Rules, Secrecy, Love, and A Whole Big Mess

Getting To Know You

"Hey... Do I know you?" I replied. I wanted to know why he friend requested me. I still couldn't quite place him yet. As I waited for a response I stalked his page going through his photos and looking at his friend's list. He was friends with a lot of people i knew from school. I assumed he went to Eastern with me.

"Pop!" A new message. I open it up and find an answer.

"Not really i mean we were in the same art class in eighth grade but I don't know if you'd remember me." I sat and thought back to that class. I looked at his profile picture then i remembered.

"Oh! You were the weird kid that dyed his hair bleach blonde! I remember you." was my response. The blonde hair looked weird on him. He's a fairly dark skinned mexican guy and blonde hair didn't fit good with his skin tone.

I looked around my new room with it's high ceiling and small creepy closet. I lay on my bed by the window to get comfortable. It's January and still really cold and snowy out. We recently moved out of our other house to get away from dad. He's a drunk and he was getting out of control so mom moved us to Mason from Lansing. My new room was big and cold. The house we're living in is a rental too. We dont even own it. I enjoy it here though. Plus mom still takes us to school in lansing so I dont have to make new friends in the middle of the school year. Plus we weren't planning on staying permanently in Mason.

"Pop!" I look at my phone and see his reply.

"Haha yup that's me." I hesitate at my keyboard. Should I ask? I decide yes i should ask.

"So why do you want to be my friend?" i type in the speech box and press send. I sit and think about eighth grade art class and i remember him being really shy but he would stare at me. Suddenly I'm worried. No not another one. I type in a second message, "It's not because you have a crush on me is it?" and i press send. Not long before I get a response.

"No no I just want to be your friend. I use to have a crush on you but I'm over that." I felt relieved. Yes! I don't have to hurt another one. Theres a rule my mom enforces and it's this, no dating until you're ready to get married. And I follow that rule all the time. I have to reject so many boys and i feel bad about it.

"Good good I'm glad. I would have had to reject you if you did. I can't date."

"Well lucky for you I don't have a crush on you :)" he replied. I smiled down at my phone and decided to start to get to know him better. We talked for awhile and I learned he loved anime, invader zim, and a handful of other things i did. He was a gamer unlike me. I was a book worm. I played videogames but not enough to say im a gamer. We had a lot in common and i could tell we were gonna be good friends. We talked late until two in the morning.