Superman

I still remember what was running through my mind after you kissed me. It was a mixture of 'Hell yeah!' and 'What the hell happened?'.

After you kissed me, you grinned and called your mom who was holding this huge teddy bear. I was still in shock though. I couldn't process what was happening back then. It happened all too fast for me. Actually, I couldn't believe that it happened to me.

You gave me the bear and then said, "Hey, Zoe. Happy Birthday. I need to go though. Sorry." And then you left.

Poof. You left, just like that.

Honestly, I don't remember what happened next. All I know that I was like a zombie all night. I was confused but happy at the same time. My feelings were mostly like this 'ashfkljashdfklawhekfljshldkfhj HELL YEAH.'

I kept asking myself though, 'Does he feel the same?'

But something inside me always told me, "No, he doesn't. He never will."

I was like that all night until my friends decided to crash in my room. Anna was lying on my bed, Bea was watching something on my portable DVD player, Hannah went home though and Gabby was lying with Anna.

Then Anna asked, "What's your relationship with Lance?"

I hesitated before answering, afraid that I might say the wrong thing. "He's just a childhood friend."

"Just a childhood friend? Just?" She got me there.

"Well, I like him." I lied. Actually, I loved you.

She gasped and threw her hands up in the air, "Why the hell did you not tell me?"

"It doesn't matter! It's not important at all!" I said exasperatingly.

"The hell it doesn't!" Anna hissed. Then her eyes softened at me and she continued[,] "If you told us sooner, we would've helped you with him."

By then, everyone in the room was looking at me. I flushed under their gaze. They were all asking the
same thing, "Why didn't you tell us?"

I laughed half-heartedly and rolled my eyes, "You couldn't be possibly serious. It's just a crush! It's not serious!"

Again, I lied (I considered myself as a pathological liar back then). Actually, it was very serious.

Anna was about to retort something but Bea cut her off by saying, "Still, even though it's 'just' a crush, according to you, we have to help you. Since we're all friends, right?"

I just smiled slightly, "Yeah."

Anna shook her head at me and said, "Anyways, now that I've forgotten my rage towards you, I have decided that we are going to help you confess to Lance."