we fell in love in december~byler

the confession

Will's P.O.V.

We were both just sitting there. Eyes straight ahead. Neither of us knew what to say. I did like Mike. In a more than friend way but, I know he doesn't like me back. However, what Nancy just said gave me a little spark of hope. It wasn't much but, it was there. "Do you think they're right?" He asked, still looking straight ahead. Neither of us dared to make eye contact. "Mike. Are you seriously asking me if we look at each other in a 'more than friends' way?" I asked. Sometimes he really confuses me. "Do we?" He asked. He's lucky I love him. "Mike I have no idea. How would I know?" There was a long pause before he spoke up again. "Do you like me?" He asked. My hands started to sweat and I could feel my face heating up. I was frozen and couldn't form a whole sentence. "Mike I-I..." I trailed off. We were both still looking straight ahead. Still shocked by what Nancy had said earlier. He knows now. He had to have figured it out. Again, I tried to spit out some words but I couldn't. No noise came out of my mouth. "Will it's oka-" he tried to say before I cut him off. "No! No I don't like you!" I yelled. He couldn't find out. I wouldn't let him find out. It would ruin everything.

"I should probably go home. I haven't seen my mom since I left for school yesterday." I got up and began to walk to the front door, grabbing my bag on the way. Reaching out to grab the door handle, I felt a hand grab my wrist. "Will, you're not leaving. C'mon we have to talk about this!" Mike said. "There's nothing to talk about." I murmured. "Yes there is! Plenty! Let's just go up to my room and talk! Will,  please." He begged. "Why do you want to talk so bad? You don't feel the same way so what else is there to talk about?" I said, tears beginning to fill my eyes. Now he really knows. The second those words came out of my mouth his expression looked shocked. He looked at me as if I just showed up to his house after not seeing each other for years. This was going to ruin our whole friendship.

"It's true? Y-you lik-" he was cut off by me. I yanked my hand out of his grasp. "I'm sorry. I know that this will probably make everything weird between us," I looked down at the floor, "and I really don't want that to happen so could we please just forget everything?" I asked. He then brought his hand up to my chin, raising my head so that we were making eye contact. "I'm not forgetting about this, Will." He said quietly. "But, but you have to. It'll make everything weird and I-I really really don't want that. So please can I just go home?" I began to turn around before I heard Mike scream. "You're not leaving! Please! You can't leave!" It startled me and I flinched. I turned back around to face him. "What is wrong with you? Why did you scream like that?" I asked. "Because Will, I really really need to talk to you about all this!" He said in a much quieter tone, still yelling but, not that loud. "Mike I seriously don't understand why you care so much." I said, turning around once again. I was so close to making it out the door until, "Because I do!" He yelled. What? "I-I do... like you."

listen listen ik it's short but i'm writing another chapter tonight!!