Hi!
This is Ethan. This is your number right?
So something showed up. I can't come. I'm sorry :(
Hope u have fun with my bros and your BFF at least! ;)
Yeah ... YOU COULDN'T HAVE TEXTED ME EARLIER? People are going to think I'm weird for sitting here for an hour alone! I need to get out of here I have studies to do!
I run out of the café's glass doors and run home. I live close to the cafe.
Finally, when I arrive at home, I decide to lie down in my bed and cry. It's ridiculous, I know. A bit childish as well, but it feels good to cry out sometimes.
I walk to the other side of the room and pick up my electric guitar, then I walk back to my bed and I start to play some chords.
Brrr ... Brrr ... Brrr ...
I stop playing and pick up my phone to answer.
"Um. Hello?" I carefully say.
"Hi, Anna! So how was your date? Oh no, do I interrupt something. I can call later if you want!" Ella says and she sounds way too excited.
"Actually, he never showed up. He couldn't come so I went home instead." I say and I'm trying not to sob on the cell phone.
"Oh no! I'm so sorry I didn't know! I promise. Oh, want to hear the happy news? I think I forgot to tell you about it!" Ella says still she sounds really excited over something.
"Uh?" I ask.
"Well. You know that I'm in the student council this year and we are planning a prom for grade 9 this year. So I'm really excited for that. Oh yeah! Here's an idea. You could ask Ethan to go with you to the prom!" Ella says with a playful voice.
"Me?" I whisper so Ella wouldn't hear me.
"What did you say?" Ella asks. She sounds confused.
"Nothing. I guess I could ask him. I would love to, but it's just that ... I don't know, but what if he thinks I'm weird. I barely talk to him and now you want me to ask him out?" I sigh.
"Oh come on! You have to start somewhere. I mean, come on. Aren't you a bit like would he say yes if you asked? So what are you waiting for? Ask him. Just ask him in a funny way! I can help you." Ella starts humming Taylor Swift's song Love Story on the cell phone.
"Shut up! Fine. I guess I can try, but again. I'm very unsure about this. I mean, I would like to, but still, it seems a bit weird and I need to find the perfect timing as well, which will be hard since he's always with his friends." I sigh.
"Great! Ohm. By the way ... tomorrow at the P.E. lesson I wouldn't come since I've a meeting with the student council again. Prom planning you know, but I heard from the gym teacher that you will visit a gym nearby." Ella sounds way too happy.
"Good for you. I hate gyms and to train ... Anyway. I need to do the math homework for tomorrow or else I will get in trouble. Bye!" I hang up.
I stare at my black backpack that is on the oak floor.
Either I can sleep or I think about Ethan or do my homework. The choice is pretty obvious. Ethan and then maybe do some homework ...
"Anna!" mom shouts.
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Secret Admirer
Teen FictionTwo years of being in love with a person who doesn't even know about it. Two years of keeping my crush secret from my friends. Two years of blaming myself for being too shy. It's time to start doing something or else I will lose the guy I've liked s...
