Chapter 7: Admissions'
Pony
"Hey Soda you got a minute?" I asked walking into the living room where he was watching television.
"Sure Pony what's on your mind?" he asked moving to turn off the tube as he studied me and I tried to figure out how to approach the topic.
"Remember when you told me I'd know when I was ready to start dating?" I asked deciding to go all in.
"Yeah," he said nodding as a grin begins to creep up over his face. He'd been waiting for this moment for a while now.
"Well I think, no I know I've found her I'm just not sure what to do about it."
" Have you talked to her before?" he asked trying to get the big picture.
" A lot I mean we're friends she's not just some girl from school I have a crush on, I just don't know if she's interested in me that way and I'm afraid if I bring it up and she's not it'll ruin our friendship," I said sighing as my shoulders slumped.
"You don't have to come right out and ask necessarily, you could just drop a few hints," he suggested as I raised an eyebrow intrigued.
"How do I do that?"
"Depends on the girl, what's she like?"
" Umm well she's really laid back and sweet, funny, likes to read and draw like I do," I said beginning to list all the qualities that drew me to Wendy.
"And what does she look like?"
"Green eyes, dark hair, pretty slender," I said purposely vague.
"Are you talking about who I think you're talking about?" He asked wide eyes as I felt my ears and face burn.
"Okay this changes everything," he said suddenly serious.
" Wh- why?" I asked nervously.
"Because this is not just some girl you happen to be interested in this is your best friend and I know if you're willing to risk changing that you have some serious feelings for her." He said as I sighed nodding.
" I don't know how it happened one minute she was the best friend I ever had, and the next she was one of the most gorgeous girls Id' ever seen," I said still feeling slightly sucker punched.
"I can't stand the thought of her with anyone else Soda," I said shaking my head as he let out a light whistle.
"I can see why you'd be wary, but have you ever thought about just telling her how you feel? She might feel the exact same way."
"She's never done anything that made me think she might," I mumbled.
"Well ofcourse she wouldn't Pony, I'm sure she's just as nervous as you."
"You think she does?"
"Sometimes you two look at each other and it's like …. You're seeing the moon in that other person."
"Really?" I asked as he nodded.
" I used to think maybe I was imagining something that wasn't there, but it's obvious now that wasn't the case."
"So if you were me what would you do?"
" Honestly Pony I think admitting it out loud was the first step and just how you knew when you were ready to date you'll know when the right time to tell her is."
"So just go on like we have been?"
"Not just like you have been because things will be different now, just don't fight what comes naturally," he said making me furrow my brow. What did that mean exactly?
"You'll know," he said answering the unspoken question with a huge grin. I'd take his word for it , he was kind of the expert on these things.
"Thanks Soda," I said feeling better as the conversation ended and we turned the television back on. It'd be nice to lose myself in the story of someone else's life for a while.
Wendy
"Are you going to actually date my brother or what?" Ang asked making me look up shocked. How we gone from studying for English to this was beyond me.
"What?!"
"Well he certainly hasn't been driving us everywhere and hanging out because he's had some magical change of heart towards me," She said as I starred at her stunned.
"You got this from Romeo and Juliet how?" I asked starring at the worksheet we'd been going over.
"You know love and tragedy… I don't know," she said shaking her head. "You're avoiding the question."
"No Ang, I mean Curly's great I just don't like him that way," I said honestly as she narrowed her eyes clearly not believing me .
" I like someone else all right," I admitted as she grinned.
"Okay that I believe, who is it?" she asked going from defensive to practically giddy in zero to sixty.
"No! Let me guess, Its Soda Pop right? He's soooo dreamy," she said sighing as I rolled my eyes.
"No it's not Soda, and I'm not telling you."
"You can't just say something like that and not tell me who," she said as I laughed.
" I most certainly can."
"Okay not Soda… Steve?" She asked continuing as if I hadn't spoken.
"Ugh, definitely not."
"I know you don't seem to like him very much, but I thought maybe you might have been playing hard to get," She said as I laughed.
Even if I told her who the mystery man was she wouldn't believe me. At times I could barley believe it myself. Of all the boys I knew I had to fall for the one who meant the most to me.
