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Isabella Dupont
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emily watts
la vie en rose
New Year’s Eve. Bella would be lying if she said that she wasn’t nervous about this whole party thing, it had been a long time since she had gone to a casual house gathering. That alone was enough to set the girl on edge but the party being held at the home of three people that genuinely scared the living daylights out of her, now that was what truly had Bella worried.
Well that and the last time that Bella had gone to a social gathering, she had been rejected by the guy she had feelings for and then subsequently kissed by a friend. But that totally had nothing to do with it.
Totally.
Not.
Related.
Bella had spent the weeks since Ball overly worried about everything. The amount of stress muffins she had baked in the communal dorm kitchen was ridiculous, though she was sure that her floormates were happy about the fresh plate of fluffy treats that were left out on the table every morning.
All of this was too complicated. Bella’s strong rejection from Casey had been enough to turn her away from him, enough to make her realize that the stupid thumping in her chest and the absentminded daydreaming was nothing more than childish infatuation. This realization came as a massive relief, so much so that it would have put Bella at a genuine sort of peace if it wasn’t for the fact that Casey had almost immediately been replaced by Avery in her mind.
Avery. He just had to go and kiss her, he just had to go and make everything so tricky. Bella had been fine with her silly little crush on Casey ending. This new wave of feeling, however, was entirely unwanted.
As the time progressed and the more Bella thought about it, the more she came to the conclusion that maybe this was all a good opportunity. Avery was a good guy: polite, kind, caring, pretty cute. Not normally the kind of person Bella would go for, slightly too soft around the edges and far too respectful compared to the other two people in her track record. But maybe it was time for something different and maybe that something different was Avery.
Bella came to the conclusion by the Monday before the party that she was going to ask out Avery. This was her choice to make, the ball was in her court and she was going to go for it. That was precisely why when she saw Avery at the party, she took a deep breath and walked right up to him, hand shooting out to take his in her’s.
“We need to talk,” she spoke quickly as she dragged Avery along behind her up a winding set of stairs.
She needed somewhere quiet, somewhere isolated. The last thing Bella wanted to do was get rejected in front of yet another crowd. When they finally reached an upper balcony, Bella pulled Avery through to the other side and slid the glass door shut before finally dropping his hand.
“Look, Avery, I am about to say a lot of things that do not make sense, okay? Just let me talk for a minute.” Bella took another deep breath. “I got up and walked away on the night of the Winter Ball because I had just gotten rejected and I did not want you to think I was using you. I have avoided you since then because I did not know how to feel about what happened with us. I needed to think.”
Bella fell silent, pressing her palms into the railings as she looked down at the crowds below. At least it would be to escape if things hit the fan.
“I thought. I thought a lot about what happened and I realized that maybe what happened was not the worst thing.” Bella paused, looking over her shoulder to Avery. “Maybe I even liked it.” Pushing herself off the railing, Bella turned around to lean her back against the rail and to face Avery. “I guess what I am saying is that… maybe I want to give this a try. Us, I mean.” A soft laugh fell from Bella’s lips as her arms crossed in front of her chest. “That was a silly way to say that but you get my point. You make me really happy, Avery, happier than anyone else in this ridiculous town.”
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