"Well Shelby, you know we're best friends and all but I want to tell you....
I'm in love with you also. I know this is bad timing with Alec and everything but I just wanted to tell you that." He says.
I don't really know what to say. He didn't surprise me but I didn't know how to respond. Instead of saying anything, I got up and ran out of my room.
"Shelby, wait, come back!" He yells after me getting off of my bed and following me. I don't know how I ended up here but I found myself at the park.
"Shelby!" He yells
No answer.
"Shelby, please talk to me." He says.
"I knew you were in love with me." It was the first thing that came to my mind.
"What?" He says.
"I knew you were in love with me." I say looking up at him.
"How did you know?" He asks.
"Josh, everyone knows." I say.
"Really?"
"Yeah. I knew it for a long time. But the thing is..." I didn't say anything back. I was a little scared to tell him.
"Yeah, go ahead." He tells me to continue.
"Well, I think I made a mistake telling Alec that I love him." I say.
He didn't say anything back but his mouth was slightly open.
"I have always had feelings for you, but lately, ever since I told Alec I loved him, my feelings have been more stronger for you." I say.
"Oh. Well does that mean you would give me a chance?" He asks.
"Well I don't know. I'm going to have to tell Alec that I don't love him that much anymore. If you love me that much, your going to have to wait a couple more weeks." I say with a smile.
"It's okay. I'll wait for as long as you need. I've waited since we were younger, I can wait a couple more weeks." He says.
"Okay, well do you want to go back home and watch a movie?" I ask.
"Of course. As long as I'm with you, I will do anything you want." He says starting to laugh a little.
"Okay, well let's start our long walk home!" I laugh while saying it. It only takes two minutes to get to my house. The park isn't that far from it.
Back home, we put in Grease. I sing to every song. He laughs at me and I just start to pout. He then gets up and sings as loud as he can to cheer me up. I start laughing so much, my stomach hurts.
"Hey, stop laughing at me!" He says getting mad. I knew he was joking about getting mad. I didn't care.
"What? You laughed at me! Does that mean I can't laugh at you?" I say sitting next to him on the couch.
"Well you can but you laughed more than you have ever laughed before!" He says.
"Well I can't help it. That was really funny!" I say starting to laugh again.
"Well good. That means I'm off the hook from laughing at you." He says.
"Nah, I'm still mad at you for laughing at me but I guess we're even." I say.
"Hug it out?" He asks while putting his arms out, getting up, and walking toward me.
"Yeah, I guess." I proudly accept his hug and we go through our usual routine when we said goodbye but this time we aren't saying goodbye. I loved every moment of it too.
"So you want to go to bed now?" I ask once we let our hug go.
"Yeah sure." He says as we walk up the stairs. He goes into the guest room and I go into my room. We say goodnight and close our doors. I'm really excited that we told each other we love them. I can't wait to see what happens next.
Or so I thought....
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AUTHORS NOTE:
Thanks for reading chapter 4 of the dream boy.
