Chapter 6
About a week later I was home for the weekend on a Friday night, and I received a text from Killian:
Hey, I need to know something. I really enjoy your company and being with you, you are an awesome person to be with. I think you know that I think you are very pretty and the more time I spend with you I seem to develop more feelings for you. But I need to know your intentions, I know you have a boyfriend and I need to respect that, but I can't help but wonder why you would bother to spend time with me. Sorry for asking you this.
I forwarded the message to Mary Margaret and Regina in our group chat. Neither of them answered, so I had to come up with a response on my own. I said:
"I really enjoy spending time with you too, and I love that we've become such great friends. But that's really all I'm looking for is friendship since I have a boyfriend."
I decided to show Neal the next day, because I thought he deserved to know how strong Killian's feelings were. I told him I didn't know where these feelings were coming from. "I don't know why he likes me so much," I said.
"Me neither," Neal answered. I gave him a look. "I mean, . . . I didn't mean it like that," he stuttered. "I just meant that I don't know what he sees . . . wait, no! I don't know. Maybe you should just date him; maybe he'll be better for you."
"Now you're just trying to get rid of me. Don't be ridiculous," I said.