Alex's POV
"call me mr flinstone, I can make yo bed rock!"
shit. that was my phone ringing.
I had been waiting all afternoon for a call from Dakota and I hoped that was her. quickly I put down the ice cream I had been scooping out and ran back upstairs to try and get it.
crap. it stopped ringing before I got to it. I flipped it open and saw that it was, indeed, from Dakota. I quickly called her back.
"Hello?" ah, the sound of her voice was music to my ears.
"Hey Kota."
"Hi Alex. you should really make a habit of answering your phone. people aren't gonna want to call you if you never pick up."
"sorry. I was in the other room and couldn't get to it in time." I paused and then continued, "so are you gonna tell me what happened now?" I was dying to know the story.
I was astonished as I was listening. but what was it about this Melanie girl she kept talking about? I couldn't help noticing something about the way she said her name. it made me uneasy.
I was so worried about Dakota. I couldn't stand to see her in pain. she told me she was fine but I wasn't sure if I believed her.
"what in the world distracted you so much that you wouldn't notice a stop sign, Kota?"
she paused. "well to be honest, I was actually thinking about you."
my heart skipped a beat and I gulped. what did that mean?
"really?"
"yeah," she replied softly.
my heart started beating faster. "what about me?"
she let out a deep breath. "I was just...thinking about what happened this afternoon."
my heart was racing now. all I could choke out was "oh."
awkward silence.
"Dakota--"
"Alex--"
we spoke at the same time.
"you first." I said.
"no, you."
I sighed heavily and decided to ask the question that had been eating away at my insides all afternoon. "alright. um, I just want you to be totally honest right now. what exactly did you mean by what you did today?"
"well... I just... did that cuz I wanted to. I'm always wanting to do stuff like that. I had to get it out of my system."
"so that wasn't some kind of joke or anything?"
"no, not at all. that was completely serious."
I didn't know how to respond. and I wad definitely not prepared for what she said next.
"I'm--I'm in love with you, Alex."
oh my god. in love with me?? was she serious? was I dreaming or something? I couldn't speak for at least a minute and a half.
"you are?" I choked out.
"yeah. look I'm sorry if I totally just ruined our friendship forever. you're my best friend, Alex. and I don't want anything to change that. but I just couldn't keep it from you anymore. I had to tell you."
I couldn't believe my ears. this was to good to be true!
"Dakota...I'm in love with you too."
"wha--what?"
