Short Stories

Trump Club- Unrequited Love

One month later (August)-

Sam POV

Why, oh why, out of all the people I can choose, I have to love one that certainly doesn't love me back? Yes. I am in love with the only mentally stable one in my friend group- Amanda "Mandy" Chan. Yes, I'm a lesbian. Big deal. Today, I am going to confess, my love for her, not the fact that I'm lesbian. I told Esme, Lisa and her a year ago. They were all very accepting. I know confessing is one of the worst ideas I have ever had, and I have had a lot of bad ideas before. For one, I'm not sure if she has moved on from Jared yet. And I'm pretty sure she's straight. 

I am very nervous for this afternoon. I invited her over to my house, saying that I needed to tell her something. I wonder how she will react. Hopefully, she will feel the same way. If she doesn't feel the same way, I still want to hang out with her, and be friends. Being friends will probably break my non existent heart, but it's still better than being strangers. 

"Well, about time you arrived." Mandy has finally arrived.

"Hey Sam. What's up? What's the thing you wanted to talk about?"

"I'll tell you later." We went up to my room.

I took a deep breath. "So, what I wanted to tell you is-" I looked at Mandy, and saw her looking back at me, curious about what I had to say. I could feel my heart beating quickly, so I took a few hopefully discreet deep breaths to calm myself down. Am I going to do this?

"What?" she asked. 

Ok, you are going to do this. No going back now. "I wanted to tell you that Iloveyou." I turned away from her, not wanting to see her face. 

"Aww, I love you too, Sam." She said as she hugged me.

"I knew you were going to reject me- wait what?" Can Mandy actually be in love with me?

"Yeah. You're one of my closest friends, Sam." I could feel my heart break. "Why did you think that I would reject you? Was it something I did?" 

"No, not at all." I said, hoping that she didn't notice the crack in my voice. "I just thought, you know..."

"Oh, Sam. Even if you do a lot of things that I don't agree with, that doesn't mean that you're not my friend." Mandy said as she patted my back. For the first time, I am so glad she drew the wrong conclusion. I got out of my hug, facing away from Mandy so she wouldn't see my face. "Is that all you wanted to tell me?" she asked.

"Yup, that's all." I decided that I won't tell her about my feelings for her, at least not now. By now, my emotional battery has drained out. I can't deal with Mandy anymore.

"My parents are going to be here soon, so if you don't mind," I gestured to my bedroom door. I didn't even care if I was being rude.

"All right. See you, Sam." Mandy said. She knew that every time my parents saw her, they would lecture me about how I should be more like Amanda. I walked her down to the front door. 

We exchanged our goodbyes, and she left, but not before hugging me one last time. I locked the door, sighing, knowing that the person I loved didn't love me back. I got some popcorn, and decided to watch some stupid Netflix lesbian movies while I waited for my parents to come back.

Amanda POV

I am so glad that Sam has finally said that! I know how hard it is for her to do emotional things like this. I smiled, knowing I have a high place in Sam's life. I am so glad she is getting more comfortable with me!

Reminder: I am straight, not lesbian. So please forgive me if this is horrible.