Another Love (Hessa)

Part 4 - Roses

Tessa

"Well... I wanted to tell you this for so long... But just now I had the power to tell you the truth."

"The truth? What are you talking about, Emma?"

"I like girls..."

"What?"

"I'm into girls, not men."

"You like me?"

"No, no, no! No! Jesus, no! You're my best friend. I never could love you in other way, Tessa! I hope you won't judge me..." How she can believe that I would ever judge her? I'm not against this kind of relationship and I can't judge her. It's her choice and it's not bothering me with anything.

"I would never judge you, Em'!" I hug her. "When this happened?"

"I was attracted by girls for years, but just this weekend I found out that I don't like guys... I was with Dan and he wanted to... to move forward. And we did it, but I didn't feel anything. I left him and I went to a bar, regretting my decision. There, I met Lisa and I have no idea how we ended up kissing. And I enjoyed that kiss more than any guy kiss..."

"I understand... And I will support you, Emma. No matter what!"

"Thank you, Tessa. You are a really great friend!"

"And I will be always here to support you." I hug her tight.

***

It's Monday morning, and Noah just texted me that he can't walk for the next weeks, so I don't have a partner for prom. That's great. I just arrived at school and I went to my locker, where I found a rose. Maybe Noah asked someone to give me roses. That's cute. I will call him at the end of the day to thank him about this. I take my book for English class and I head back to the class. "Luckily" these is just a free seat left, next to Hardin. I won't die if I will stay next to him this hour, right?

"Hi, Tess."

"Hi." I say and I open my notebook. I wrote the date in the corner and I avoid him. Since that trip, we never had a talk about what happened. We just said hi to each other and that's all. The teacher comes in and he starts the English class.

"I'm sorry for what happened yesterday with you boyfriend." He whispers and I want to ignore him, but he didn't say anything bad, so what will happen if we're going to have a friendly conversation?

"This could happen to anyone. It's fine."

"I don't think he can play football, that's why he got hurt." Well, it's not a friendly conversation anymore.

"Ok, enough. It's not your business if my boyfriend is a good football player or not. You have no right to tell me what's good or bad!" I say a little bit loud.

Mr. Johnson: "Miss Young, would you like to say something about this lesson?" Fuck. The teacher heard me.

Tessa: "I'm sorry, Mr. Johnson."

The teacher continues his class and I totally ignore Hardin. When the class is over, I take my stuff and I leave before everyone. Hardin pissed me off and I don't want to talk with him. I arrive in the front of my locker and I find another rose. That's so nice of Noah... Maybe he is sorry for not being able to take me to prom. In all my breaks, I found a rose in my locker, in the end of the school day, I have five roses.

I walk back home, when someone grabs my hand. I look behind and it's Hardin.

"Tess..."

"Hardin. What do you want?"