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After a brief pause, Gordon speaks again.
“Of course,” she says to your friend. “You have always had a crush on Bella.”
“A c-crush…on Bella?” She asks, her face scrunching up. “No…I-I do not…”
As your headache begins to return, Gordon gives you a diabolical glare for just a second.
“You have a crush on Bella.”
“I have…I have…”
“A HUGE crush on Bella.”
“I…uh…I-I…” she stammers in confusion, clutching her forehead. You start to remember times where Mei told you how attractive you were or bow how cute you looked a certain day, joking about how she wished you were gay. You suddenly can’t remember if those were really jokes…were they?
“You have a huge crush on a Bella.”
“I have…a huge crush on Bella…” she blurts out, her eyes darting towards you. While part of you knew this didn’t seem right, it was true. Since high school started, she said she had it bad for you. You always caught her staring at you, mesmerized by your appearance. She talked to you as if you were more than her best friend at times, and you had to always kindly remind her you’d never feel that way. And that one time in China when she kissed you when you were drunk…it’s still a sore spot to this day. But you know Mei is doing her best. Being so incredibly smart, she wasn’t the best with her emotions.
“You’ve always had a huge crush on Bella.”
“I’ve…always had a huge c-crush on Bella…” she says, her body loosening up as she sets her books down and begins playing with her shirt. Your memories reshuffle yet again. Now, that night on your porch was also her telling you she was infatuated by you, even saying you made her realize she liked girls. You now recall feeling so bad shooting her down, but you promised you wouldn’t let that get in the way of your friendship. It’s always been…awkward, but you two have stuck it out. It feels so weird to remember your friendship being like this, so…uncomfortable!
“Why the hell are you doing this?” You ask. “You made Mei…you made her-”
“I gave her a crush!” Says Gordon. “I could do a lot worse. Maybe, just, maybe I could show you”
Oh shit…