She screamed .

This time he couldn't even bother rolling his eyes.

He did that five times already.

"I feel like-like I'll burst into flames Dennis! There is something in my tummy. It won't stop rolling!" She cried , placing her hand on her tummy.

"May be it's the spaghetti you ate fifteen minutes ago." He offered a reason for her case.

The both of them were laying on his bed , both of them staring up at ceiling. A bored and tired Dennis and an over excited , Michael Kors clad, bouncing around Gloria.

Dennis felt like she resembled an unstable electron who couldn't find it's nucleus.

But he had been in her place somewhere in the past so he got what she was going through.

She turned her neck at him and her eyes turned into slits because his eyes were about to shut!

She rammed her elbow in his ribs jolting him awake, turning his sleep deprived red eyes at her.

"Bitch , I was there when you needed a shoulder and now I deserve the same response ! "

Tiredly he rubbed his eyes with the heel of his palm.

"I'm," he yawned ," listening ."

Now she turned all the way at him.

"Really? Remind me where he touched me?!"

"Your hair and neck. God you make me sound like a chick. " He groaned out loud.

Satisfied with his answer , she nodded.

"As I was saying. .he clearly likes me the same way I do and you were wrong about him. He. loves.me." she stated proudly.

Dennis sighed crossing his arms over his chest. Sleep was not going to be on the schedule now.

"Wow. You tracked the distance between like and love in a second. " He said with disbelief.

Gloria frowned.

"What's that suppose to mean? Why would he kiss me if he don't love me or like me? "

"Did he say the words? "

Gloria shook her head.

"Thought so. If he didn't say them then you, my friend, are in the grey area." He smirked.

Now that really did something to the ball of fire in her tummy. It slowed down. Killing half of the excitement as if responding to what he said.

He kissed her .

And she responded.

She kissed him back.

But none of them exchanged any i-'cant -live -without- you or I -love- you. .now that was a point to ponder.

She turned around again, laying flat on the bed. .her emerald eyes stuck to the ceiling.

She was sure about her feelings. She knew she fell for him . Hard. The likeness bloomed into love before she could say her name.

But. .he never said anything. After the kiss. All he said was "I'll drop you home."

And her mind being a gooey mess , she had nodded . .all she could think about was his lips. And how it had felt on hers.

Just like in the books.

The excitement, the exhilaration, the want . .the kiss had everything. .it was passionate. . something she had always wanted to experience in love. .

"Yo? " Dennis called .

"How do I ask him if he loves me or. . ." God she couldn't even say it.

"You don't. If does he will confess. "

"What if he doesn't?"

"Then . . .I hate to be the bearer of ill news but that would mean he doesn't have it for you, Glow. That's just how it works." He said softly.

"Allie knew you loved her from the start . .your case can't be compared with mine. " She muttered to herself.

He laughed a little, shaking the bed.

"What? Did your books fail you? Shouldn't they be telling you what to do now?" He asked amused.

"I read this book Affairs Of The Heart and the hero literally confessed on the last page of the book. The only reason I kept reading the stupid book was to worm a confession out of him and Oh my God!" She placed a hand in her heart." What if he confesses on the last page of my book? "

"Relax. What will happen will happen. If he loves you back then great . If he doesn't then great-"

She whipped her neck at him.

"What the hell is great about him not loving me?!"

"It's great because that means you gotta move on." He broke it down to her.

"I can't believe this! Here I was over the moon because of my first ever real kiss and then my best friend had to go ruin everything for me by planting seeds of doubt in my head when he already knows I'm an over thinker and over thinking kills the vibes." She huffed , the excitement in her long gone.

"Yeah . Nice lecture but the bottom line is I don't want to see you . .hurt. I don't want you to pine away after a guy who can't even man up to you. "

Gloria closed the distance between them as her hands wrapped around his bicep and her head laid on his shoulder.

"What am I suppose to do? I love him okay? You can't expect me to just walk away if he don't confess . God Dennis I don't want to end up clutching my heart . .heart break is so intense. I don't . .I can't go through t it. " She said in his shoulder

"Analyze the situation first ,stupid. Nothing has happened yet. You're hyperventilating-Ow!"

She slapped at his chest.

He rubbed away the sting.

"It's all because of you! If I'm in this state it's because of you! You flipped my heart upside down! Now I have to think about every possible way ! Now I have to over analyze everything from scratch!"

"Good . I'm not the best friend who's gonna lead you on. I'm always going to tell you the ground hardcore reality. " He said, covering his chest with his hand. .just in case.

"Who wants to know the reality? Who wants to live in it?" She mumbled.

"And who wants to live in fantasy that can crash and burn anytime?"

"Can you stop killing me? "

He rolled his eyes.

"Fine ."

"Gee thanks for giving me a break to be happy again. You can start plummeting my heart after exactly ten minutes, thank you. " The sarcasm just made him shake his head.

A few moments of silence passed before-

"I love him." She said in a pathetic voice.

"I know."

"Then do something about it!"

"What? Be the messenger of your feelings?" His voice was dry.

"You won't be the messenger of my feelings. You would be more like the messenger of my destruction." She bit out.

"Not just destruction. Mass destruction."

This time she dig her nails in his bicep.

"Stop assaulting me. God! " He tried to shake her off of his bicep but she didn't let go .

"Hear me out. If he doesn't love me back. .I will just walk away with my dignity intact. I'll not grovel at his feet. That's not who I'm. That can never be me. And if he loves me. .," her eyes sparkled ," we will ride off in the sunset. "

"I sincerely hope you don't ever say these things to him. Growing up is a part of our lives which you. .clearly missed."

"Someday when spring is here, we will find out love anew, and the birds will sing, and the wedding bells will ring."

Just between the song, she noticed her best friend finally succumbing to sleep.

Leaving her alone to deal with the mess her heart had become.

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