Secret Admirer

Chapter 18: Planning the party!

It's finally the weekend, I love it. I don't have to study more for this term yay!

"Which room should be the dance floor?" Camilia asks while she looks around Ella's living room.

"I was thinking here in the living room. As you can see, all the walls are white so we can easily decorate them to make them look colorful, this room is perfect and we can put the soda drinks over there!" Ella points at a wood colored long bureau desk.

"I like it. It's a good idea. Can we buy party decorations? If we're going to buy party decorations, what about taking the bus to the city now, then? Oh, by the way, what's our theme?" Camilia asks and then she starts to text someone something on her phone.

"Uh ... " I say and make a pause.

"Camilia?" Ella exclaim.

"Uh, what? " Camilia look absent towards us.

"I already have decoration stuff in the basement. I have decorations for a Hollywood theme. What do you think about that? Or, we can have a love theme, but it isn't Valentines so I don't think that would be a good idea." Ella says and stares intensely and focused at Camilia.

"I think love theme is so cute, but I get your point. Hm ... What about a summer theme with love theme. For example, eh, I don't know, but we need to play truth or dare it's so much fun and it's the best way to find out if someone likes you or if you like someone!" Camilia looks at us with a pleading look. 

Then, Camilia looks towards me and giggle. 

Ha-ha. Very funny. Or wait, what is so funny? Why does she giggle after looking at me? Do I have something in my hair? When did I wash it? Oh, it was ... Forget it, I can't remember. Or is my clothes dirty? I don't think so ...
Ella looks as confused as I feel.

Looks like Ella didn't get that either.

"Hello? I mean that Anna didn't tell us her crush until recently, so I just thought that was funny, but no one of you two seems to get it so forget about my joke!" Camilia says and looks a little upset.

What did she mean by that? I didn't tell anyone because I was too scared to do that and ... Ugh. Sometimes Camilia can be very annoying, that's probably why I and Ella rarely hang out with her until recently. Why did we even start to talk to Camilia again? Eh, she has changed a bit, maybe?

"Anna, can you blend soda drinks? You can choose which one you would like to do! The party starts in about an hour and we have a lot to do. Oh, and Mike will arrive soon so he can help you! Camilia, you will help me get the decorations from the basement, then you can help me put it up and we need to decorate a wardrobe for truth or dare game as well. It will be so much fun, even though that was a game we always played as smaller kids!" Ella says and it for sure, looks like she gets flashbacks because she starts giggling quietly and her look suddenly becomes dreamy.

A few minutes later.

"Yup, wait for a second, Mike? I told you we're just friends!" I scream, but Ella and Camilia have already left me alone in the living room.

I head towards the kitchen in Ella's house, I've been here many times, I know her kitchen and her whole house by heart. I open the fridge. Pineapple juice, some oranges, and carbonated water.

Hm ... I could do the Pineapple and coconut drink. 

I'm on my way to look for the recipe on my smartphone when the doorbell goes off.

"I'm coming!" I scream even though no one probably hears me anyway.

I open the door.

"Hey, Anna! Ella asked me to come over and help you with your class party. I came because I like you! Uh, I mean because I would like to help you!" Mike speaks and he looks so dressed up with a black costume on. He is dressed up, just the same way as when he was the DJ on the prom.

"I don't need any help, thanks anyway" I blush, the tomato red blush. I try to clear my mind from what Mike has just said. 
Great. The tomato red blush is finally back. Oh, what I've missed it ... Not.

"I don't mind helping you," Mike speaks with his dark voice and he is dragging his fingers through his short brown hair.

Is he flirting with me? Ella has told me that when a guy likes you he will always try to look good in front of you ... Oh gosh! No! Please stop! I should just stay away from guys from now on, then the risk of someone will like me will decrease, as well as my chance of starting to like someone new will also decrease.

"I prefer doing the drinks all by myself, sorry!" I say and look around the hallway.

"Look, Anna! I really like you and I think you are an amazing girl. The nicest one ever. So, would you like to go on a date with me anytime? I mean, of course, I will leave you alone now so you can make your drinks by yourself, but this guy would be the happiest one if you said yes!" Mike asks me. He looks very nervous because his fingers are constantly moving around his body.

How do I respond to that? No guy has ever liked me! I have always been the girl who liked different guys, but honestly,  I don't like Mike in that way I used to like Ethan. Oh, I finally think I'm done with Ethan now! He left! End of my being a secret admirer, I should celebrate and stop finding excuses to remind myself about him, Ethan all the time.

Oh, right ... I should first respond something to Mike ...

"So ... I don't like you in that way. I'm sorry and no I don't have any feelings for someone else either, but for now, I would like to stay single and put my focus on me for a while as well as on my friends. I'm so sorry Mike! Hope we still can be friends!" I try to cheer him up.

"Bye, Anna!" Mike put his hand in front of his mouth and blow a kiss towards me.

Mike looked at me one more time before he walks out of the white front door.

My heart hurts because I don't like to hurt people and I also understand the feeling of the person you crush on likes someone else or is just not interested in you. It's awful and now I have probably crushed Mike's, heart.

I'm a terrible person.