L-O-V-E (2Doc)

December 23rd:

Tomorrow... Tomorrow was the day.
I was sluggish when I woke up, already wanting to go back to bed.
I had to wake up though, my eyes crusty from tears.
I never wanted to hurt Murdoc by keeping him in the dark, but I couldn't tell him yet...

I just wanted him to be surprised. I thought about this at breakfast.
Murdoc had left before I woke up, saying he needed to go buy crisps and candy for the party.

He was gone all day.

Russel noticed how upset I looked and asked if Murdoc and I had been fighting the night before.
"No," I replied sadly, "I juss kinda... Accidentally broke 'is heart..."
Russel was confused as he didn't know anything about the events of that month.
"Well... I've 'ad a crush on Mu'doc for a while now, an' Newdull caught me... "Relievin' meself"... To pictchas of 'im on the Intanet.
She gave mey an ultimatum that if'n I didun't tell Mudz 'ow I felt by Christmas, she was gonna tell 'im fo' mey." I explained, "When Mudz noticed I was actin' ne'vous, I gave 'im a hypothetical ansa whe'e I 'ad a crush on a bloke wifout lettin' 'im know eht was actchally 'im.
He finks I 'ave a crush on someone else...
'E wound up fallin' in luv wif mey, an' we became friends wif benefits, but juss last night, 'E broke eht off wif mey because 'E fought I couldn't be 'appy wif 'im 'till Christmas an' that I was betta off with my "crush"... If only he knew that my crush was actually 'im, but I'm plannin' on tellin' 'im tomorrow at tha party... I juss dunno if he was tellin' the truf when 'E said 'E would neva stop luvin' mey..."

Russel patted me on the back.
"Man, if you managed to make Murdoc Niccals fall in love with you, chances are that won't change over the course of two days." He said, "Don't worry about it, he's gonna be so happy when you tell him how you really feel."
I smiled, the heaviness in my chest lifted.
"Fanks, Russ." I said.

That night, I dreamed about being held by Murdoc again.
I couldn't wait until the party...