Pink Flower

Nervous

"Mommy?"
"Mooooooooooooommy"
Huh maybe she's taking a shower.

Oh gosh I'm so nervous. Today is the big day! I've been planning this for the past week and I don't know if they'll like it. Oh gosh w-what if they think I'm a weirdo?!

Maybe I should pretend to be sick! Yeah that's a good idea!

I run to her bathroom and prepare to give the best performance of my life.

"Mommy?... I d-don feel so g-good" I say to my Mommy as she's stepping out of the shower. I give her my best puppy eyes in hope she'll believe me and let me stay at home and watch cartoons all day.

"Baby boy that's not going to work on me." She says chuckling

"But Mommy" I whine

"What's a matter baby boy?" She says with a concerned look

"Yesterday when we went to the park to pick out the pretty pink flower you were all excited!... why the sudden change in mood?"  (Mom)

"W-what if they make fun on me?" I say as tears start to form in my eyes

"Come here baby boy" She says to me with open arms. I immediately cling to her as she rocks me back and forth kissing my forehead every once in a while.

"It's okay to have a crush on someone okay?... and if they do make fun of you it's okay... just brush it off your shoulder..." She says while brushing her shoulder and making a silly face. "... after school we can go out for ice cream how does that sound?!"

I giggle and nodding my head. "Thank you Mommy I love you so so so so so much" I say and give her a big kiss on the cheek.

"I love you too baby boy! Now let me get ready really quickly and we'll have breakfast okay? How does pancakes sound?"

"Yummy yummy" I say while giggling

~ While on their way to dropping him off ~

As we're walking I start to get more and more confident even though I'm still weally weally scared.

Momma says it's okay to have a crush but some of the kids in class are meanies! They make fun of me for calling my mom mommy or momma! What else am I going to call her?!

"Hey buddy, whatcha thinking about?" She says interrupting my thoughts

"Nuffin... just thinking about how I'm going to give... him the flower." I say barely above a whisper

Momma immediately stops and kneels down so she's my height. "Baby boy you don't have to be nervous okay? It's alright to have a crush please don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Now come on we're here"
I look up and spot my 2nd grade class playing on the slides.

"Okay Damian... your a big boy...you can do this" I say out loud 

"I'm so proud of you baby! I'll be right here for support"

With the pink flower in hand I walk up to my class but most importantly to my crush and very best best friend Jake.

"Damian!!!!" Jake says with a big smile on his face "You're here co... aww what's that??" He says as he notices the pink flower in my hand.

"Uhm I... it's... uhm... it's f-for y-ou" I say looking at the ground not daring to meet his eyes. "I f-found it yesterday a-and thought you'd like it"

"Damian?" (Jake)

"I'm s-sorry I sho.." (Damian)

"Do you want to go to the spring dance with me?" (Jake)

In complete shocker and not believing what I just heard I lifts my head only to meet the eager eyes of Jake. "Me?..uhm... YES" I say as I hand Jake the pink flower and gives him a bone crushing hug.

"BEST DAY EVER" They both chant in their heads