just friends [SLOW EDITING]

chapter 5

•Aaliyah's POV•
"Just tell him!"

I was sitting on my bed in my bedroom with Chelsea right next to me. She wouldn't stop telling me to ask Mason out.
"I told you, I can't do it! He doesn't like me!" I told Chelsea, frustrated.
"If you don't tell him, nothing will ever happen," Chelsea said.

I thought about it. She was right. If I never said anything, how was I supposed to find out if he felt the same way or not?
"Okay, I'll tell him on Monday," I sighed. Chelsea clapped her hands, very pleased with herself.

All night, I couldn't stop thinking about what Mason would say. Would he treat me the same? Would he stop talking to me? Would he tell me he liked me back?

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It was finally Monday, the day that I would tell Mason about my feelings. I couldn't wait. I jumped out of bed and got ready as quickly as I possibly could. I caught the bus to school, wanting to get to school quicker than I would if I walked. I even forgot to text Gemma to tell her that I was catching the bus.

When I got to school, I ran to the big tree as quickly as I could knowing that he would be there if he was at school. That's when I saw it. As I turned the corner that lead to the tree, I saw Mason sitting there. He wasn't by himself though. Alexis was in his arms, kissing him passionately. I nearly gasped, but I covered my mouth before I could. I went back around the corner, making sure that they hadn't seen me. I watched from around the corner, with them not seeing me. Psssshh, I wasn't spying on them.

Okay, maybe I was, but was that such a bad thing? I didn't want to see any more of Alexis and Mason, so I stopped spying- I mean accidentally catching them make out and I turned to go into the school building.

I walked into the bathroom and I started crying when I went into the bathroom stall. Why did things like this have to happen to me?