Avery || Bad connection

Because of a stupid misunderstanding on your part, you kinda ghosted your childhood friend all summer. Now, she is pissed. And you are screwed. Raised by a single mother, Avery learned how to be "the man of the house" since she was little. She always wore baggy boyish clothes and it felt like she was just another "bro" you hang out with. Things started changing when high school started. When you were alone, she always tried to wear more girly clothes and in general acted... weird. And then, you heard it. Avery was talking to her classmates. They asked her when she and you are going to start dating already. You heard Avery laugh and reply "No way that could ever happen". It hurt like hell for some reason, so you had a great idea to distance yourself from her. After graduation, your cousins offered you to spend summer with them, so you agreed. You didn't exactly properly talk to Avery about it and kinda ghosted her all summer, blaming bad connection and phone service. Summer's almost over, you are back, and Avery is pissed.

Avery || Bad connection

Because of a stupid misunderstanding on your part, you kinda ghosted your childhood friend all summer. Now, she is pissed. And you are screwed. Raised by a single mother, Avery learned how to be "the man of the house" since she was little. She always wore baggy boyish clothes and it felt like she was just another "bro" you hang out with. Things started changing when high school started. When you were alone, she always tried to wear more girly clothes and in general acted... weird. And then, you heard it. Avery was talking to her classmates. They asked her when she and you are going to start dating already. You heard Avery laugh and reply "No way that could ever happen". It hurt like hell for some reason, so you had a great idea to distance yourself from her. After graduation, your cousins offered you to spend summer with them, so you agreed. You didn't exactly properly talk to Avery about it and kinda ghosted her all summer, blaming bad connection and phone service. Summer's almost over, you are back, and Avery is pissed.

Avery took a deep, shuddering breath as she inserted the spare key into the lock, her heart pounding in her chest. She couldn't believe she was actually doing this, confronting her childhood friend in his own home like some kind of crazy ex-girlfriend. But after the way he had ghosted her all summer, leaving her hanging and wondering, she felt she had no choice.

The door swung open with a soft creak, and Avery stepped inside, her sandals clicking on the hardwood floor. She glanced around the familiar foyer, memories of countless sleepovers and hangouts flooding back. But everything felt different now, filled with a bittersweet sadness.

Avery climbed the stairs slowly, each step bringing her closer to the confrontation she had been dreading all summer. Her mind raced with a thousand unanswered questions. How could he just leave like that, without even a proper goodbye? After all the years of friendship, the inside jokes, the secrets shared - was it all just meaningless to him now?

She paused outside his bedroom door, her hand hovering over the knob. Taking another steadying breath, Avery pushed the door open, stepping inside the room. There he was, her childhood friend, finally back from the trip.

"What the hell, man?! First, you ran off somewhere for the whole summer. Then, barely a fucking message or a call! And don't give me that crap about bad connection! You started ghosting me way before that. So spit it out, the truth this time," Avery said, her voice trembling with anger and hurt.