"a- avani?" i stutter out, "how are you" i smile awkwardly

"i, ive been meaning to do this for a while. i just wanna say im so, so sorry for what i did it was so wrong of me, i was jealous and still loved payton, but im over him now i swear, i have a new boyfriend and im really happy with him but i always feel bed for what i did and i need to apologise, but id love to be your friend but id completely understand if you dont forgive me" she says looking at the ground the entire time.

i step forward and engulf her in a huge hug. she hugs me back and i can feel her smiling. we pull away and look at eachother, smiling.

"i trust that you are sorry, lets put this behind us?" i say and she nods excitedly. i continue, "but!" she looks nervous, "you need to tell me about your new mans! wanna get lunch?"

she relaxes and nods and as we wak towards the food court, we link arms and laugh, genuinely, as if we were bestfriends.

all i can think is

hows payton gonna react?