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Main characters Milo and Thalia have been friends since Middle school. What will happen when feelings turn into more than just friendship? All of their friends are now on the path to trying to get the two of them togeth...
There's that smile. It warms up my insides better than hot chocolate on a cold day. She laughs because she thinks that this is all joke, like we wouldn't go out and beat up a guy for her to keep that smile. Then I catch Janell's eyes and she keeps darting them back to Thalia, as if telling me to tell Thalia all of my feelings right now.
But she doesn't understand that I am a person who cares about timing a lot. Timing is everything for me, and I know that now is just not the time.
Seems like it's never the time.
"Well you should know that we are all here for you. One text, and Leo, Janell, and I are in the car heading to that asshole's house with our boxing gloves." I say to her and Janell puts her palm up to her face to let me know that's not what she wanted me to tell Thalia.
"Thanks guys, you guys are really my best friends." Yup, just a best friend. Nothing more. Never have been, never will be.
The night went on and we all tried to make Thalia feel better by telling different stories about messy relationships we have all been through. Of course Leo and January had no stories besides the ones they had about each other. By the end of the night Thalia decided she was over the day and went home, Leo and January went home later too. Leaving Janell and I again.
"You see how everyone went back home Janell? Maybe you should try it one day." I say to her, grabbing a glass to bring it into the kitchen.
"Maybe I like it here Milo!" She says, lounging on the sofa more.
"Maybe you should start paying rent then. I know you can afford it." I know for a fact that she makes a lot of money, even if I don't know how.
"I am a guest! I should be welcomed with loving arms, not this negativity. Besides, you need my help now to get Thalia to like you." She says, giving me a pointed look.
"Janell, she just broke up with her fiancé. She dated him for like three years. People don't get over that so quickly. This isn't a cheesy rom- com where the girl realizes that she has actually been in love with her best friend the whole time." But I really wish it was.
"Rom- coms are the backbone of the movie industry Milo! Without them, we wouldn't have this stupid infatuation with making them happen in real life. And you're a great guy! You would definitely run to Thalia's doorstep if she called you right now." She's sitting up now, trying to prove her point with her various arm movements.
"There's no doubt that I would do anything that girl asked me to do. But that's the thing, Janell! She isn't asking me to do any of that!" I'm starting to get fed up from it all. "I can't run to her doorstep without a reason. I can't hold her face and look into her big eyes. I can't just hug her for no reason. Because she isn't asking me to do any of that. I'm not keeping my feelings in because I'm scared of ruining our friendship. I'm keeping my feelings in because it's a lost cause.
"If she felt anything for me at all, she would have said something since we were kids. She's not an idiot, Janell. She doesn't keep her feelings bottled up like my dumb self does. She has been through so much in her short life. She is a twenty- five year old woman and she has had enough pain in her life for three separate lifetimes.
"When we were all getting money from our parents to go to college, she had to join almost every club and sport in school to barely get herself a scholarship. When we were all heating up our cars to get to school in the snow, her and Dash were trying to split the money to actually pay for bus tickets. We were all so much more privileged then her, but she made it. She went through college and got a job.
"So no, I don't want to be the person who weighs her down and stops her from thriving just to tell her about a stupid crush I have. And that idiot, Lucas, just made her life worse. He created another dip in the bumpy road that she's taking in life. And I don't want to create another bump. I will sit in the back seat and watch her get farther and farther down that road."
Janell looks at me like I just said the stupidest thing ever. She takes a deep breath to calm herself down. "You are not going to be a bump, Milo. Lucas made a dip, but she will get passed that. You have to remember that when someone is in the back seat, they can see you in the mirror. So no matter what, she's keeping her eyes on you. Now get the hell into the front seat and thrive with her. Make sure her path is no longer bumpy. Don't let people like Lucas grab the steering wheel and ruin her drive. You need to be there for her, you need to tell her how you feel."
I hate when Janell gets al sentimental on me. It makes me feel like an asshole.
She grabs the cup from my hand and walks to the kitchen, leaving me with my stupid thought. But like I already established with myself... now's not the right time.
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