chris and you have been best friends since elementary school, but not you're close with his triplet brothers nick and matt as well.

you and chris always had a sort of special connection, an unspoken love for each other. recently he got a girlfriend and has started talking to you less, which you respected and understood, but you still missed him.

last week you were over to hang out with nick and chris's girlfriend was over to see chris, you saw them eating strawberry ice cream and watching glee, which was your thing. weird right? you'd brushed it off, he probably just wanted to watch the show and it reminded him of the ice cream. then, you saw a post he made while scrolling through instagram, a picture of them with each others jackets on, a picture of the sunset from a car window, a picture of the secluded beach you two always hung out at, and a screenshot of "uptown girl" by billy joel playing, the caption being "car rides, trading jackets, and billy joel" with a heart emoji next to it. once again, the exact things you two did, the place you showed him, and the song that you two called yours.

you were hurt, deeply, but you never wanted to get in the way of his relationship and his girlfriend was nice. so you just started distancing yourself even more from him, and whenever he tried to talk to you, you made it brief, didn't let him touch you, and stopped texting him.

today, nick and matt had both been out of the hour and you and chris were left alone, and it was painfully silent between the two of you.