Hey guys! So i found this in my drafts this morning from a couple of months ago and it’s just a William Nylander Imagine. Mind you, it’s a DRAFT so it might not be as good. I just wanna see how it does and if it goes well, I’ll revise it and make it a final draft for here! This is my first imagine I’m ever writing so please be gentle with my feelings, thanks. Also if you have any title suggestions please let me know I’m struggling. Enjoy!
Rule 1, the most important rule of all: do NOT fall for each other. William broke that rule a long time ago. Ever since that night in Toronto, things have been hell. It’s always “let me buy you a drink, let me take you out to lunch.” It’s hard to say no to your best friend of like oh I don’t know, TEN YEARS. You don’t want to break their heart. You’ve been there for them when they’ve been going through hard breakups over some douchey people. You don’t wanna be that next douchey person. That’s why the next time he comes over I’m going to let him down gently. I’m going to say, “William. How do you say friends in Swedish? Good. Now use that term.”
But then something changed..
Something had changed my thoughts completely when I saw him at the local diner with someone who wasn’t me. I would’ve let it go completely. But I didn’t.
The problem wasn’t that he was with someone. That’s good! He got the message.
The problem was I didn’t get the message. I’ve been telling him for the past months that we’re just friends when really, I should’ve told myself the same thing. The problem wasn’t that he was with someone.
The problem is that it’s not me...
“She told you she loved you?” I asked as my laughter died down from the previous conversation Will and I were having.
Still laughing willy replied, “Yea crazy right?”
Not really. I could understand why Penny would tell Will she loved him. Hell, I loved him. His laugh made my heart melt, his blue eyes made my cheeks look like I just gave a 4 year old rouge and told them to go crazy. What can I say? He was the one and only, William Nylander. The one and only who could make my heart fly higher than a hot air balloon. I would say kite but they clearly can’t out do a hot air balloon.
So here I was talking to my best friend about his girlfriend, Penny, of 1 year. They’re cute I guess. What else are you supposed to say when your crush is head over heels for someone else?
“Well?” He asked as I was staring at drywall. My eyes slowly drifted to look at those god awful blue eyes.
He laughed again, “do I say it back or not?!”
My eyes widened as I looked at him in disbelief. “You left her hanging?!”
My heart may have been broken when he told me she loved him but I didn’t expect for Willy to just leave her hanging when she said I love you. I wonder what he did. Maybe he just left out a nervous laugh and said, “thanks, you too” and hung up the phone. Or maybe he just didn’t say anything at all. I could imagine how awkward they must stand in the relationship now.
Willy picked at the napkin on the table and shrugged. He didn’t seem as keen about it as I thought. All he did was answer with, “well yea... how am i supposed to know what to say?”
Love is a really big concept for a word with only 4 letters. I could tell Willy was starting to understand that. For the next few minutes he just sat there and picked at that poor napkin. At one point his eyebrows furrowed and then he looked up at me. Confusion and realization pooled his eyes. “I don’t love her.”
I didn’t know how else to respond to that. My body didn’t even know how to respond to that. My mind was screaming, my stomach had a full on zoo going crazy, and my heart? My heart felt guilty. I felt guilty. This poor girl, Penny, loved William and now he’s realizing he doesn’t. A whole relationship that took 1 year to build could be destructed in an hour or less.
I shifted in my seat and decided to use Willy’s distraction tactic. As I pick up the napkin and began to pull it apart I asked, “well what changed? Or what’s on your mind rather..”
A huff escaped his lips as he looked away and shrugged. “To be honest,” he looked around until his eyes landed on mine, “you.”
Great so it’s my fault their relationship is going to shambles.
My napkin was almost completely torn as well as Willy’s. Yet he still somehow found pieces to rip into smaller chunks. But it all didn’t matter. As soon as he swept the napkin pieces to the side he stared at me. “I love you!”
It came out so forcefully. So quick. Like he’s been waiting to say that and now he finally has. I mean I love him too but I don’t wanna be the reason to crash and burn what he has now with Penny. Understandable, that it’s a little too late for that. But now I’m sitting here, barbecue sauce on my titties, wondering what the hell I’m supposed to say.
“Wills...,” was all I could manage out when he left a $20 on the table for our emptied drinks and left.
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