Abby stood in front of Nigel's door as she had been for the last 5 minutes.
What if he doesn't like me back? Abby thought. I have to see him everyday. It's not like I can avoid him. Also I don't want to break my friendship with him. We've been friends since we've been 5. It would be a shame to end such a long friendship all for a stupid dare.
But, came a voice in her head, if he likes you back then it'll all be worth it. Now knock on the stupid door and tell the guy that you like him.
She was thinking first-person, a sure fire sign that she was nervous. Finally she came to a conclusion. Abby squared her shoulders and knocked on the door before she chickened out.
"Who is it?" a voice called.
"It's Numbuh 5." She called back.
"Come in." the British boy said.
She gulped noisily and pushed the door open.
Nigel was sitting at one of his many computers, typing furiously. When she came in he looked up.
"Hey Numbuh 5. What's up?" he asked.
"N...Nothing." Abby said.
He raised an eyebrow at her. "You know I know you better than that." He said. "Why aren't you at the slumber party?"
It was a simple enough question but Abby couldn't tell him why she wasn't there without telling him that she liked him.
You're supposed to tell him that you like him. The voice in her head said, Just tell him so you can get it over with.
"Numbuh 5?" Nigel asked worriedly. "What's with you?"
She sat down on his bed and looked down at her hands. "Nothing. Numbuh 5's just tired." She lied.
He obviously didn't believe her but he shrugged and turned back to the computer. He continued his work until Abby asked, "What are you working on?"
"Oh just some mission files for HQ." He said blushing a little. Really he was writing in his computer diary. Normally he wouldn't care if she knew what he was doing, after all they told each other everything, but lately his diary entries had been filled with nothing but her.
He barely admitted it to himself but lately he had noticed that she was very pretty.
"Oh." Abby said.
Tell him! The voice screamed. You'll never have a better time to do it.
But what if he only likes me as a friend? Abby argued with herself.
So what? At least you'd have told him that you love him.
Abby groaned aloud and then mentally cursed herself for doing so as Nigel turned around, got up and sat next to her.
"Numbuh 5 what's wrong?" he asked looking at her over his sunglasses with his deep blue eyes.
Abby put her head in her hands and said. "Numbuh 1? What would you say if Numbuh 5 told you that she loved you?" She didn't look at him.
His face shone with surprise. "I'd say...I wish you'd have told me sooner."
Her head snapped up and she looked at him in surprise.
"Really?" she said.
When he nodded she continued. "Nigel I love you."
He grinned a grin that looked too big to be possible and then leaned down and kissed her. She was so shocked that she almost pulled away, but luckily she caught herself just in time and started to kiss him back.
He pulled away in what seemed like hours and just smiled at her. "Thanks Num...Abby." he said.
"For what?" she asked curiously.
"For telling me that. I've wanted to tell you in forever but I never had the courage to. How in the world did you get the courage to say it?" he said.
Abby grinned and said. "Oh Numbuh 5 got the courage to tell you, thanks to a little game called Truth or Dare."
Nigel raised an eyebrow at her and she proceeded to tell him (just like Fanny told Hoagie) all about what had happened that night.
A/N: Read and Review please.