Zella ?? // TW: Lazy writing

Confessions.

"I might actually be starting to get over my Ex and forming a crush on somebody here please help. 😭🙏"
That comment. That one, anonymous confession on a discord server Ella was the co-owner of. That one sentence. Few words. Could change everything for her. For better or for worse. She submit the confession, finger practically shaking as she tapped the button on her phone. Ella put her phone face down on her bed and let out a small sigh. After a couple of minutes- what felt like mere seconds- a soft buzz vibrated the device, and Ella flipped it over to look at the screen.
"YOO? BEANS SPILL"
"OMG TEA"
"WHOO"
She kept her eyes on the second comment, sent by Zoe. The girl the comment was directed to. The girl that made Ella question herself every time the words "zoe!! is typing.." came onto her screen. The girl that made Ella's heartbeat quicken ever so slightly whenever she saw they were online. Taking a small breath, Ella typed a quick sentence, not caring enough to correct her grammar, and once again submitting it into the confessions bot.
"I can't spill to embarrassing to even say  who and who I am 😭"
Almost immediately people began listing random names of others on the server, trying to figure out who the confessor could be, and who they supposedly have a crush on. "Guess the whole alphabet.. they're in this server ig" Ella submitted, a small smile forming involuntarily on her face as she watched a few people guess. This was amusing, and it kind of took her mind off her nerves.
"Just say the first letter of their name"
Someone suggested. Ella let out a small, audible scoff upon reading the sentence, and quickly wrote out
"It's to obvious if I say the first letter sorry."
This has already become a guessing game, hasn't it? Ella thought as she looked up from her phone, glancing at the floor and silently debating whether she should let the others guess, or whether she should just stop talking about it completely. Was this a bad idea? It'd at least be fun to see how long she could keep this going. Ella was jolted out of her thoughts as her phone buzzed to life again.
"IT WONT BEEE"
"Last letter?"
"Yeah give us the last letter"
Three people typed, almost at the same time. Trying not to overthink, Ella wrote back
"I don't trust saying who they are or who I am so.."
Which was quickly met by a
"That's okay! You don't have to if you aren't comfy with it!"
Ella smiled as she read the comment. Did she really want to go through with this? I mean.. She already came this far..
"Z?"
Zoe put, and Ella swore her face grew slightly warmer from embarrassment, even though Zoe obviously couldn't see her face. That was just a guess, right? A coincidence? There's no way they could know. Right..? Pushing the thought away, Ella submitted
"Mhmmm sure it can be Z I guess."
Ella watched the channel for a few moments, debating whether she should let people guess more, when she noticed a message by Zoe that made her heart stop momentarily.
"wait I think I know who you are. I won't say anything though."
Already? It had hardly been five minutes, and they already knew? Huh. I guess there was a way to test that.
"Zoe if you think you know who it is DM me and see if you do."
Ella wrote, before shifting her position to lay on her side, phone close to her chest.
"What if I just end up DMing a random person. That would be so embarrassing."
Zoe put, and Ella let out a small laugh after re-reading the comment a few times. She noticed herself re-reading a lot of Zoe's messages. Why did this have to be so nerve racking? It made it worse she was building suspension for herself, and making it so more people would care when they actually found out. Would Zoe even like her back? She hadn't given that a lot of thought before doing this. Welp.
"Mmm true, you can always see though."
Ella commented.
She watched Zoe and a couple others speculate for a while. Occasionally typing something like a hint into the confessions bot to help them try to figure it out. And calling Zoe a pussy for not DMing who they thought it was. A lot.
This was funnier than she thought it'd be.
"Zoe. You know who I am. We've talked before."
Ella wrote, waiting a few minutes before Zoe had written out a list of people they'd talked to before. Ella watched as the few people in the channel tried to pick people off the list, trying to eliminate people so they could make a good guess as to who the confessor could be. Ella giggled quietly before typing
"You're overthinking it, Zoe."

"fuck"
Ella giggled again at the curse. She should not be blushing this much over them. Oh, no. This could go either way. Really good, or downright awful.
"Ella, cloudy, Karl, Cheeznapp. Those are my four suspects rn."
Zoe put, and Ella giggled to herself  "C'mon, Zoe..." She whispered to herself.
"It's not Ella, I promise." The owner of the server, Cher, stated. To which Zoe replied, "Yeah, I didn't think so. Feels like something she would do as a prank lmao."
Oh how incredibly incorrect that statement was.
Ella and the few people still trying to figure out the "mystery confessor" went back and forth for a while more. The people would guess, Ella would give hints. Ella scrolled through some of the server's channels and paused at the VC ones. Cher was alone in the VC.. Should I tell her..? I mean- I guess I trust her. We're close, after all. After hesitating for a few more moments, Ella joined the VC. "Hello?" Cher said, as the noise that signified someone had joined the voice chat sounded. "Hey.." Ella responded, her voice coming out more shaky than she would have liked it to. "What's up?" Cher asked, sounding slightly concerned; most likely noticing Ella's change in tone. "..I'm the confessor." Ella blurted. Before Cher could respond, Ella added quickly "please don't tell anyone, or give hints-" The VC went quiet for a few moments. "I won't, don't worry." Cher replied, a hint of a teasing tone in her voice. Ella let out a quiet sigh of relief, clicking back to the confessions channel, while staying on the voice chat with Cher. Ella scoffed quietly as she read over Cher's message that said "I know who it is but I'm not telling." Scrolling up to read some missed messages, Ella felt an odd sense of relief. It wasn't so bad telling Cher, maybe it wouldn't be so bad when the others find out! When Zoe finds out.. Before long, Ella got a DM from one of the people who had been guessing, asking if she was the confessor. Ella smiled from behind the screen, holding back a small giggle which came out as a huff as she replied with a " 👀 " emoji.
"What? Someone find out?" Cher asked out loud. Ella had almost forgotten she was on voice chat, and cleared her throat before replying "Yeah, Fizzy." Which was met by a small hum from the other in the call. Ella clicked back to the server channel, watching as Fizzy revealed she knew who it was, and glancing at the other's texts, some about giving up, some begging the confessor to just say. Getting bored, she checked her DMs, letting out an audible "oh-" as she noticed Zoe had DMed her. And she said if it was her she'd DM back. "What? What's up?" Cher inquired, and Ella struggled to reply for a moment. "Zoe DMed me. Didn't notice before." To which Cher laughed quietly. Ella quickly swiped back to the confessions channel and submitted "Zoe you may have DMed me."
More back and forth.
Lots more back and forth.
This was taking far longer than Ella expected it to, though it was still amusing to her. So she continued, watching as the few people still curious tried to guess who the anonymous confessor could be. Everyone guessing seemed to be annoyed. Although that was absolutely hilarious to Ella, she decided maybe she should say something. "Zoe check DMs." She submitted into the bot, and quickly messaged Zoe.
"Peek aboo." Ella said, then practically held her breath as she waited for a response.
"oh my god. ARE YOU JOKING?" Zoe quickly replied. Ella felt another spark of nervousness, one she hadn't felt in about a half an hour, as she remembered what she was doing in the first place. Ella typed out a few more things before inviting the other to join VC with her and Cher, so that she could explain better. To which Zoe agreed.