It's just a small crush...right?

Chapter 1

    'It's morning' I think to myself as I open my eyes and glare at the ceiling. I let out a loud sigh and roll out of bed, grabbing my phone in the process. I trudge to the bathroom and look at myself in the mirror. I let out a huff and begin brushing my teeth. When I'm finish I look back at the mirror. I blow a piece of hair out of my face and start to get my makeup out. I then turn on some music and get started.

    Right as I'm about to start applying foundation, a notification interrupts my music. "Rude" I say to my phone as I pick it up to see who was trying to talk to me. My eyes widen as I see it's from my crush, Carter. "Oh no, not as this crusty piece of Cheeto" I say as I turn my phone over and slam it down on the counter.

    I quickly, but thoroughly, finish doing my makeup then grab my hair brush and run in through my hair. When I'm finished in the bathroom, I grab my phone and walk back to my room. I flop down on my bed and pull up Snapchat on my phone. I open up the chat Carter sent. "What's up Todd" I smiled at my phone and quickly typed a response. "Nothing much Johnson wbu" I hit send and then rolled around in my bed for a bit. Once I had myself slightly more composed, I sent a picture to my streaks.

    I then went into my group chat with all my wonderful friends and sent an obnoxious text without real meaning. I immediately got multiple texts back and just like that a long conversation was to come. I then decided to scroll through my social media. Right as I got on instagram Carter sent me a response. I high key got excited and almost texted him back immediately. I resisted though. Everyone knows you have to wait at least two minutes before responding to your crush.

   I impatiently scrolled through my Instagram waiting for two minutes to be up. Once it had been two minutes I got onto Snapchat. I waiting 10 more seconds for good measure and opened the chat. "Nothing much, any plans for today?" I roll my eyes 'obviously not.' "Nope, are you doing anything exciting?" I send it then try to calmly go back to what I was doing. Despite my efforts, I end up freaking out. I mean what if he doesn't have anything to do and we could hang out?! That'd be pretty chill. I don't want to get my hopes up though.

    Suddenly I hear a knock in my door. I look up right as my mom opens my door. "Good morning" she says and walks over to the side of my bed, "do you want breakfast? I made pancakes." A smile stretched across my face and I nod my head quickly, "yes please." She chuckles and leaves to go back to the kitchen.  I roll back out of bed and follow her.

    I sit down at the table and my mom sets a plate of pancakes in front of me. I lick my lips and grab the butter. I apply 4 dollops of butter to my pancakes and dig in. "Mmm these are good, thank you," I mumble through mouthfuls. My mom shakes her head at me and gets back to making lunches for various household members.

    My phone dings, and I look over at it with pancakes stuffed in my mouth. I take a fat minute to stop choking on my pancakes and get to responding to Carter about five minutes later. "Heck you mate, I almost died," I whisper to his contact. "Well I was about to make plans to hang out with someone" my heart dropped. I guess he can't hang out with me. "Oh really, who are you making plans with?" I at least need to know who to be jealous of.

   I finish my pancakes with significantly less choking and put my dishes in the sink. I sit back down at the table and I get another message from Carter. I almost have a seizure but then realize that I need to stay composed in front of my mom to make sure she doesn't think anything is going on.

    I quickly go up to my room to have a seizure in peace. After my seizure I open up the chat. "You" I think my heart just decided to be a trapeze artist. "Oh chill, what do you want to do" that was a very composed answer compared to what's going on in my head right now. Really it's just screaming. I rush to my closet and start tearing through it to find an adequate outfit to be seen by Carter.

    I finally decide on something right as my phone goes off again. I panic and start to rethink all my life choices. I shake my head and tell myself that the outfit looks great. Once I change I open the message. "Idk wanna go to the park and chill?" I run downstairs to ask my mom if I can go out. "Mom can I go hang out at the park" I ask quickly. "Sure just make sure to check in every once in a while" she respond as she finishes packing the lunches. "THANK YOUUU!!!" I tell as I run back up to my room. "Yea sure, when do you want to go" I finally get around to responding. I frantically look around my room and in the mirror to make sure I have everything and that I look decent. I seriously consider taking a paper sack. My phone goes off and I dramatically look over at it laying on my bed. I slowly walk over to my bed and glare at Carter's name for a couple minutes. I then decide I should respond instead of glaring at his name for making me nervous.

    When I open the chat my jaw drops. "I can come pick you up rn if you're ready but I'll need your address " I start hyperventilating and realize that a paper bag might actually be a good idea. "Oh yea sure [insert address]" I type, my hands shaking, and hit send. I stare at my phone for a couple seconds then scream. My door slams open to reveal my mother looking very concerned and I turn to her quickly. "Are you okay??!!" she asks. I stare at her then start giggling and fall back onto my bed, holding my phone to my chest. "I'm grEAT" I say and she stares at me like I'm crazy, but nonetheless she nods slowly and backs out of my room. Suddenly my phone goes off and I hold it up. I decide to answer right away since I'm so excited. "Cool I'll be there in a bit" this is about to be the most exciting day of my life.