Ethan

Hiding this from Mark and Tyler was hard, I told them 5 months ago after a couple years of knowing them.

And I was about to tell someone I didn't really know... Okay maybe I knew her. She talked about her boyfriend and I told her somethings...

You

I was nervous to go to Ethans place. He just texted the address and I told him if he there in a bit.

I went to my car and drove to the coffee shop and grabbed a couple coffees. I made mine how I liked it and told her to give me the other things for him on the side.

I got to the house and it was better looking than I expected. I knocked on the door.

"I'll get it!" Was heard from the other side.

"Oh hi, Tyler's upstairs!" A male said swinging the door open.

"Hi, and I'm here for Ethan."

"Oh he's with Tyler. I thought you would've wanted Tyler though, he's the one that gets all the girl, ya know what I'm saying." He says.

I chuckle softly and shake my head.

"Anyways I'm Mark." he says shaking my hand.

"And I'm (Y/N)." I say.

"You can come in you know." Mark says.

I step in. I see everyone had their shoes laying at the door so I do the same.

'E: Beware of Mark btw'

'Y: welp it's to late, what rooms yours'

'E: first one to the left.'

'Y: okay.'

I walk into the room. Ethan was sitting on the bed. Another person sitting next to him who I assumed was Tyler.

He was kinda nervous when he saw me. But as always he smiled. Fake or not. He always wanted to lighten my mood at least a little bit.

The boy left leaving me and Ethan, alone.

"So you had to tell me something." I say quietly. I sit next to him. He was writing something.

He nods and put his pencil down and grabbed his phone. He wrote in a note app.

'So... Basically I have this voice in my head... He always tells me bad things... '

"Ethan, please don't tell me you believe him..."

'how can't I? When the words echo in your head, it's extremely hard not to.'

"Whatever it says isn't true."

'how do you know that?'

"Because, even though I've know you for only a few days, I know you don't deserve any of this. You're a nice person, and a good listener. And I'm sure we both know why." I lightly elbow his arm after.

He smiles and looks down...

'But do I deserve you... You've been nothing but nice to me...'

"Yes you do... Honestly I should be the one to question if I deserve you... Because you are a really good person. You're really honest and open... It's all I could ever want in a friend."

He looked at me. Before I knew it he pulled me into a hug. It was warm and nice. I hugged back knowing he needs it...

'thank you...'

"I always try my best to keep everyone happy..." I say pulling out of the hug.

A part of me wanted that hug to last forever. Ethan was very appreciative of my small speech.

'(Y/N) why does the voice want me unhappy, it keeps telling me mean things, what's the purpose of me being here right now with you... (Y/N) these moments in life really won't matter later on, because we all know once we get proper jobs and move away, we'll split apart and never, ever, see each other... It's like nothing matters then. All my life I've counted on people to be my voice. Mark and Tyler took me in. I moved here, and they know practically everything about me... They became the people I lived for... People I remember when everything crumbles... Then you came... I grew a bond with you... Even though we just met... When I met you my life was blue, crumbling... I'm not counting on you to fix it... But I'm saying you helped... Holy shi t that was long'

"That's what she said." I say quietly.

He laughs softly and elbows me.

'shut up.' He writes.

"You can count on me, I will help you get through this..." I say.

'Thanks...'

What a lovely chapter, you and Ethan are closer, and we introduced Mark and Tylor.

I absolutely love this book so far!