» JUST FRIENDS ♥

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Savannah Grant looked up at Shane Palmer who had just asked her to be his girlfriend and gently held both of his hands, taking a step closer. She thought all she wanted this whole time was this exact moment, but something didn’t feel right. Her bracelets that covered the untold tragedies branding her wrists slid down. She aligned them back in place and remembered why they were there.
            She looked to the left and saw her peers from school looking out the windows to see what was going on. She saw the eagerness all over their faces and remembered how just a week ago before they knew Shane liked her, they were ruthless to her, constantly making ‘jokes’ for the sole purpose of tearing her down. These people were not her friends.
            She looked back up at Shane, who was clearly nervous that she still hadn’t answered yet. He looked so different for some reason. It wasn’t his chin strap that made him look different or his defined jaw line. His hazel eyes stared at her the same way they did last year when all of this started. He was just so different. They were both so different.
            She smiled sadly and dropped his hands, and with tears in her eyes, shook her head no. The kids in the house were shocked that she turned him down, especially Savannah’s best friend, Ava Rivers. All of their hard work- for nothing.
            Savannah didn’t know where to go. The party was basically over now even though it was relatively early. If she went back inside everything would just be awkward.
            WOOOOOOOOOOOP!!
            Red and blue lights came flashing down the street.
            “Sh..t! Go!” kids filed out of the house. Savannah had already had five shots- she was clearly drunk and couldn’t run. Shane saw this and went with his first instincts. He picked her up and ran with her the opposite direction that everyone else was heading, running straight passed the cops.
            “Are you crazy??” Savannah asked.
            “It takes too long for them to turn around. They’re going to keep going straight after the kids who ran towards the woods,” Shane explained.
            “Where are we even going?” Savannah asked.
            “I’m taking you home,” Shane said. “Don’t worry, you’re safe with me.”
            “I can’t go home like this! I was supposed to sleep over Ava’s house.”
            “You can sleep over my house if you want,” Shane said, putting Savannah down. They’d gotten far enough from the house that they could be sure the cops wouldn’t find them. They’d reached the center of town and sat down at a table outside of a Starbucks.
            “Thanks but I can’t do that,” Savannah said.
            “Why not? My mom will be totally fine with it,” Shane said.
            “Shane, I don’t want you getting the wrong idea-”
            “Savannah, you don’t want to be my girlfriend, I get it. I can take rejection. Let me just try to do something nice for you to make up for everything. It’s honestly the least I could do,” he said.
            “Why would you even want to? You don’t have to do anything for me.”
            “Because I love you,” he admitted.

Note: hiiiiiiii so I hope you like the first chapter of the third and final story of the Second Best series.
Comment and tell me what you think :) Oh! Also, listen to this song and tell me this does not describe Shane's feelings towards Savannah perfectly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeYGT-4RX1I

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