aiden clark, the idiotic, carefree cousin of ben clark and the love of your life, stood there with hearts in his crimson eyes. the worst part about it? he was staring at your best friend.

you adored ashlynn. she treated you with kindness and she was selfless when it came to you and your friends. her appearance was majestic too, with her freckles, her ginger braids, and her sage green eyes. it made it hard to hate her. because you couldn’t. you couldn’t hate her, and you couldn’t blame aiden for falling for her. but why couldn’t it be you?

aiden had the most goofy, lovey-dovey smile plastered on his face. he seemed breathless as he gazed at ashlynn with so much endearment. it was inevitable for them to fall for each other. he pestered your best friend on the bus, even hugging her so tenderly during your experiences at the phantom dimension. aiden even held her hand when you visited tyler at the hospital.

you swear that you didn’t want to be jealous, they didn’t deserve to be disliked. but gosh, your heart crumbled to dust over the stupid blonde. and you couldn’t do anything to change it because he was in love with her like you were in love with him.

and you had to stand on the sidelines while their feelings for each other grew like an irrelevant bystander.