‹ Prequel: Tell Me, Will It All Be Okay?
Status: Hiatus
I Feel Our Memories Fade With Time.
I'm Telling
I couldn’t believe I was already turning sixteen. I really was starting to feel old now. Closing in on the end of sophomore year. Steph and I were still just friends, but I wanted to tell her. Dad and I were playing bass in the basement when I just stopped.
“What’s wrong?” he asked, looking at me.
“Dad? I wanna tell Steph. I wanna ask her to be my girlfriend.”
“Awww.”
I scrunched up my face. “Dad, you’re not helping! How?”
“Well, your mother and I-oh wait. I can’t tell you that.”
“Dad. EWW.”
He shook his head and laughed. “Sorry Tyler.” He stopped to think. “Well, I can’t really help you out on this one. I didn’t really formerly ask Lisa. It kind of just happened.”
“Okay! I don’t want to hear it anymore! Please.”
He laughed again. “Okay. I’ll shut up. Just tell her.”
I sighed. “I’m gonna go think.” I put the bass away and went to my room.
I turned on my computer.
KylePwnd says: Sup?
Ty-Ty says: Nice new name. Sup?
KylePwnd says: Thanks. I’m bored.
Ty-Ty says: I wanna tell Steph, but I don’t know how to tell her.
KylePwnd says: Just tell her straight. She likes you, and you like her.
Ty-Ty says: Gah, you’re worse than my dad.
Steph123098 has signed on.
Ty-Ty says: Crap. Should I?
KylePwnd says: DO IT!
I opened an IM window with Steph.
Ty-Ty says: Hey.
Steph123098 says: Yo.
Ty-Ty says: Well…umm…crap…I gotta…I dunno…
Steph123098 says: Dude. You‘re typing like you‘re talking on the phone. Say it!
Ty-Ty says: Ilikeyoualotwillyoubemygirlfriend?
Steph123098 says: Tyler?
Ty-Ty says: Yes?
Steph123098 has signed off.
KylePwnd says: Well?
Ty-Ty says: She signed out when I asked her. She hates me now!
KylePwnd says: Aww. Call her.
Ty-Ty says: Maybe later.
KylePwnd says: Call her right now!
Ty-Ty says: After I shower.
KylePwnd says: Gah. Well, you wanna hang out later?
Ty-Ty says: Sure. I’ll call you at like…two?
KylePwnd says: Okay.
Ty-Ty says: Okay peace.
I signed out and went to take a shower. I got out and got dressed and I heard voices.
“I think he’s out. Hold on. Tyler!?” Dad shouted.
“What!?” I shouted back.
“Someone’s here to see you.”
I ran downstairs and saw Steph standing there. I was a bit shocked to see her there. Dad walked away and Steph came up to me, her head down.
“Hi, Steph,” I said, running a hand through my damp hair.
“So, umm. I came to tell you something,” she said.
“What?”
She hung her head again for a moment. Then she looked right at me. She leaned in and planted a kiss right on my lips. A quick one, but enough to let me know how she felt.
“There, I said it,” she said, blushing.
I was speechless for a moment. “So does that mean…”
“Well if you want to be my boyfriend, then I want to be your girlfriend.”
I grinned, then I nodded. I then invited her to stay for dinner, and dad ordered pizza. The first few moments were awkward, until my dad spoke up.
“So, how’s life?” he asked.
“Great,” both of us said.
“Tyler?”
“What, Dad?”
“Well, did you tell her?”
I nearly face-planted into my pizza. “Yes, dad I told her,” I said.
He started to laugh, and Steph did too. I stuffed a piece of pizza in my mouth, then looked back up. Both of them started to laugh at me harder.
“What?” I asked through a full mouth.
“Steph? You got your work cut out for you,” dad said.
I scrunched my face and swallowed the pizza. After pizza, dad went downstairs, so Steph and I watched a movie. The awkward feelings were slowly fading away. She sat close to me, and halfway through the movie she grabbed my hand. I looked at her, but she was too busy staring at the TV. I smiled and went back to the movie as well.
“What’s wrong?” he asked, looking at me.
“Dad? I wanna tell Steph. I wanna ask her to be my girlfriend.”
“Awww.”
I scrunched up my face. “Dad, you’re not helping! How?”
“Well, your mother and I-oh wait. I can’t tell you that.”
“Dad. EWW.”
He shook his head and laughed. “Sorry Tyler.” He stopped to think. “Well, I can’t really help you out on this one. I didn’t really formerly ask Lisa. It kind of just happened.”
“Okay! I don’t want to hear it anymore! Please.”
He laughed again. “Okay. I’ll shut up. Just tell her.”
I sighed. “I’m gonna go think.” I put the bass away and went to my room.
I turned on my computer.
KylePwnd says: Sup?
Ty-Ty says: Nice new name. Sup?
KylePwnd says: Thanks. I’m bored.
Ty-Ty says: I wanna tell Steph, but I don’t know how to tell her.
KylePwnd says: Just tell her straight. She likes you, and you like her.
Ty-Ty says: Gah, you’re worse than my dad.
Steph123098 has signed on.
Ty-Ty says: Crap. Should I?
KylePwnd says: DO IT!
I opened an IM window with Steph.
Ty-Ty says: Hey.
Steph123098 says: Yo.
Ty-Ty says: Well…umm…crap…I gotta…I dunno…
Steph123098 says: Dude. You‘re typing like you‘re talking on the phone. Say it!
Ty-Ty says: Ilikeyoualotwillyoubemygirlfriend?
Steph123098 says: Tyler?
Ty-Ty says: Yes?
Steph123098 has signed off.
KylePwnd says: Well?
Ty-Ty says: She signed out when I asked her. She hates me now!
KylePwnd says: Aww. Call her.
Ty-Ty says: Maybe later.
KylePwnd says: Call her right now!
Ty-Ty says: After I shower.
KylePwnd says: Gah. Well, you wanna hang out later?
Ty-Ty says: Sure. I’ll call you at like…two?
KylePwnd says: Okay.
Ty-Ty says: Okay peace.
I signed out and went to take a shower. I got out and got dressed and I heard voices.
“I think he’s out. Hold on. Tyler!?” Dad shouted.
“What!?” I shouted back.
“Someone’s here to see you.”
I ran downstairs and saw Steph standing there. I was a bit shocked to see her there. Dad walked away and Steph came up to me, her head down.
“Hi, Steph,” I said, running a hand through my damp hair.
“So, umm. I came to tell you something,” she said.
“What?”
She hung her head again for a moment. Then she looked right at me. She leaned in and planted a kiss right on my lips. A quick one, but enough to let me know how she felt.
“There, I said it,” she said, blushing.
I was speechless for a moment. “So does that mean…”
“Well if you want to be my boyfriend, then I want to be your girlfriend.”
I grinned, then I nodded. I then invited her to stay for dinner, and dad ordered pizza. The first few moments were awkward, until my dad spoke up.
“So, how’s life?” he asked.
“Great,” both of us said.
“Tyler?”
“What, Dad?”
“Well, did you tell her?”
I nearly face-planted into my pizza. “Yes, dad I told her,” I said.
He started to laugh, and Steph did too. I stuffed a piece of pizza in my mouth, then looked back up. Both of them started to laugh at me harder.
“What?” I asked through a full mouth.
“Steph? You got your work cut out for you,” dad said.
I scrunched my face and swallowed the pizza. After pizza, dad went downstairs, so Steph and I watched a movie. The awkward feelings were slowly fading away. She sat close to me, and halfway through the movie she grabbed my hand. I looked at her, but she was too busy staring at the TV. I smiled and went back to the movie as well.