Todd arrived at Tea's house exactly half an hour after getting off the phone with her. As he walked up to the front door, he thought to himself, "What is so important that she couldn't tell it to me over the phone?"
After making his way to the door, Todd rang the doorbell. Tea answered and said, "Hi, Todd. Please come in."
Todd simply replied, "Of course."
Once he entered and took his jacket off, Todd said, "You said you had something important to tell me, Tea."
"I do," replied Tea, "This is something that I didn't want to tell you over the phone."
"Go on," said Todd.
"I wanted to tell you this in person because I wanted to see your reaction, not just hear it," said Tea, who was feeling totally nervous at this point.
"What is it?" asked Todd, "Is anything wrong at all?"
"No, everything's fine," Tea replied, "In fact, I'm feeling a bit happier than I have in a long time."
"Just spit it out already, Tea!" yelled Todd, who was felling a combination of angry and confused at this point.
"Okay," said Tea, with butterflies in her stomach, "I'm still in love with you, Todd Manning, and no one or nothing can change that."
After getting her feelings off her chest, Tea felt happy and relieved. She did exactly what she wanted to do, and it didn't matter what Todd thought.
Todd's mouth dropped open. He was shocked because Tea had not made mention of this in the longest time.
Tea went on to say, "Now, I don't know how you feel about me, but it was something that I had to tell you."
Todd just stared at Tea, looking stunned at this revelation. After a few moments, he said, "Wow. I have no idea that you still loved me."
"Really?" said Tea, who felt like her heart just sank to her toes.
"Yes," said Todd, who could see that Tea was surprised at his reaction. "Actually, I have something to tell you as well."
Tea thought to herself, "Oh my. I probably just ruined it and made a fool of myself. He'll probably never speak to me again."
"I've been thinking about this for some time myself," said Todd, "and I want you to know that I still love you too, Tea Delgado."
With those words, Tea burst into tears. She was not sure whether to feel happy, because Todd still loved her, or confused, because she had tried to figure out his feelings for her for the longest time.