𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘 𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆, 𝙟𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙛𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙧

twelve . you promise?

“what?” it was the first time she looked at him after she turned away when he sat down

“i wasn't right, what i said to you wasn't right or fair” jeremiah started “and you were right, i don't know anything about you — i have no idea what's going on your life but it doesn't mean i can just treat you like that”

jeremiah felt nervous under her gaze “i am so sorry” jeremiah whispered as viviana nodded

“it's okay, you were right” viviana smiled softly, at least she trued but it came out as a grimace

“no i wasn't right!” jeremiah was frustrated “i wasn't being fair to you — i was never fair to you”

“i am not just sorry about the fourth, i am sorry about everything” jeremiah felt a weight leave his shoulder as the words left his mouth

“what?” viviana whispered confused

“it wasn't fair to just treat you the way I did when we were thirteen. . . it was so wrong and stupid” jeremiah looked in her eyes and somehow viviana managed to take away his breath, again.

“did . . . did i do something wrong?” viviana asked hesitantly as jeremiah frowned “what?”

“did i do something that made you hate me?” viviana asked quietly as jeremiah just sat there silent for a moment

“i don't hate you via” jeremiah mumbled “i couldn't even if i wanted to”

viviana sat there speechless “ then what did i do?”

“nothing” jeremiah confessed “ you could do anything, and you would still get away with it anyway”

viviana raised a brow “why is that?”

“you are just . . . you” jeremiah said softly as viviana nodded “i don't threaten people to forgive me for shit i did”

jeremiah laughed quietly “ if it means anything, not talking to you was one of the stupidest things i ever did”

jeremiah was so sweet, he somehow was able to say everything in right words “are you pitying me?”

“what? no, of course not!” jeremiah was confused

“so you saw me cry and then suddenly you take back everything you said before i cried, for no reason?” her raised brow and unbelieving face made his stomach twist

“i apologised because i miss my best friend” jeremiahʼs voice was so soft, almost like how it was when he spoke to her when they were still friends

“mhm” viviana didn't seem to have any words to say to the boy so he decided to speak again, before he did though, her phone started ringing

and as viviana checked it — her frown was back again, this time it was worse

“what's wrong?” jeremiah asked the frowning girl who just sat next to him quietly

realising he won't get an answer from her anyway, he decided to ask her about something else “what did belly say to you?”

“it doesn't matter” viviana mumbled, itching to be back in her room

“it does matter! you were crying okay, i have never seen you cry like that before” jeremiah was losing hemis patience

“she told me the truth, that's all” viviana grumbled

“why didn't you tell me it was belly and not you?” jeremiah asked, clearly done with her attitude

“what?” viviana asked confused

“steven told me it was belly who told shayla about him and taylor” jeremiah sighed “ and i blamed you but you didn't even try to tell me it wasn't you”