The Difference Between Us

{42} How to get out of the friendzone

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I opened my eyes before the alarm even rang and muttered a morning prayer before getting up to shower. Logan was done and downstairs already since he is an early waker.

As I was combing through my hair, a certain girl's image flashed in my head and I smiled. Now you must be thinking, 'I thought he was aromantic.' I thought so too but this girl just kept infiltrating my thoughts.

Unlike my idiotic best friend, I have come to acknowledge my feelings for her and can in fact keep my emotions in check. I don't just openly stare at Crystal like a creep...oh, I said her name already.

How she got past my walls and crawled into my heart, I don't know but she had always grabbed my attention since the very beginning.

I first noticed her hair, everybody notices the platinum and almost white hair at once and how it just flows like creamy milk down her back and past her waist. Her eyes are enchantingly pale. So pale, you would think she is blind at first sight. For a reason, they remind me of ice and yet they hold a warmth that melts the heart. Her randomness amuses me. She is like a book you read and turn over to find something new.

Beautiful was what came to mind when I saw her, and she is. It'll be a lot nicer if she wasn't so...how should I put this? Ignorant.

I can count the number of times I have been friend zoned albeit unknowingly and it hurts! She doesn't even know she is doing it and she keeps doing it!

I asked her out on an ice cream date and whereas normal girls would ask 'is this a date?' and I would say 'yeah', she went ahead and invited everybody! I ended up treating the whole gang to ice cream because she said it was my treat.

Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid...

"How to get out of the friend zone?!"

"Jesus!" I yelped and hid my phone away from Logan but he grabbed it from my hands and read through the Google page I loaded.

"Fu fu fu... You were friend zoned by somebody?! That's hilarious coming from the guy that every girl wants to date." He giggled and sat beside me. We were in the school's garden and it was peaceful there because people seldom went there. It was lunch break and I went there to sulk because Crystal once again failed to see the hints I've been giving.

"Laugh all you want. I'm not the one pushing back his feelings because of some reason." I mumbled to myself.

Logan's face suddenly went pale as he looked at me with horror and dread. "This means...this means...you like a girl!" I scowled.

"What does that mean?!" I snapped.

"Who is it?! Who is it!" He shook my shoulders as his eyes scanned my face frantically.

I rolled my eyes when I realized the reason for his strange behavior. "It's not Scarlet." I deadpanned.

"Oh." He released my aching shoulders from his vice like grip and sighed in relief, then he realized himself and started stammering. "Wha- wha- what do you mean S-Scarlet?! I didn't mention anybody!"

"Yeah yeah." I collected my phone from him. "It's Crystal." I confessed.

"Crystal?" I nodded.

"Honestly, I thought you would like her considering how much she looks like Shelia. I've been trying to confess my feelings for her but she just takes my words as words of friendship and I'm on the friend zone!" I ranted. "I don't even know if she likes me back because she doesn't even listen to me anytime I talk!" I rambled.