What If

Would It Be Simple Or Would It Be Too Complicated

Kenzie POV

"Laur? I need help," I pound on my best friend's door. Tears are in my eyes, and I don't know how to fix this situation I've gotten in to.

She opens the door, rage in her eyes. "Oh, now you need me and want to be my friend? Huh, it must be convenient for you then."

"Lauren, I'm pretty sure Jenzie just ended forever," I sob, unable to hold in my tears any longer. I collapse into the brunette's arms and she backs away slightly at first, clearly confused before it registers in her mind. She gives me a hug and guides me to her bed.

"Kenzie, what happened? Did John ruin this? Because I swear to God, if he hurt you, I will break each and every one of his bones," Laur eagerly asks me, rubbing a hand up and down my back soothingly.

"Nope, I managed to ruin this all on my own. I told Johnny that when y'all go back to Canada in a couple weeks, we wouldn't be dating anymore. I got cheated on once doing long distance, I'm not going through it again. And he got mad and then said that I have bad taste and pretty much insinuated I exclusively date assholes," I tell her and she lets out a scream. "Eardrums woman!"

"Sorry, but we're not even moving back! That's what our parents told us when we went downstairs. Yeah, we're going to be in Toronto for a couple of weeks, but after that, we're living next door to you!" Lauren screams excitedly. When she sees the look of sheer dread across my face, she frowns. "What? Am I that bad of company?"

"What? No, of course not! It's just, Johnny, he's going to be right next door. All the time. And it'll be awkward, because now we can't go back. We can't go back to how it was when we were dating or when we were best friends." The realization hits me like a truck: I just lost my best friend. My heart breaks, into more pieces than it ever has before. I let out a quiet, low, incomprehensible sound. I didn't know I could make that sound, mind you.

"I'm pretty sure you cannot lose Johnny, Kenz. He loves you too much for that to ever happen. You two swore, no matter what, you'd always be there for each other. And yeah, things are going to be hecka awkward for a little while, but then you'll be back to normal Johnny and Kenzie," Laur reassures me. But I don't believe her. She's lying. In one day, I've managed to ruin my relationship with both of my best friends. I sob again into her pillow.

"No, it's not going back to normal, Lolo! Don't you get it? You and I were fighting twenty minutes ago, how do I know I haven't just lost you too?" I ask, heart breaking. I can't deal with all of this heartbreak in one day.

She laughs airily for a moment before speaking, "Kenzie, you and I are sisters. Not by blood, by the way we grew up. By the way I can read your mind. By the way that we're always going to have little fights, but almost never let them actually impact us. Yeah, I was pissed that you didn't tell me about you and Johnny, but I'm always going to be here for you, even if we're fighting."

"But, Lo, what about Johnny? He's your actual brother, and I don't want to cause a rift between you two."

"You couldn't do that, Kenzie. He did that himself. Of course I still love him, but he can't be an ass. Ever. Which reminds me, I have to go handle him."

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Johnny POV

"Dude, open up or I'll break this door down myself," Maddie threatens and I sigh before opening the door to reveal Kenzie's older sister and mine standing together, arms crossed.

"You can't be doing okay right now, and we're here to tell you exactly why you shouldn't be," Darian starts and I laugh lightly, getting a smile out of everyone.

"You and my sister have one of the most unique bonds in the entire world," Maddie Z. starts and I nod my head in agreement, "And you two were made for each other. I've never in my life seen two people so adamantly denying they're dating while flirting. The two of you should date; you should fight and not agree all of the time and have cute little cat fights."

"You're my baby brother, and I love that for you, but you're also an idiot. Kenz and you are so different and, at the same time, so similar. It's the signs that you two are close, but still different. You insulted her taste in guys, and she has every right to be mad at you," Maddie O. says.

"But you shouldn't be okay, because if you were okay right now, then you would've moved on. You and Kenzie should date. But don't break each other's hearts." Darian finishes their prepared speech.

I've gotta say, that was quite the moving speech.

"Thanks, girls. How's this supposed to help me?" I ask.

"It's supposed to tell you to go fix things, you idiot! And preferably before Lauren finds out," Maddie starts before Lauren walks in, hands curled into fists.

"You idiot! Don't insult Kenzie's taste in guys, in case you forgot, she likes you! You're not being a good friend or boyfriend to her! You know, better than anyone, what she's going through, her trauma. Why she doesn't trust easily, why she doesn't want to do long distance. It makes sense!" She yells at me before plopping down onto my bed, exhausted.

Her words make me think for a minute, and I realize, I am to blame for this. I'm the reason why we're fighting, why we're not together right now.

Thank God for Lauren.

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Happy Galentine's Day!

Later loves,

~Ry