The Halal Relationship

Chapter 3 - Romance?!

I'm just going to tell her... or maybe I won't.

I'm not going to lie; this is killing me. I'm not sure if I like him or am just crazy. But why in the world would I like him? No, how could I possibly like him? I remember hating him just two weeks ago. What do I even see in this guy?

The funny thing is, I'm not sure if I like him at all. Maybe I do, but why? The fact that I can't give a proper answer is what's messing with my head. Maybe I do really like him, but why can't I just accept it?

There really isn't any other explanation for how I'm feeling right now, right? 

Well no, there isn't.

I mean, I guess I do like him.

How am I going to tell Alexandra now that I've accepted that horrible thought? She would genuinely believe I am crazy.

You know, I'll just tell her today after school, simple. I guess doing it online would at least slightly save me from embarrassment? I mean, it couldn't be that bad right? She wouldn't judge me or anything, no, she'd never. What have I got to lose if I just do it...?

After school

Why am I acting as if this is some big deal when all I have to do is text her from Discord? This is just overly dramatic. I'll just text her.

"Hey! What's up?" I click send.

I received a response three minutes later. "Hiii nm, wbu?"

This is a little risky, but oh well, here goes nothing. "Same same, but I wanted to tell you something." " Oh, of course, what's up?" she replies.

"I think I like Simon." I hesitantly say. "SIMON?? SIMON ELLIS? NO WAY WHAT??" Someone is a little startled, I see.

"Yeah maybe" I reply. "OMG WHAT I THOUGHT YOU HATED HIM." She says back. "Well..."

I mean, yeah, it's safe to say that we spoke for several hours after that. But one thing we spoke about in those hours was this plan; a plan to get me and Simon together. This was entirely Alexandra's idea, but I can't say I'm upset about it.

The plan is straightforward: if Alexandra kept dropping hints and encouraged us to talk more, we would. Soon enough, we'd be talking 24/7 and having all these cute moments and conversations with each other. Eventually, when Simon began to feel something for me, he would tell me he loved me, and then we would get married and spend the rest of our lives together.

Sounds easy, right? No.

But it's alright; Alexandra has her ways, and she never fails to impress me with them.

If her plan works on him, he should be drooling over me in a few weeks.  She's tried this before with other guys and it has always been successful, but he's different. Although I can always hope, even if I'm not sure if he'll fall as quickly as I want him to.

I don't think it'll be too bad, though. Simon already has a habit of treating people he just met as if they're everything and giving them all the attention in the world. Which, in all honesty, I guess is cute, but still, he makes it easy for himself. Maybe it's what he wanted in the first place, I wouldn't know.

It's getting late though. Hopefully I'll be able to process this all by tomorrow morning.

The next day

The school day is over, and it's Friday! You know what that means? I can finally relax for a bit. It also means Alexandra is going to start that little plan of hers. To be honest, I'm curious to see how it will pan out, but I really hope it isn't horribly.

We logged onto the class server to chat for a while, like we always do. It was honestly starting to get a little annoying, but I suppose it was part of Alexandra's plan to ship us over every little thing we said.

He'd say "Omg hi" and I'd say "Omg hi" and Alexandra would follow with her "So cute."

There was no chemistry growing between us; it was only making things more awkward for us. But maybe everything will turn out okay? I'm not sure, but we both can agree that saying "Hi" to one another wasn't really as cute as she makes it out to be.

A few days later

It has been a few days, and despite my begging with Alexandra to try something different, she will not stop sending us random shipping comments. Even while I obviously enjoy almost every minute of the ship, there are times when it can be annoying. Although she genuinely believes that this is the best course of action, I guess she was right because, gradually, Simon started to make it clear that he was madly in love with me.

Alexandra made a little list to help you envision the love she thinks we have:

-Proof #1: Simon was asked by Alexandra, "What are you in love with Eliza?" and he said, "Idk, am I?" You cannot say that wasn't flirting since it so obviously was.

-Proof #2: Simon would give me cute and quirky nicknames. Nobody gives each other cute and quirky nicknames unless they're in love with each other.

-Proof #3: No matter who was around, we would frequently make flirtatious remarks to one another. At one point, Alexandra would become annoyed by how ridiculous we sounded. Although the comments were cute, third-wheeling isn't exactly enjoyable, so you can see where she's coming from.

Anyway, we're practically in love now, so her plan must be working better than intended, right? Yeah, at least I hope.

The thing is, Simon is so affectionate, it seems like we might be moving too quickly. It's just been a week and we're already exchanging "I love you"s. Although I honestly don't mind it, it's just... fast?

Sometimes it seems excessive, but I think that's simply the way he is. I constantly receive calls, texts, and direct messages from this guy, and while I do appreciate them all, I don't want things to get off to such a fast start and then die down in a week or so.

I'm just hoping that isn't what this is. 

Alexandra might work miracles, but maybe in the wrong ways.

But either way, he's a sweet guy, he treats me well, he actually listens to me and shows that he does, he calls me beautiful, pretty, every compliment in the book.

I was definitely wrong about this guy, and I couldn't be more happy that I was.