Eternal Regrets

A/N: This short one-shot is inspired of the song, 'Eternal Regret by Galneryus'.

~o0o~Tenth grade

I'm Desmond, as I sat there in History class, I stared at the girl next to me. Her name is Amber,
she was my so called "Best friend". I stared at her long, blond silky hair and wished she was mine. However, she didn't look at me like that, and I knew it.

After class, she walked up to me and asked me for the notes she had missed the day before and I handed them to her.
"Thanks" she said and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I wanted to tell her,
I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends. I love her but I'm just too shy and I don't know why.

Eleventh grade

My phone rang. On the other end, it was Amber.
She was in tears, mumbling on and on about how her love had broke her heart.
She asked me to go over because she didn't want to be alone. And so I did.
As I sat down next to her on the sofa, I stared at her soft green eyes, wishing she was mine.
After two hours, one book and three plates of sweets she decided to go to sleep.

She looked at me, "Thanks"
and gave me a kiss on the cheek.
I wanted to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends.
I love her but I'm just too shy and I don't know why.

Senior year

The day before the prom she walked to me.
"My date is sick" she said
"He's not going for the prom. I didn't have a date and in seventh grade,
we made a promise that if neither of us had dates, we would go together just as 'best friends'.
And so we did. On prom night, after everything was over, I was standing at her front door step!
I stared at her as she smiled at me and stared at me with her crystal green eyes.

I want her to be mine, but she doesn't think of me like that, and I know it.
Then she said "I had the best time, thanks!" and gave me a kiss on the cheek
I wanted to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends.
I love her but I'm just too shy and I don't know why.

Graduation Day

A day passed, then a week, then a month. Before I could blink, it was graduation day.
I watched as her perfect body floated like an angel up on stage to get her diploma.
I wanted her to be mine, but she didn't notice me like that, and I knew it.
Before everyone went home, she came to me in her smock and hat and cried as I hugged her.
Then she lifted her head from my shoulder and said, "You're my best friend, thanks." and gave me a kiss on the cheek.
I wanted to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends. I love her but I'm just too shy and I don't know why.

A Few Years Later

Now I sit in the pews of this ceremony. That woman is getting married now.
I watched her say "I do." and drive off to her new life, married to another guy, Hugo.
I wanted her to be mine but she didn't see me like that and I knew it.
But before she drove away, she came to me and said "You came!".
She said "Thanks." and kissed me on the cheek.
I wanted to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends.
I love her but I'm just too shy and I don't know why.

Funeral

Years passed, I looked down at the coffin of a woman who used to be my "best friend".
At the next to a table, I saw and read a diary entry she had wrote in her high school years.
This is what it read -

"I stare at him wishing he is mine but he doesn't notice me like that, and I know it.
I want to tell him, I want him to know that I don't want to be just friends.
I love him but I'm just too shy and I don't know why. I wish he would tell me he loved me!
I wish I did too... I thought to myself and I cried."

A tear falls from my eyes and turn my head
And I whispered to that woman at the coffin, "I Love You"

'If you like someone, tell them. Don't wait until it's too late as it may lead to a life of eternal regret.'