My Love Story

Introduction

Let me tell you more about this guy.

He's really tall, quite fit but also a bit chubby on the cheeks, he is dark skinned due to him playing a lot of basketball. He has some asian and hispanic features, which somehow is a good mix. He has this cute crooked smile that would make you want to pinch his cheeks too and you know that it's genuine, but he seldom smiles that way anymore. You would only see him smile through his infectious obnoxious laugh and sometimes if you caught it, his eyes would twinkle.

We've been friends for quite a while, almost around three years since eighth grade. We weren't in the same class on that year, but that's when our friendship started.

Truth is, the first time I saw him I already wanted to be friends with him but I wasn't attracted to him in any way.

In Freshman year, we were classmates in most classes. We started to be close. My group of friends also likes him, who is Bonnie, Sam, Penelope, Veronica, Vivienne and Joe. After a while his other friend, Drew, did also join us in our group.

He used to hang out with us most of the time before. He is kind and fun to be with, he has a very good sense of humour that if you have a childish and weird mind you guys would be very close friends.

We enjoyed having each other as company. We went and hung out together at lunch, we would have a lot of plans and hang out together treating each other as best friends. He would tell me who he likes, and vice versa. We were super close that we would even hug around in class, have piggy back rides, etcetera.

There was one time in class, my Chinese mandarin teacher, Mr Au, scolded him because he was trying to get on my back for a piggy back ride-which obviously I can't carry his huge weight, and failed-but our teacher caught us anyway and told him that he shouldn't do that, "touch" a girl that way.

But effortlessly we successfully convinced him by telling him that we are siblings and that we are just teasing each other. You can tell that he believed it, because who wouldn't? We were both active in class, some people say we look and act alike. -Fun fact, his younger sister has the same name as me, Riley. Yea, not so great at all.- After that, our teacher, Mr Au, didn't bothered us anymore and we were seen as brothers and sisters.

I loved what we had, we had a great friendship. Not more not less, just suitable.

Sometimes I would also find him annoying, his loud obnoxious laugh would bother me too. He would crack some jokes that are not even funny and the whole class would laugh their heads off and I would just puff some air out. Although that happens, we never fought or argued not that I remembered anything serious, we would usually just have a debate.

Time passes fast and sophomore year rolled in. We are not classmates in any classes anymore and he started to hang out with the guys, and so did Drew. His friends are not bad actually, they are quite nice. But all of them combined together, they all are jerks. But my friends think he is preferred out of all the jerks in his group of friends.

Usually he is still like his own self, when they are separated. We would still talk as friends. Nothing much changed, it's just that I won't see him as much as I did before and nothing still affected me.

I think it's six months ago where it all started. 11th November, 2013. We had a display board competition. That day after school, some of my classmates and I decided to stay and put on some last touches.

We were about to finish but my curious self went to the next class to look at what the Designer volunteers, Brianna and her helpers had done. Just so happen that he was also there with some of his friends just hanging out, obviously not contributing any help to his fellow classmates.

I walked over to Brianna who is also finishing up their work while I standing next to her admiring their work. He and his friends is chatting really loud, making it hard to zone them out. Their laughter bothering me from behind. Making their conversation sound better than the art work in front of me.

Just as I was about to go back to my class, I came by and playfully flicked him  on the ear from behind.

'Ow! What was that for?' he said, then tried to come back at me.

'Uh, nothing. What are you doing here?' I said and dodged his hand. But instead he grabbed both of my hands.

'Hey! That's unfair!' I tried to fight off his hands. He let go and I took his handkerchief from his shoulder.

'Give me my hanky back!' he played adorable. He tried to snatch it from me. But I ran outside the hall. He followed outside, and so did his friends. He came from behind and grabbed his handkerchief back.

'Don't touch my precious hanky' he said patting his "precious hanky", I laughed and walked back to my own classroom for incase my friends are calling me back. 

There are a couple of times I would go back in his classroom again, and this time I would just sit down and join in one of their conversation, with a couple of teasing in between.

All in all, the day came out to be satisfying and I couldn't help but smile for the rest of the day.

Pretty much nothing happend for the next few weeks, we would come across each other between class would either poke each other or make weird faces.

One night, while I was laying in bed. I noticed that he was frequently in my head, that I couldn't stop thinking about him. I almost thought that I actually liked him, but I didn't want to. I kept on thinking about his flaws, something about him that isn't likeable. Everytime one pops up, there is always one contradicting it.

Same thing happend the next few days, me couldn't stop thinking about him so I decided to ask my friends for advice.

Out of all of my friends I trust Bonnie the most. Not saying that I don't trust the rest, but I spend time with her the most and both are in the most class and we were always partners. We are not best friends or something. Hell, I don't even have a best friend. We are just close friends. Just as close as best friends but we label ourselves as just close friends.

For Laine, lets just say I don't trust her with these kinds of secrets, you guys somehow quite know the last time I not exactly told her who I like. Oh and to add spice, they are both childhood best friends. Nope, I'm not kidding. But I wonder what happend now, I didn't know that until she told me because they didn't look like they are, and she has a new best friend.

I'm in the hockey team, and so is Bonnie and Laine. After practice, we decided to just chill in the train station. We sat down on the nearby train station and talked about random topics. My heart started to pound really fast. That always happens when I want to share something really bad. I got to either say it now or later before I lose my mind.

Unfortunately, we did go to that topic. And I finally told them that I like him. They were of course really shocked, they also didn't expect me to like him.

Finally I got what I was asking for, maybe it's not exactly an advice, but a guideline. Laine reassured me that I would have a good chance with him because him and Laine were best friends before and she knows how he is with these kinds of situations. Bonnie however, was quiet during the whole conversation, maybe sometimes just to agree with Laine.

We all left after we talked about it. Laine taking the other train going to other side and Bonnie and I to the opposite. Bonnie was still shocked about the news, but she told me one thing.

'I know you didn't really like him that much, but after you told us, you just confirmed your feelings.'

Crap.

I really did.