I've Loved You Since The Eighth Grade (Rewrite) Chapter Three
Word Count: 344
Description: This picks up at Jackie's house after the last chapter.
A/N:
Donna and I were laying on Jackie's floor sharing the same pillow. Not four hours ago I felt as though I was seconds away from kissing Hyde and now it seems as though that was all a dream. It didn’t feel real. I almost don’t feel weird. I was so deep in my own thoughts that I didn’t see Donna watching me.
“What’s going on with you and Hyde?” She asks so quietly that I wasn’t sure if she really did. I waited for a few beats before answering listening for Jackie to see if she truly was asleep. Letting out a sigh I turn to face Donna.
“I don’t know,” she was clearly unsatisfied with that answer so I continued “We’ve always been close so I truly don’t know. I… I like him a lot but I don’t know what he’s thinking.” Donna rolled her eyes and turned her body to face me too.
“That’s stupid, He obviously likes you. He doesn’t even let anyone else touch him.” She was right. I knew she was right.
“Donna, I have liked Hyde since eighth grade. I've never said anything and I never planned to tell anyone because he’s one of my best friends. I can’t lose that. I don’t want to even risk losing that. I don’t know what I would do without him in my life.” This is the most honest I had been with her about a crush ever. Not because I didn’t trust her but because saying it out loud felt too real. Even now It felt like I had finalized it.
“Why would you lose him if he likes you too?”
“What if it doesn’t work? What if we don’t like dating and just prefer being friends? It would never be the same.” I let myself trail off for a moment before adding “What if I like him more than he likes me”
“Then he’s stupid,” she’s so sure that I feel me believing her without any real hesitation.
With a smile, I ask, “So what about you and Eric?”
