It started with a confrontation. Something had been bothering her for quite a while and I didn't know what it was. I had my assumptions, but they can never be 100% reliable.
Honestly, us going out that day was an abrupt and spontaneous deed of mine. She told me something that worried me to the bone. But of course that is between us so I'm not going to splurge it here on the internet.
We talked about it through instant message and so she told me that I had the right to slap her. So I told her, "Fine. Let's go right now. I'll meet you outside." Of course that was never my intention. What I initially planned to do was give her a hug to know that I'm there for her. That I'm not mad at her so long as she doesn't do it again. I don't mean to baby her either, that's what her parents are for, but I was just scared that she was doing this to distract her from her problems.
When we met up she told me to hit her and I told her that she knew I wasn't going to do that. The next thing she said that she was going out to Rite Aid and I said I'd go with her not only because it was late but also because it regarded the situation we conversed about online. Furthermore, I was tired of feeling this glumness or irritated vibe I was getting from her. Whatever was bothering her needed to be talked about that night.
In the end we talked about things over frozen yogurt and I hoped I had gotten through to her. She feared separation and that our personality differences would get in the way of our friendship. I reassured her to the best of my capabilities and usually I'm not the type to speak my mind.
Eventually things got less tense as time ticked by and we ended up leaving the frozen yogurt spot at around 11:35. On our way out, I asked, "You know what you haven't done in a really long time?" with a smile on my face. She looked at me with a raised brow and asked, "What?" about three times before I finally answered. "Give me a piggyback ride."
Instead of going our usual route up the hill, we went through this darker and more isolated block which is where she carried me on her back. And just to let you know, she's shorter than me so it was really cute. A man in his car started driving really slow to watch us which was really awkward, but I didn't mind because I was having too much fun laughing. Then an ambulance cruised by and stared at us too. They probably thought I broke my leg or something, but we were laughing so maybe they just thought we were stupid kids. I kept sliding off and she had to hoist me back up into position. She wasn't even able to reach the end of the block before having to set me down.
As we finally reached the hill by our houses, she started to talk to herself. "Should I ask you what I need to ask you..?…Nah. I gotta wait until I'm able to carry you to the end of the block."
"Why do you need to ask me while carrying me?" I laughed.
She gave off a shrug and said, "I don't know. It's more romantic?"
I honestly had no clue what she was talking about and just gave off a small chuckle and kept walking.
"Should I ask you?" she repeated.
"I don't know.." I responded, completely not knowing what she was going to ask.
As we crossed the street onto our block, she gave me a look. "What?" I asked with a confused expression on my face. "You're really slow you know that?"
"What?" I asked again as I laughed and continued to walk.
"I was gonna ask you out."
As soon as I heard that, I stopped in my tracks and looked back at her with a huge grin on my face and yelled, "Wait, what?!" She started laughing at me and I kept walking to hide my embarrassment and even laughed at myself. My dad ended up yelling at me for being too loud since he was out in the backyard.
When I reached the gate, she said goodbye to me and I silently followed behind her as she walked to her house. "What?" She asked as we stood in front of her door. I wanted to at least give her a goodbye kiss on the cheek, but my timidness got the better of me. "What?" she repeated. Thinking quickly, I smiled at her and said, "I never gave you an answer."
"You don't have to right now."
"It's not like you don't already know what it is."
"No, I don't," she said with a sly smirk playing on her lips.
"What? Gonna make me say it out loud?" I laughed. She simply nodded and I shyly looked to the ground before looking back at her.
"Yes." With that, we finally parted ways and I had a smile on my face that would just not go away as cliche and corny as that sounds. It was the first time in forever I had ever smiled for that long. My cheeks even started to hurt. I couldn't even stop thinking about it when I tried to go to bed that night. Hugging my pillow, I wished that I could've slept over her place, but with everything that was going on in my own household and my jammed schedule, I wouldn't be able to.
It's like I can't wait to see her again even though she lived right next door.
