MARTIN OFFERED, rue a ride home after their talk and pancakes. the ride wasn't too far, but rue wasn't really paying attention to any of her surroundings anyways.

"here's your stop." he spoke causing rue to jolt out of her daze, "thanks." she shrugged as she opened the car door, "give her time." he smiled before driving off.

rue was in no state of mind to understand what he meant. as she turned away from the empty road making her way to her door. she saw a figure in the way of her entrance inside.

"michaela?" rue asked in disbelief, her words had a slight touch of annoyance. "i'm sorry, for what i said to you." she said as she stepped into the light.

"not your fault how you feel." rue shrugged as she went to walk past her, but michaela was quick to gently grab her arm.

rue turned slightly, her and michaela not too far from eachother, "i lied, lied to you, about how i feel." michaela admitted.

rue stood there not knowing what to say, she wanted to believe every word michaela said. but she was always hurt. "i don't want to be another one of your mistakes michaela." rue said on the verge of tears.

"you weren't a mistake, and if you were, you would be the best mistake i ever made rue." she said in barely a whisper. michaela stared at her shoes not knowing what rue was going to say.

but she said nothing, instead she stepped foward and pecked michaela's lips. before michaela could say anything rue already spoke up; "do you want to sleepover? my mom's sleeping but she won't mind." she smiled.

michaela nodded and let rue hold her hand and lead her inside.

the two girls spent their night laying together and enjoying each others company. occasionally giving eachother other a little peck on the lips or nose.

rue felt happy being with michaela, and the feeling was mutual. they didn't necessarily know what they were, but as of right know rue was okay with that.

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ARVIN ON THE OTHERHAND spent his night overthinking. he hated himself for what her told michaela. he didn't mean one word he said to her.

he was just angry, he wanted to be enough for her. but what he didn't know was that michaela had already found someone enough for her.

arvin knew he couldn't call michaela's phone so he called the closest person to her; maddy.

"uh hello?" the familiar voice of maddy perez answered the phone, "uh hey maddy, is michaela home?" arvin asked.

"no she's at rue's place." maddy responded causing arvin to scrunch his face slightly, "why is she with rue?" he asked with frustration evident in his tone.

"they're friends." maddy rolled her eyes, she wasn't going to tell arvin about the obvious feeling the two girls shared. that would be a stupid decision given arvin's slight anger issues when plans don't go his way.

"just tell her i need to talk to her." was all arvin said before hanging up. he chucked his phone on the floor and slumped onto his bed with a sigh.

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MICHAELA WOKE UP before rue did, she turned her body laying her eyes on a sleeping rue. michaela smiled to herself as she tucked a strand of rue's curls behind her ear and kissed her forehead.

she was still coming to terms with her feelings, but one thing she did know, was that she cared deeply for rue.

as she grabbed her phone to check the time, michaela noticed a few messages and a miss call.

missed call from arvin

arvin
i'm sorry, can we please talk?

arvin
call me back when you're up please.

maddy
arvin called last night, be careful <3

michaela sighed as she set her phone down. she wasn't really mad at arvin. what he said wasn't exactly a lie, she wasn't good with coming to terms with loving someone.

her relationship with rue proved his statement. but she knew she wanted to try with rue, she didn't know what they was but she still wanted to try.

she felt rue start to turn in her sleep, as she moved a bit closer to her rue suddenly opened her eyes, a smile appearing on her face.

"morning." rue whispered her face only a centimetre or two away from michaela's. "morning." she grinned back at the girl. "sleep well?" rue asked as michaela laced her hand with rue's. michaela nodded in response before resting her head in the crook of rue's neck, while rue played with her hair.

laying there with rue brought a big smile to michaela's face. but what she didn't know was the text rue received while the girls layer together.

jules
i'm coming home next week, can't wait to see you x

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