“Have you been there the whole time?” I ask Danielle, my face red
“Pretty much.” she says nonchalantly
“So you saw the whole thing?” I ask
“I was trying to teach you a valuable lesson on eavesdropping. Plus I couldn't help notice he had a way with words.”
I can't believe how casual she can be about all this.
She just eavesdropped on a very personal conversation.
And now, thinking this, a mental image of myself eavesdropping on her and dad plays back in my mind.
Payback can be such a bitch.
When I don't address the last sentence, she continues
“Wasn't that Jesse I saw leaving just now?”
She's asking even though she knows the answer
“It was.” I reply simply
“And Jesse was the one saying all those sweet things?"
“He was.”
I know all these questions are building up to something and I'm curious to know what it is
“To you?” she asks confused
“Yup."
She sighs deeply and closes her eyes tiredly
“Let's have a seat.” she says and I oblige her
We sit down on the couch and she sighs again.
I wish she'd just stop sighing and tell me what it is already
“Do you like Jesse?......No let me rephrase; do you love him?”
“I do.” I answer honestly
“And does your sister know about this?” she asks and my mind flashes back to me telling Heaven that my feelings for Jesse are only secondary to everything else.
“Why is it so important that she knows?” I ask, an eyebrow raised
“Because Jesse is her best friend.”
“And?.....” I ask confused
Why does everyone think Jesse being Heaven's best friend has anything to do with I and Jesse's relationship? Or friendship? Or situationship, or whatever?!
They're best friends, I think everyone gets that; and so what?
“I feel like she's already told you this story before. She's afraid he'll get hurt by someone from her family again and it's only right you tell her. If not for anything, so she won't be taken by surprise.”
Brief moment of confusion
“What do my feelings for Jesse have to do with any of this?”
My facial expression reflects how I feel inside.
Very confused.
“He obviously shares those feelings. And I could tell from what happened just now that the both of you can't be just friends for so long. But I think it's better you tell your sister before anything else happens so she won't feel betrayed by the two of you.”
Danielle is definitely a few months back in time.
She doesn't know that I and Jesse have already tried being something else and opted for just being friends (with a complicated twist) so I decide to fill her in on the details.
“I and Jesse have already tried the ‘being something more’ thing and it turns out, it doesn't work for us......And before you ask if Heaven knew; she did. She also knows that we're just friends and that nothing's going to happen between us again.” I inform Danielle
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The Roads To Paris
Romance"....you can stop breathing, you can stop living, you can die a million times but you never stop loving. You can't. Love is something that never goes away." . . . . . . . . . . . . Whether it's love of a significant other, a parent, a brother or a s...
