Seven Minutes In Heaven | Oneshots

A Thousand Years

Sophie's POV

June 14, 2019

Triggers: Overthinking and low self esteem

Dani: yo soph you free?

Sophie: Yeah, why do you ask?

Dani: meet me at the park in fifteen minutes

Sophie: Why not now?

Dani: you'll see ;)

I stare at my phone, spacing out. Why does Dani want to meet me? We haven't met in real life since the last day of school, when she threw her party. I mean, we're neighbors, and we tend to hang out a lot. So why all of a sudden after she kind of ghosted me? And why in fifteen minutes and not immediately?

Is this about the party and what happened? When Lissy told Dani her apparent crush on me was obvious? Is it obvious? Is it even real? I mean, who would like such a damaged soul... well, they don't really know I'm damaged. They probably think something's wrong because of my constant stuttering and anxious tone. I wonder if Dani's ever gone through something life changing...

What does she want? Does she just want to hang out like normal? Did she even realize that I know she likes me because of the cameras? It might be better off if she didn't realize that. I wouldn't want to ruin our friendship. I would even call Dani my best friend, not that she would call me hers. I doubt she would. She has people like Kaitlyn, Gracie, and Evelyn that she's known for a lot longer. It would be ridiculous if she called me her best friend.

But, if I'm being honest, I kind of crave her. Her laid back attitude, her easygoing tone, her beanies, her scent... God I've fallen hard for her. It would be absurd to think that she would ever feel like that towards me. She wouldn't. She couldn't. I mean, if I remember correctly, she didn't say she had a crush on me. She said she liked me. Those are different, right? Liking someone can be platonic. It's probably just that. Even though I yearn for it to be more, cause she's really all I got going for me. She could never know that, of course. Only Lissy and Camila know.

I wonder what Dani thinks happened to me. She knows I was adopted, it's kind of obvious. I'm not Cuban like Lissy and I look nothing like her in general. Being a part of a Cuban family while being completely white is weirder than you'd think. At least I know some Spanish now. Family gatherings are so strange when you clearly don't fit in.

Dani probably has her suspicions. Maybe she thinks I remember my biological parents. I don't. Maybe she thinks child services took me away from them. They didn't. Maybe she thinks I was in an orphanage or the foster care system. I mean, aren't most adopted children from there? It really doesn't matter what she wonders, though, because there is only one true answer on what happened to me, and I'm not ready to tell anyone other than my sister and my mom yet.

***

Exactly twelve minutes after Dani texted me, I go to Lissy's room to tell her I was leaving the house. Feels a bit weird knowing your sister kissed your crush. I had previously talked to her about Dani liking me. She really thinks I have a chance with her. Ha! Lissy can be really funny sometimes.

Anyways, I knock just loud enough so she can hear me, and I crack open the door. "H-Hey, if Ca-Camila asks, I'm g-going to the par-park."

Lissy looks at me from her desk. She was probably writing something for her novel. "Oh, Sophie! Thanks for telling me! You should listen to A Thousand Years on your way to the park. It's a great song, you know? Thanks!" She winks at me as I close the door. Weird.