H.O.P.E.F.U.L

Taylor Swift and Pancakes

Pierre

Pierre: Hi lils, hope you had a great christmas ❤️ 💚

I sat straight up, staring down at the phone in my hands. The message had green and red heart emojis. Was that some sort of message? Friends don't send each other love hearts... right? He had called me pretty before and always seemed to be around to help; he was always super nice and friendly...

Me: I had a nice christmas, my relatives came to visit, hbu

I could feel my heart beating harder as I sent the message, my hands starting to sweat as I anxiously waited for him to respond. I set my notification to the highest volume they went to and put my phone on the side table next to my bed. I was trying not to overthink the message, but it was hard not to. If he would just respond, I could get the clarification and relax. Hopefully, he hadn't gone to bed yet.

I couldn't sit and wait for him to respond, so I jumped up and started pacing around my room. When I heard the tell tale ping of the notification, I leapt across my room and slid along my bed to grab my phone.

Pierre: yea my cousins came too it was a bit crazy 🤣

I rushed to reply, tapping the microphone button rapidly so it would work faster.

Me: It was the same with my cousins

Me: How many do you have?

Pierre: seven on my dads side and three on my moms

Me: Lucky, I had like twenty something, ALL DUDES

Pierre: damn ok u win

Pierre: mustve been crazy too

Me: Understatement of the century

Me: Did you get anything good?

Pierre: yeah got a few good books some clothes the usual

Pierre: did u get good stuff?

Me: Yes I got a bunch of cute jewellery.

Pierre: ooh show

I rushed to my desk where the presents were sitting and snapped a quick picture, sending it to him.

Pierre: ooh theyre cute, u should def wear them to school

Pierre: i wanna see what they look like on u

Me: I'll definitely wear them to school then

After sending that text, I dropped my phone like it was made of hot coals. I was so scared of what his reaction would be; hopefully, the text wasn't too... I don't know... flirty?

Pierre: yes please

When I tell you I squealed at this. I had no idea how to reply, though. What could I even say to that? I tried to play it off, be cool, and be cool.

Me: It'll make going back to school better

Pierre: yeah lol im not excited to go back

Pierre: I wish the holidays were longer

Me: What about the summer holidays?