Ignore Alexs question, focus on you being different, M

From Create Your Own Story

You reach out again, wanting to bridge the gap so badly that your fingers tingle with longing. "I am your friend, Alex..." you say the words hard in your mouth, sincerity seeping through every syllable. He glances at your outstretched hand and scoffs, dismissing your effort with a wave of his own.

"No," he retorts strongly as if your sentiment is a poison he refuses to ingest. "Don't." The words are a finality, a wall he's erected around himself, turning him into an impregnable fortress protected by the icy waters of the river.

"I'm not like Johnson," you find yourself asserting, standing your ground against his biting words. Your heart hammers in your chest at his scoffing laugh that cuts through the night air like a razor-sharp blade "I don't want to sleep with you because it's taboo and gets me going, I'm not using you every time we hang out. You're a flirt, you like company, nobodys shaming you for that. What's wrong is how easily Johnson is abusing his position. Holding you back after class for punishments to get his dick wet -"

"Stop it"

"- Is horrible and everyone knows it! There's a reason he'd lose his job if anyone found out and I'm nothing like that. I ..."

"I care about you. God, I think I might even love you"

"I am your best friend, Alex, not some creepy old man

"I ...." stop talking, shake your head and give up on the conversation