Some Mistakes Are Worth it

Chapter 3

Okay, i'm going to fill you in now. In grade 6 I started to like Dennis as a little more then a friend, but its really hard to talk to him. You see, he's super shy and only talks to one person of the opposite gender; Lilly. (Outside of his family obviously.) So we started talking (me and Lilly, not me and Dennis, i've never actually had a proper conversation with him.) and she managed to slip him an anonymous note saying-Hey, I like you. Want to find out who I am? Of course, being a boy, he told every single one about the love note and they asked every girl in the grade about it. Ava 'accidentally' told one boy and bam, everyone knew that Deana James had a crush on Dennis Smith. Half way through the 7th grade I realized I didn't really have a crush on him anymore. But, I couldn't do anything about it, nor could I do anything about the person that now stood out to me: Lilly Collins. She was so easy to talk to and we had so much in common! I was so close with her. Grade 8 rolled around and I felt confident. I was going to come out of the closet as bisexual. I was going to tell Lilly how I felt about her. But, there is always a but. First day of school I'm walking into the school yard happily when Ava comes up behind me and grabs my hand. "Woah there, how was your summer?" I had asked her.

She had smiled wide and said, "Never mind that now! Let's gooooooo!"

"Okay, but I wanted to find Lilly first..." I looked around and realized that everyone in sight was staring at me, and then Dennis too, as he suddenly appeared in front of me. He gave me a half wilted daisy and I tried to smile. "Uhm, thanks Dennis, what's the occasion..?"

He took a deep breath. "Deana, I, um. Will you come to the Winter Dance with me?" he blushed furiously.

Well, what was I supposed to say!? There were people everywhere, and he would have been so humiliated if I said no! Yes, he can barely talk to me and I to him, but he was so sweet! Don't you scold me, tell me you wouldn't have done the same! Yes, I said yes, but would have been teased even worse if I said no! Yes, I'll probably never come out of the closet now... or tell Lilly how I feel... or find a good time to tell my mom, but... okay, maybe I should have said no...