Maren was right, Marina just needed to tell him how she felt. How bad could it be?
Marina opened her phone and typed, 'Hey'. She hit send and waited. She quickly got a text back that said, 'Hey'.
She took a deep breath, so far, so good. All she had to do was just go out with it and tell him that she liked him.
Marina typed, 'I know this might ruin our friendship, but I need you to know, I like you'. She read the message five times over. Finally, she hit send.
Marina dropped her phone on her bed and fell backward onto it. There, it was done. There is no taking it back now.
She waited, it seemed like an eternity, but was only two minutes. She quickly unlocked her phone, and the message read, 'Really? I like you too'.
Marina squealed. She couldn't believe it, the most popular guy in school, Stanley Worthington liked her.
Marina read the messages over and over again. It was completely perfect. On her third time rereading the messages, she realized something, she did not text Stanley, she texted Naveen.
Marina froze. Now Naveen thinks she likes him. What if he asks her out? How will she possibly turn him down now?
Maren. Maren got her into this mess with all the, 'just tell him how you feel' crap. Marina quickly dialed Maren.
Before she had a chance to say hello, Marina blurted out, "I accidentally texted Naveen instead of Stanley and told him I liked him. He said he likes me too, now what do I do?"
Maren says, "Listen, first, you need to calm down."
Marina took a deep breath, then says, "Okay I'm calm."
Maren says, "Good. Now is it really that bad if you go on one date with the guy? I mean, if you don't like him after that tell him that your feelings have changed or something."
Marina takes a deep breath and says, "I mean he's a decent guy, but I never thought about him in that way Maren."
"That's what I would do.", Maren says.
Marina says, "Well, I'd better get back to him, bye."
"Bye."
Marina hangs up and looks at her phone. She got a text from Naveen that reads, 'Do you want to go to a movie sometime?'
Marina thinks about it. It wouldn't hurt, would it? She types, 'I would like that', and hits send.