short stories

Story 4-Second Choice and a Happy End

DISCLAIMER: The actions and names are completely fictional and don't mean to refer to anyone!

I was young when it all happened. My mom took a night shift again and my dad, well, he was somewhere on this planet.
As a teenager, you wanna have fun. What I had was boredom.
There are some things you need to know about me: i'm a short girl with brown hair and brown eyes. Unpopular. My crush is this sweet boy from science class, Taylor. He... never liked me. I sometimes caught him looking at me when i was writing down some notes but everytime I'd look at him, he'd look away.
There she was, my Ex-best friend. Sandra and I were like sisters, we grew up together but since we went to Highschool something changed. She became more and more popular and I? I started trying to survive another school year. My grades were... fine?

Monday, 15th August 2018
This date changed my life because that day a new school year started and I met Johnny. Johnny became my new best friend, he was like my brother. He was always there for me, helped me studying, protected me and never lied to me... until November 9th.
Him and I wanted to meet at a Café downtown. He cancelled plans right after I arrived.
I thought to myself "I'm here already so why not stay here?" I ordered an Iced Coffee with a tiny bit of milk. Where would a shy girl like me sit at a public place? Exactly, in the nastiest corner where no one would see me. Time went by and I was ready to pay when I saw Taylor entering. He wore this dark red scarf with a black jacket. A normal person would've been gone by now, on their way home.. I ordered another Coffee and stared at him like the creep I am.
It was raining outside and some water drops rolled down his curly, dark brown hair on his flawless face when they couldn't fight gravity anymore and fell on the ground. His dreamy eyes were staring at his phone nervously. In his left hand, he had flowers. Beautiful flowers, white gardenias to be more specific. I totally lost track of time but I could tell that I sat over an hour looking at his gorgeous face. Taylor looked around every 6 minutes, he waited for something. For someone. I had enough. I payed for my two Iced Coffees and left the Café. When I went past Taylor I could feel that he was looking at me. Oh my lord, as much as I loved to turn around and sit next to him, watching the rain... he never liked me. Lost in my thoughts, I accidently ran into Sandra. Out of everyone, why her? She hit me with that death stare and continued walking. I watched her for a few seconds until I crossed the street and went home.
As soon as I entered the living room I noticed that I left my phone in the Café so I went back, praying it would still be there.
What I saw when I opened the door was unexpected: Sandra was there. With Johnny.
I was shocked. I thought that Johnny was sick or something cuz he never cancelled plans and now I caught him with the girl who hates me the most. I felt so betrayed. I ran past their table to grab my phone and headed out as fast as I could. Guess what happened, I bumbed into a person. Again. "I am so sorry-" when i lifted me head to see who I spilled my third coffee on I just bought I had an instant shut down.

Taylor.

"No, it's fine" I was so nervous and I tried to talk like a normal human being but I was stumbeling like I never learned to talk "I-I will c-come u-up for it, I am s-so sorry!" He laughed. I was loosing my mind and he started laughing. Was he laughing because I sounded dumb? I was getting more and more confused. Oh boy, my brain was not ready for all this. "Aren't you in my science class?" I looked at him like he just told me that he was actually an alien. "Excuse me, what?" That's all I could get out. What in the world is wrong with me. "I'm Taylor, you know. The boy you keep staring at? By the way, I noticed you in the Café. What's up with you and the staring?"
ABORT! ABORT! ABORT!
All I wanted to do was faint. My heart was racing and my brain couldn't decide on how I should react. I ended up apologizing even more and he laughed again. "You don't need to apologize, I actually feel honored"
EXCUSE ME!? Did my crush just say he feels honored that I look at him everytime I see him? Like, the person I thought wouldn't like me? Is this even the real Taylor? What if he is an Alien?
We ended up walking together, actually he was walking me home because it already got dark and he didn't want me to be in danger or something. I gathered every inch of confidence in me and asked him this one question: "Who were the flowers for?" His mood dropped faster than Michael Jeffery's grades last year. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-" He stopped, looked at the flowers that were still in his left hand and then looked me dead ass in the eyes. My shy self wanted to look away but one part in my head told me that if I look away now he would hate me.
"I had a date with a girl but... she didn't show up. If you say that you are sorry once again I will tell everyone that you're a crazy stalker." I looked at him, not knowing if I should laugh or not. I ended up nodding and asked him if he would throw the flowers away now. Well, what could I say: he asked me if I wanted to have them. White gardenias, my favourite flowers. I kinda looked at him like a helpless puppy what led to him laughing again and giving me the flowers.
"Here we are, this is my house... Do you wanna come in? Like, do you need to pee or wanna drink something?" He actually asked if that would be okay for my parents and I told him that I was alone til next morning. He smiled at me and we entered the house. I wasn't really comfortable because if I learned one thing in life then it is that guys are never nice to me unless they need someting or wanna make fun of me. I know, I know, not everyone is like that but my best friend basically cheated on me so what am I supposed to think, duh?
I got us some hot coco and we sat down. That is the awkward part. Silence started kicking because we both didn't know what to talk about. Suddenly, he turned his head to me and asked "Why are you so obsessed with me?" He did not just ask me that, did he?
What in the love of god am I supposed to answer?! I started panicking, for real. I was shaking and I couldn't think straight. He watched every move I made after he asked me and I was out of my mind. It's like someone wants to push you off a cliff and they are your only chance to get up again. Don't mess this up.
"It's not like you have a crush on me, right? Was I rude to you and you're planning on how to take revenge on me?" What? Is he serious right now? I'm on the edge with my nerves. I'm so close to having a mental break down and he goes like that. Something in my head was like "F*ck it". I put down my hot coco, turned my whole body in his direction and I started ruining my life with the following sentence: "Taylor, I had a crush on you since highschool started." I confessed my love to my crush. What the hell have I done...
He definetly didn't see that coming. Me neither, bro. I could see his soul leaving his body for a moment and he was like "Are you... serious?" That was the moment I realized what I've done. "Uhm... I guess" He turned around, I turned around. We both took our hot coco and stared at the blank wall for a solid eternity. I glanced at him: his eye lashes were so long, oh my god. He was the perfect boy and I was... a potato. He noticed me staring at him again.