Bella And Her Secret Crush by Nova Avery

Author:Nova Avery [Avery, Nova]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-08-23T18:30:00+00:00

18

Landon

"Good morning," I said as I sat down at the table with four of the usual group. They all stared at me in silence as I scooted my chair into the table and took a sip of coffee. For some reason, everyone was giving me the same odd look.

"Where's Belle?" Mandy asked, giving me an accusatory glare.

"I thought she would already be here, actually." She was gone before I left for the gym and still gone when I got back, so I'd assumed she would have been at Grumpy Coffee before everyone else, as usual.

But her seat was noticeably empty. The guilt I felt last night hadn't gone away, and her absence only made the feeling intensify. I was the worst.

The group remained silent, everyone eating or drinking whatever they'd ordered. It was the most awkward encounter with them that I'd ever had, and my conscience told me that it was because they knew. Belle wouldn't tell the whole group what I did. No, she wasn't that kind of person. Instead of sharing hurt feelings with Mandy or Leslie, she would keep her hurt feelings to herself. So I knew they didn't know what happened last night, but somehow I still felt that they knew something.

"What?" I asked, finally unable to withstand the silence any longer. Mandy specifically kept looking at me with that suspicious glance.

"I'm just wondering how you don't know where Belle is…when you live with her." Mandy crossed her arms over her chest, her eyes flaring with anger as red as her short hair. "And you had a movie night with her last night."

I looked away at her words, not wanting to admit that I didn't actually have the movie night.

"You did have the movie night last night, right? I thought she said it was Tuesday," Leslie chimed in. I ran a hand over my face.

"No, we didn't." Please, would they just leave it at that?

"Why not?" Mandy demanded, leaning across the table. In return, I leaned back, running a hand through my hair.

I stayed silent, and everyone's eyes were on me. Even Andrew and Cooper were waiting for my response. After Mandy gave me another look that said, "Just spit it out," I sighed.

"I forgot about the movie night."

"What?" Leslie and Mandy both asked at the same time, their tones matching levels of confusion and shock.

"How do you forget?" Cooper asked, and I cut him a glare. He was totally not being a bro right now.

Knowing that I wouldn't make it out of this coffee shop without giving them some answers, I responded. "Tiffany called me before I left for work and asked me to go out with her. My mind completely slipped, and I forgot that I promised Belle that I would have the movie night with her."

"You didn't," Leslie whispered, as if she actually didn't believe me.

I just nodded shamefully.

"No wonder she's not here." Mandy was now fully glaring at me.

"Not cool, Landon," Cooper added.

"I know. I feel terrible about it, and Belle won't talk to me.

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