forum (o/o) with an awesome person

Started September 17, 2021 by @imJUSTasillylittleguy group

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Rachel showed up at the school, clutching her bay strap tightly. She was hoping to avoid Luca for a majority of the day, she really didn't want to talk about it.
She kept her head and her gaze down, even if he was there and she didn't see him and walked right past him. She didn't want to be noticed or talked too and she might punch someone if they approached her.
She let out a sigh. She was enjoying having a friend for once no matter how annoying he had been, he was a good friend.
Oh well.
The good things never lasted did they?

Luca has been trying to get a hold of Rachel the entire day. He even tried to say hi to her in the morning but only got ignored. How was he supposed to tell Rachel that it wasn't that bad? He was drunk, and so was Rachel. Drunken friends do things together all the time. He sighed, trying to think of a way to get Rachel alone. He just wanted to talk. He failed all day trying to talk to her and instead waited by the front gate in hopes of catching her leaving. "Come on, Rachel…" Luca was constantly looking around and waiting for Rachel. If someone gets past him, he will drive to her house.

She was trying her hardest to get past him, but with her ginger and blonde hair she wasn't really hard to spot in the crowd, and was easily stop able.
don't notice me don't notice me don't notice me-
She put a hand up to her face trying to hide it from Luca as she speed walked towards the gate exit.
If she could just make it to her car then she was home free.
She was so close.

Luca saw her ginger hair and grabbed her wrist. "Rachel!" He pulled his back so they would be looking at each other. "Hey, can we please talk? I just don't want to lose you alright. Please?" His chest was moving up and down rapidly from moving around all day just to find her. "You've been avoiding me all day and I've been running around this crazy maze of a school because I just want to talk with you. Maybe we can go somewhere private if you want, but can we just talk?" Luca was pleading at this point. He didn't to loose his best friend over something shitty he did.

She stooped when he grabbed her wrist and turned to glare at him, though her glare softened a little bit when she actual saw him. She didn't really want to avoid him, but she didn't know how to address anything that happened the night before and she figured she should just end the relationship before things got worse.
She just, didn't want a relationship.
Not one that was more then what they had.
He didn't want to know her, he really didn't.
She sighed, rubbing her face with her other hand.
"Fine, if it will get you to stop trying to talk to me, then let's talk." She pulled her wrist away from him after she spoke, looking away.

"Okay…okay umm. Listen, I'm sorry, but you already know that and at this point, I don't think you even care. We're still friends, right? I mean yes, I got drunk, and yes it looks like we had sex, but maybe we didn't. There is a very large chance that we didn't I wouldn't take advantage of a girl while she was drunk. I just would never and you know that. I'm a douche but I'm not that big of a douche. Besides knowing you even when you're drunk you can probably kick ass. Just…please don't push me away. I still want to pick you up and bring you to school and do all the fun little things we used to do before. Is that so bad to want that?" Luca cracked his knuckles as he was very nervous about the situation right now. Not to mention he was staring at Rachel, not because it's rude not to look at someone while you're speaking, but because she looked exceptionally hot. Luca didn't exactly know how to handle it. Nor did he realize all these years he could've had an attractive girlfriend if he took a step further. He didn't and now he was stuck in the friend zone. Forever.

She sighed, nervously tapping her foot as he talked to her, she didn't know if she could trust him. She didn't want to loose the only friend she had though, so maybe she could just start from the ground up again?
Put him on the bottom level and let him earn his way back up to being her best friend again.
She looked around before dragging to where no one would be able to see them.
She stared him down.
"Do you swear on it?" She stared her down, waiting for an answer.

He was surprised by the sudden pull, but then straighten up when Rachel stared at him. "Yes, yes, yes. I do. I swear." His answer made him sound like they were getting married. "I won't tell anyone about what happened, nothing even happened. It's fine." He held his breath in the hope Rachel would give him another chance. Why was he hoping though? It's not like he liked her that much or need her or wanted her. He should've dropped her but for some reason, he didn't want. He saw her home for the first time. He wanted to see more of Rachel.

She studied him for a few minutes before saying anything. She decided to ask him one more question before doing anything.
"Why do you want to be friends with me so badly..?'
She let a little bit of her seriousness fall, not being so agressive like earlier.
"Don't lie." She looked at him before looking away and holding her arms. She hoped she didn't look as self conscious an insecure as she felt.
She had to ask though because she never really understood why this matter that much to him.
Shouldn't he just be the one leaving?

Luca thought for a moment. He honestly didn't know. It was many things, but none of them were good reasons. He gave a heavy sigh. "I…I just don't want to lose you. When I saw your house, I realized there is so much I don't know about you yet. Honestly, I want to know you, Rachel. I know we've been best friends for years, but there's so much I don't know. I want to." He scratched his head. "Is it bad that I want to care for you?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. "I know what happened was bad, but I just need you to understand that you're not alone. You have me, you know?"

A Small voice popped into her head when he said that, and as she looked at him.
do I really?
Usually she would think this voice was her own thoughts of caution, but..she was starting to think that it was an insecure voice trying to make her doubt what was clearly right infront of her.
Could she really trust him…? It didn't seem possible after all that had happened to her..but maybe.
Just maybe.
She could leave her door open just a Crack.
Just to see what would happen.
"So, I have you huh? Well I suppose that's better then nothing. If it even counts as that much." She joked to him, cracking a slight grin him as she joked.
It wasn't a big one.
However it was a start.
She didn't feel so hopeless in that moment.

Luca grinned and bumped her shoulder. "Damn right it is." Luca chewed on his bottom lip. "So…are we cool?" He stuffed his hands into his pockets. "Can I drive you home? Maybe we can pick up some food on our way. I know I'm a bit hungry. I treat you to anything you want?" Luca looked at Rachel almost pleading with her to go with him. "Just a tiny suggestion." He adjusted the backpack, playing and tightening the straps.

She looked at him, shaking her head playfully. She reached out and ruffled his hair, messing it up.
"Alright, fine. You can take me to get some food. It better be good food though.' She spoke as she gripped her backpack strap as well. She figured she might as well, she didn't eat when she had the time earlier bc she was busy avoiding him during the break.
She was really hungry.
She was surprised she had managed to last this long without getting hangry.
She stretched out her arms as she waited for his response.

Luca linked their arms feeling good in general. He liked that they were friends again. There was no angel. Nor was there a reason. He just thought Rachel was fun to be around. "So does Mcdonald's count or do I need something a little more fancy like Wendy's." He joked and began walking towards his car. "I recently went to the car wash to choose your place wisely. I don't want my car smelling like trash. You know what smell I'm talking about." Luca sighed out of relief. "Got any recommendations. If not then we're going to like the worst fast food place ever. WHat about pizza? Pizza is also good."

She rolled her eyes playfully as he went on, linking her arm with his as they walk.
"Pizza is good." She spoke, shrugging.
"I'm not eating from that worst fast food place if you take me there, just so you know."
She continued to walk with him towards his car. She looked around incase anyone decided to watch them and get the wrong idea.
They were just friends.
That's it.

"Listen, there are the worst ones out there. McDonald's, though? No one can beat McDonald's. Since you want pizza, I guess we're going to get pizza. I was not using you as an excuse to get McDonald's." He dug around in his pocket before finding his key. He unlocked the door opening it for Rachel. "So what pizza slices are you getting. If you say anything other than plain and pepperoni, I don't know if I can call you my friend." Of course, he was joking, somewhat. Luca jogged to his side of the car and hopped into the driver's seat. He started the car and then slowly looked over to Rachel. "So?"

She rolled her eyes as she went into the car and put on her seat belt. Though he know it was mostly playful and she didn't mean it that intensely.
"Probably sausage.' She shrugged. "I could go for a meat lovers pizza." She watched as he got into the car and she leaned back a little in her chair.
"Which pizza place are we going to?"

"See, I could go through the list of names that end with an apostrophe 's' at the end, but we might as well just go to Enzo's. I think they have the best pizza by far. You can't convince me otherwise." Luca started to drive toward the pizza place he mentioned. "You sure you haven't been feeling a little enacious lately maybe feeling a little sick…" Luca was obviously teasing Rachel. He couldn't stay away from his asshat personality for long. "If you need anything you can tell me, I'll be there for you. Like the theme song for Friends." He turned the corner and pulled up to the pizza place. "I love how local this place is."

She was so close to swatting him, but they might end up swerving so that wasn't exactly the best idea to do. She just huffed at him, crossing her arms as she looked out of the window.
That is until they got there.
"Yeah? Well, we will see how good their pizza really is.' She spoke, moving to open the door and get out of the car. She shut the car door behind her when she got out, stretching just a little bit.
It was a bit stiff in the car.