The Illusion of the Flower

A Walk in the Park

Bre's PoV

I only have a few friends, there's Erin, Allie, Miles, and Brendan. We're all extremely weird. Anyway, we're liked by a lot of the student body, though these are the only people I feel I can trust. As we are well known, we get shipped a lot. I think I've been shipped the most, there's Briles, which for me is Bre and Miles or even the polyamorous relationship of Bre, Brendan and Miles. I don't think anybody has ever shipped me with Allie, that'd be a weird ship. Then, there's the bane of my existence, Berin, it's my ship with Erin.

I hate this ship for some reason, but Erin and I only fuel it. Let me explain, Erin and I are absolute best friends, we're always there for each other. One time, I had my cousin and Erin over, and Erin was dared to kiss everyone in the room, including me, and she did, end of story.

Then, there was New Year's, look, it was 12:00 and we didn't know what to do, so we kissed, a lot like couples do on New Year's at midnight. Then, this New Year's, we kissed again, but whatever, doesn't mean anything. Then, there was my birthday party, we didn't do anything bad, but we were skating and we held hands for a while. And then there's everyday of last term when leaving fifth period, we would link arms and walk through the hallway. What started the ship is that we spend a lot of time together, she comes over to my house all the time and we are going to several concerts together over the next few months.

Apparently, there are two hardcore Berin shippers in Erin's fourth period. One of them likes to stay anonymous, so I don't know their name, whoever they are, they are the biggest Berin shipper of all. Then, there's Nathalie who's pretty cool, but ships Berin, so she loses any good credibility with me. The anonymous person talks all the time about Berin and how it should be a thing, it really should not be. They draw fan art sometimes, and it is so weird.

"Bre, you in there?" Miles asks, continuously ringing the doorbell. I snap my head around to the front door and get up from the couch to open it.

"I've been here for three minutes ringing the doorbell. What were you doing?" He asks me once I've let him in.

"Not letting you in, obviously." I said walking into the kitchen to grab something to eat. "What're you doing here this early anyway?" I question as I look at the clock.

"I told you that I was coming because I got bored and had nothing better to do. And it's not even that early."

"Dude, it's 9:30. It's early." I replied rolling my eyes and sitting down next to him with an apple.

"Oh, I guess I just woke up early and didn't have anything else to do. Anyway, what d'you want to do?"

I sighed, "Go to the park I guess. Just, give me five minutes to get ready." I said, setting the apple down and heading upstairs to my room. I put on a pair of grey skinny jeans and a loose red flannel over a JackSepticEye shirt with a pair of black high-top converse. I walked downstairs and flipped over the back of the couch so that I was laying down on the opposite end from Miles.

"Lazy butt, let's get going." He said, grabbing my hands and trying to pull me off the couch. I let him and we began walking through town.

Before we got to the park, we stopped and got popsicles from a cart where a woman commented on how cute of a couple we were. We both broke into laughter and had to sit down for a minute. That sort of thing has happened a lot.

After that had happened, we walked off to the park in the middle of town. I took out my headphones and began playing a playlist I had created before handing one earbud to Miles and putting the other one in my own ear.

"So, how're things going with Erin?" He asked me.

"Nope, nope, nope! You do not ship Berin! It is not allowed!" I yelled, receiving several strange looks from people walking around the lake.

"No? I thought that I did. Last time I checked, this was a free country," he responded.

"Do not use the politics card on me! How did you hear about Berin anyway?"

"I ran into this chick at school who said she shipped Berin way more than Briles. I didn't know what that meant so I stopped her and asked. I didn't catch her name, but she seems pretty cool. She explained everything in great detail, and I agree that it is a wonderful ship. Now, I completely and totally ship Berin," he finished before laughing.

"Jesus Christ, that girl will probably be the death of me," I responded, rolling my eyes.

"How would you know who I'm talking about?"

"I don't know, but I have a hunch. There's this kid in Erin's fourth period that she says ships Berin way too much, so I bet it's her."

"We should talk to her at some point," he said, and began walking like an airplane. I looked down at the ground and smiled, thinking of something. He obviously noticed and said something, "What're you thinking about?"

"Nothing, you were just- Erin walks like that sometimes. It's pretty adorable, she's just so tiny," I answered and laughed realizing that she would've stabbed me for what I just said. Miles laughed with me, so I said the first thing that came to my mind, "What're you laughing at? It's not like you're acting like your usual self." And it's true, he wasn't, he was acting happier and lighter than usually.

"What's that supposed to mean?" He asked looking defensive.

"I mean, you look like you just met-" I gasped at the realization of something. "How hot was that girl?!"

"What? No, dude!" He exclaimed shoving me slightly.

"Sorry, you ship Berin, I ship MilesxMysterygirl. Now we have to meet her. Come on, I'm going to call Erin so we can devise a plan for this," I said, taking my headphones and stuffing them in my pocket before heading back to my house with Miles in tow.