28.

Michael

I finished getting dressed as Y/N found a Therapist immediately and was abled to talk to me today. Y/N had a whole business outfit on meanwhile I was in sweats.

I wasn't complaining because the skirt looked nice on her.

I leaned my head to the side getting a view of her back side as my eyes then wandered up as she was placing some earrings in her ears in the mirror. "What?" She asked in a giggle before fixing her hair. "Nothing" I said shaking my head looking her up and down. She then sprayed some perfume on her body. Then slipped into some black red bottoms grabbing her purse.

"You ready?" She asked looking back at me. "Yeah" I said as we went out the house. She drove to the therapist as we saw some reporters from the car already taking pictures of us. Y/N just ignored it getting out of the car. I was hesitant to get out of the car but then I eventually got out. Y/N locked her car doors as I followed her, I eventually walked beside her as reporters started coming up to us taking pictures and asking hella questions.

"Y/N we'll do this another day" I simply said getting ready to turn back around. "No we do this NOW. I don't give a fuck about none of this." She said referring to the reporters as one tried to get in her face but she placed her hand up covering her face. She grabbed my arm as we walked into the building.

Y/N and I walked to the desk as we signed in and went to go sit in the waiting area.

"Mr. Jordan" we heard a man say as I stood up as Y/N just stayed in her seat and faintly smiled at me. "Is she abled to come with me?" I asked the man about Y/N. "Yeah" the man said with a smile towards Y/N. Y/N stood up and eyed me. "You're such a baby" She teasingly whispered as I chuckled and we followed the man into her office.

We sat down on a couch "how are you two today?" The man asked "good" I said "we're good" Y/N said with a little smile. "Mr. Jordan this is your girl friend?" The man asked "she's actually my best friend we knew each other since we were kids" I informed. "You're the one I spoke too on the phone?" The man asked Y/N with a smile. "Yeah" Y/N answered with a small smile.

"Well my name is doctor Brown, Mr. Brown whatever you feel comfortable with" He started off. "Are you sure it's fine for me to be in here I don't want to-" Y/N started off "you're fine whatever he is comfortable with and can open up about it's okay" Mr. Brown assured Y/N.

"So Michael what's been going on with you?" He asked as Y/N looked over at me. "I uh. I prepared for a role and now that I'm done shooting it feels like I'm stuck in that character" I expressed. "Okay and what do you mean by that? what are your emotions and your everyday ritual to where you feel as if you're stuck?" Mr. Brown questioned.

"When I come home I go straight into isolation. Everything that I normally did like laugh, and talk I don't want to do. I pushed away people and didn't want to be bothered. I don't show emotions nor care about anybody else's and I am very argumentative and irritated at the drop of a hat" I admitted.

"I got into a relationship with someone during the time of filming just to get into it. I didn't want love nor did I want to show love I was just in it" I admitted. "Okay are you and the other person still together?" Mr. Brown asked. "No" I simply answered. "Is the reason why you're here now is the reason you two aren't together?" She asked. "No. I broke up with her because she wasn't really there for me although I pushed her away, from the beginning it felt she was here but she wasn't here. And the deeper I got myself into this character the more she wasn't there I felt alone at one point and thought I mine as well be alone" I expressed.

"Where was Y/N throughout all of this?" Mr. Brown asked "She was doing her own thing. The girl I was with didn't feel comfortable with me being friends with Y/N so We separated from each other and I eventually grew away from her" I admitted. "Y/N what made you notice something was off about Michael?" Mr. Brown asked Y/N. "I noticed he was mad at me and was aggravated by me which he usually isn't at all. He would always bring up that I left him." She started off. "What do you mean by that Michael?" Mr. Brown asked

"Our friendship is complicated" Y/N started off. "It's not" I simply said to the doctor as Y/N just looked over at me. "She left off to school in Atlanta the first chance she got and I was here" I simply said. "Yeah but when I called you, trying to set up something for us to hang out you had your girlfriend and you stopped dealing with me" Y/N said to me.

"So you felt Y/N left you?" Mr. Brown asked me "yeah" I admitted "did you two have something going on or have something going on as we speak?" Mr. Brown asked as we were both quiet. "What do you mean by that exactly?" Y/N asked. "Do you two have feelings for each other, do you two sleep together? Are you two trying to start something?" Mr. Brown listed.

"I thought we were here about him?" I questioned. "We are but it seems like you're apart of the reason he feels the way he does. It sounds deeper than his role for his movie. The role for his movie was just the icing on the cake" Mr. Brown said as I just looked over at Y/N. "So what are you two?" He asked again. "Friends" Y/N started off "friends with benefits" I corrected as Y/N looked at me crazy. "Dr. Brown no" Y/N said looking at the therapist about to explain herself but Mr. Brown stopped her.

"Were you two friends and had sex or acted as if you two were in a relationship at times?" Mr.Brown asked. "Yeah but it wasn't often we only did something twice" Y/N brought up. "Okay so friends with benefits" Mr. Brown wrote in her notebook as Y/N just sighed and sat back on the couch. "Damn it sounds like you need this too" I said looking over at Y/N. "Shut up Micheal" She said making me chuckle.

"Back to you Micheal. you felt as if she left you when she went away to college. Did you tell her you had feelings?" Mr.Brown questioned. "No" I admitted. "So then you can't be too mad at her because she didn't know" Mr. Brown stated as Y/N just looked at me. "Why were you really angry at her about it though? there has to be a real reason why" Mr. Brown questioned.

"Because I wanted her to be my girl friend and I never got the chance to tell her or ask her before she left. That's my childhood best friend if anybody knows me it's her why would I want to be with anybody else when I have her" I admitted feeling Y/N look over at me. "What about you Y/N?" Mr. Brown asked Y/N as I looked over at her.

"At one point I felt the same way but you pushed me away and every time you got with a different girl you pushed me off to the side like I was nothing" She admitted. "Could it be that you were trying to suppress your feelings towards Y/N with each women?" Mr.Brown asked as I nodded "and she knows that, but she do what she does" I said. "You were telling me you didn't want to love nor receive it with your most recent girl friend have you slept with her, made love to her?" Mr.Brown questioned. "No" I simply said.

"Did you and Y/N sleep together recently?" He asked "yeah" I admitted. "What was the difference between the two women?" Mr.Brown asked. "I don't know Y/N just seems to have my best interest at heart even when I'm mad at her or not talking to her. She's the one always in my corner rooting for me and when I'm down, like now she's constantly there and I didn't feel that with my recent relationship, well none of them too be honest" I admitted.

"Part of you lashing out and being the way you are is because you love her and can't be with her so you get with these women trying to push Y/N out of the mix to not think about her then want these women to have the same nurturing spirit, qualities, mindset and comfort as Y/N" Mr. Brown explained. "No matter how much you try to do it. It isn't going to work for one she's her own person. What she does and how she is will be different from the next and two this is someone you've known all your life verses a woman who you just met and got to get to know." Mr.Brown added.

"I'm going to stop right here for today and say this" Mr. Brown started off closing his notebook. "There was a research study that showed married people are much happier than singles and those who consider their spouse to be their best friend and gets about twice as much life satisfaction from marriage as compared to others" he explained.

"Also A study showed that marrying your best friend eliminates the risk of divorce by over seventy percent and those marriages are more than likely to last a lifetime" He added. "I say that to say that all those people dealt with the same thing you two are dealing with right now. You two like each other and there is feelings involved whether you want to believe it or not. But it all depends on what you two decide what to do at the end of the day" He expressed.

"You two can either keep getting into relationships not happy because you keep placing this stigma that the girl you're with is going to be like Y/N or the guy you're with is like Michael. Or you two can actually sit down talk about a possible relationship because you two are way passed just being friends" He admitted looking between Y/N and I.

" I'll see you two back in my office next Saturday ." Mr. Brown said with a big smile. We ended the session and walked out the doors of the building as we went straight to the car. We got in as I looked over at her "I need a drink" Y/N simply said before pulling out the parking lot.

Y/N

We got back to my place as we were eating some Chinese take out while Michael was on the floor and I was on the couch looking at him thinking about what if we were to become a couple.

"Do you think everything that the therapist said was true?" I asked then looked over at Michael. "Honestly" He started off then looked at me. "Yeah" he answered as he stood up closing his food and placing it in the fridge. I just picked at my food as he flopped on the Love seat couch next to me.

"What's wrong?" He questioned. "I just don't want to mess anything up" I admitted. "Like he said, if we keep doing what we're doing it's going to mess up our relationship regardless so why not try something new?" Michael asked as I looked at him. "Yeah but-" I started off "do you want to be my girlfriend?" He asked as I faintly smiled. "What?" I asked

"Matter of a fact no" he started off as I was confused "wait what?" I questioned. "No" he simply said as I just looked at him then got up putting my food up. "Are you really mad?" He asked as I ignored him and he kicked his feet up on the couch. "Really?" I questioned as he just laughed "what did i do?!" He asked looking at me.

"This why we don't be getting no where you ain't got no problem talking shit to me but you can't tell me you're feeling me?" I asked. "Look at the pot calling the kettle black" he said as I just rolled my eyes and went to go sit back down. "And I admitted to liking you back ,so what's the problem?" I asked before grabbing my phone and Going on Instagram seeing that the shade room posted a video of when Michael and I were trying to head into therapy but then you heard me say "No we do this NOW. I don't give a fuck about none of this."

I read the caption from the shade room reading "Michael B Jordan spotted with best friend Y/N Y/L/N going to therapy after recently splitting from his girlfriend Lori Harvey"

I immediately rolled my eyes "the shade room doesn't miss shit" I heard Michael say looking down at his phone. "They don't. with they messy asses" I said before reading the comments.

"I don't know what Lori did to you but we got you bae❤️" someone commented.

"She dead ass said fuck what you saying let's go. A Queen😂" I read "I don't know what's going on or who is the one in need of therapy but I pray that they get over whatever that is their burden❤️" someone commented as I liked the comment Then laughed at the next comment. "Dawg Lori the fuck did you do? You don't even fucking talk💀" someone commented as I

Couldn't help but continue to laugh.

Michael just looked over at me as I finally looked at him and smiled. "What's wrong?" I asked as he just smiled and shook his head. "Nothing" He said as I just smiled and looked back on my phone.