It was nearing one o'clock in the morning and they had found themselves sitting outside a convenience store a few blocks away from Lena and Jake's apartment. Jake had been texting all night long but Lena didn't want to talk to him. Deep down, she knew she had to forgive him, but part of her wanted to stay mad at him. The part that loved Andy so deeply wanted her to stay mad at Jake for obvious reasons. She loved Andy.

"So, what's really going on with you and Jake, hmm?" Andy asked, taking a puff of his cigarette and leaning back on his hands with the cancer stick hanging out of his mouth.

Lena sat with her knees pulled up close to her chest and a lighter in her hand. She let the lighter spark but never light fully. "I don't know, really." She knew, but she wasn't sure if she was entirely ready to admit everything to Andy.

She dropped the lighter by her feet and reached over Andy and grabbed his Monster can. She took a generous gulp of it before putting it back down next to him. What would she say to him anyway? I've been in love with you since high school and I don't actually want to be with Jake, I want you? It didn't sound practical.

The neon glow of the florescent sign above their heads was their only source of electricity. It lit up Lena's face so Andy could take in her features. She had grown since high school. Her cheeks thinned out, but her hair was still the same blonde color is had always been. Her ears were still stretched and she had a tattoo curving around the left side of her neck.

It was a pride thing with Andy. He wanted to admit to her all of his thoughts and feelings. He wanted to let her know that ever since the senior switch day in the little crevice in the wall, he had grown attached to her. But Jake was standing in his way. Jake was not only Andy's friend, but also band mate. Andy couldn't just steal Jake's girlfriend away from him like that, even though it seemed he already had.

"Don't lie to me." Andy said, suddenly. "I know there's something else going on."

Lena shrugged, picking up the lighter off the ground again and sparking it. "I don't know..." She mumbled.

Andy sighed. "Is it the sex? Are you guys having bad sex?"

"Andy!" Lena squealed, smacking Andy's arm.

"Just saying," Andy shrugged. "We'd have much better sex." Well, that was bold.

Lena was taken aback by Andy's forward comment. She wanted to think that he was joking, but she knew he was ninety percent serious. She laughed anyway, making the mood lighten a bit. Andy laughed, too, to hide the fact that he had just blurted out something that was supposed to remain hidden in the depths of his mind.

"I guess I'm just having trouble feeling an attraction to Jake. I mean, obviously I'm very attracted to him. But there's something about his personality and the way we interact that doesn't feel right. Of course I love him a lot. But I don't think I'm in love with him, you know?" Lena tried to explain her feelings towards Jake in a way Andy would understand.

Andy nodded. "I get it, yeah. I had a friend once who I loved, but was never in love with, until now."

What is he implying? Lena thought to herself. He must be saying that he was in love with her. But that would make everything with Jake ten times more complicated.

By this point, it was nearing two in the morning and Lena's brain was in knots. She couldn't think straight, she was high off caffeine, and the smell of Andy's cigarette was driving her insane. "I should get home, Andy. I need to just sleep everything off." She admitted, standing up from the curb.

"Let me walk you home--"

"No." She cut him off. The last thing she wanted was Andy walking her home and making everything that much more difficult.

Notes

I've been dealing with some shit lately guys, I'm sorry.

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