what if i told you i loved you

[Brie Alley]

Drew looks. At me. I fake a smile so he won't see. Yes. Fake smiles are currently in style. It's really only the girl who do this. But for some reason. This girl couldn't help but wonder if Brayden was a fake smiler. Like Bryce. Some guys were different.

She sighed, as she walked down to the Rose Petal Lane. For reason, she is lost in thought. And everything is going through her mind. She was lost in the past. But stuck in what the future would leave to. Maybe her and Bryce needed sometime apart. They needed to see other people. An she was willing to accept that.

Brie started to look around. Many couples sat close together on the benches. They just be catching up on things. Well. She wished that, that was her. But he had told her so. Bryce. That they were over for good. An she is now not to let it get to her. It would take time. But she could do it.

[Brayden Christiansen]

Brayden left the Great Hall, chewing on a roll, and decided it would be nice to stroll down to Hogsmeade before it was after hours. He pushed open the Oak front doors, and a cool breeze from the outside enveloped around him. He walked outside, and pulled his sweatshirt a little tighter around him, and headed for Rose Petal Lane.

He noticed many couples were outside on this particular night. Hmm, maybe all of their anniversaries some how fell on this date? He laughed at the thought and walked on. He lane began to curve, and he was able to just faintly see the Village. Something else, alot easier to see, was a little bit ahead of him. Was it Ms. Alley? he quickened his pace and finally caught up with her.
"Heyy! How's it going?" he asked her.

[Brie Alley]

She was getting really bored of having to watch these couples. She watched this one couple. She couldn't see who it was. He handed the girl a flower. And she giggled. A giggle. Whatever. Who would do that. She took the flower. And gave him a kiss. She turned away. Let them have this moment to themselves.

She sat down on a bench. That had a flower under it. Picking it up. It was a rose. She figured that out. She had poked herself with the thorn. She grabbed her finger. Ah. She sighed. And then heard someone coming. Her head turned in that direction. Was it Brayden. Yep. "Hey. I am good. Are you ready for the dance."

[Brayden Christiansen]

He sat down next to her, and noticed that she had a cut on her finger from a thorn on the flower she had picked up.
"Awwe. Did you get poked by the mean flower?" he asked her. he took out a kleenex and handed it to her, so she could wipe off the little prick of blood. He looked at a couple on a bench a few spots away, they were all giggly and relationshippy. Is that even a word? Brayden thought to himself, probably not.
"Yepp. It'll be fun, I remember the last dance we had. I went with Sadie Radcliffe, do you know her?" he asked her.

[Brie Alley]

"As a matter of fact. I did." She looked at her finger. Which was all red and puffy. She looked down at her shoes. "Well. It is gonna be better. Cause you are going with me." She smiled. They were going as friends. Though she wanted to be more. She looked into his eyes. And smiled. She whispered. "If I told you you a secret. Would you not tell anyone." He nodded. And she opened her mouth. "I might've liked you Brayden." She covered her mouth. And blushed.

[Brayden Christiansen]

He smiled at her, and laughed a bit. They must look like something more than just friends, as they sat there on the bench, in Rose Petal Lane, more like Couples Only Lane. He wanted to get up and walk to Hogsmeade, but he decided to wait until she got up.

She leaned toward him and whispered a little something he couldn't her. She something else, and Brayden heard it cleaer than anything. His eyes widened, but they quickly went back. He looked the other way and thought to himself. Oh! Really now? Does she really, or is this a joke? I mean, I don't like her...do I. No of course I don't! I'm dating Nessa, Nessa Hansen, of Hufflepuff. Not Brie Alley, of Ravenclaw! he looked back at her and laughed a bit.
"Uhmm, your kidding right? Or, no...your not?" he asked her, biting his lower lip.

[Brie Alley]

Brie looked away. She couldn't handle what she had said. It was clear mistake. And there was really no way she could take it back. But it would take awhile for him to look at her the same way. She stared at his expression on his face. The wide eyes. Were not a good sign.

As he spoke, she let out a breath. This wasn't that hard. She could do it. She had to admit. Telling someone that she liked them. Was really hard. But it was really hard for it to be your bestfriend. Well now. Her ex-bestfriend. Was she kidding? Honestly. She had no idea. "Well. No. I am not. The thing is. I can be myself around you. Tell you everything. It is just. You have a girlfriend."

[Brayden Christiansen]

She wasn't kidding. Well, that settles that, brie liked Brayden. Brie likes Brayden. He didn't know what to say. He liked her, too, but as a close friend. Not someone to go out with, even though he had spent more time with than he had with Nessa over break, but she was no where to be found over the holiday anyways.

"Well, I don't like you that way! I want to be your friend, I love being your friend, but I can't see myself with you, I just can't. I'm really sorry, I want to be friends, and I know it will be hard to do that after this. But I do, I want to be friends with you. Just like we have been these last days, and weeks." he said to her.

[Brie Alley]

Had she called that or what. He wanted to just be friends. Why not rip her heart out. Atleast that would less painful. Well actually to her. It would hurt. This was by far the worst pain. Falling for your bestfriend. Who now never wanted to speak to you. Was pretty harsh. If only Bryce was here. He would know what to do. But she really longed for Erick.

Though she held it in. She wanted to cry. Looking down at the ground. She looked up at Brayden. No teary eyes. Or nothing. "Well. This is all good. We are just friends." Under her breath she added, just what I wanted to be. " As long, as we are still going to the dance together." She smiled.

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