as she made herself comfortable.

"Now" she smiled as she finally sat how she wanted. Showing her white teeth and the cute dimples. "We need to catch up" l smiled as l turned my body towards her, making it easier to talk.

But l knew she wasn't the only one l wanted to talk with. I wanted an explanation from y/n herself. But deep down l knew that that was gonna be hard...

Very hard...

A/N: sorry for publishing this chapter so late, I couldn't think of anything to write about. I had bad writers block. But thanks to MY BOO dolantwin_smiles  I got to publish this chapter. She wrote the whole thing (GO CHECK HER BOOKS OUT THEY BOMB ASF) and I couldn't thank her enough. More updates should come, I don't think I have writers block anymore 😂