Crush-ed
By: Blank Voice
Tags: Covid Diaries, Fiction, Short Story, Relationships, Love

Photo by Alex Martinez on Unsplash

“Coffee?”

“Yeah. Black”

She prepared two cups and handed one of them to Andrea.

“What’s up? You look so down. Anything bothering you?”

“Stop reading me, will you?. It makes me so uncomfortable”

Sarah looked into Andrea's eyes and said “Nothing to be uncomfortable about this, love. We are all the same here”

Andrea took a deep breath and nodded.

Sarah gave a short, serious smile. “Okay, what’s bothering you?”

“You know, I haven't been into this teen been dating stuff. I thought they were just stupid kid kinda stuffs”

“Mhm mhm…”

“But, recently I've found someone so close to my heart. someone to talk to without being judged. someone so comfortable to hang out with. and we’ve become so close to each other. But…”

“But…?”

“I kinda have strong feelings and this could turn into a very serious relationship” She looks exhilarated.

“Wow! That… That is huge. I am happy for you”

“Yeah….” voice tones down.

“What is it?”

“I mean, I want to take this to the next level and officially start dating buuuuut…”

Sarah gave a questioning look.

“I dunno whether this will work out. I am scared that this might break our friendship. Then I’ll be the stupidest person on Earth, I guess”

Sarah chuckled.

“What? What is so funny here? I am literally bi-hearted”

“Andrea, you know there is always some madness in love, right?”

“Yeah, love could be the stupid thing anyone could go for. Plus cotton candy. Who would eat that sh*t? Why would they even make that? Why this world is so crazy?”

“I know, right?” Sarah continues. “But still, there are people falling for each other in either way. It could be a friendship or a relationship. The thing is to be with someone you love and loves you”

Andrea gave a deep stare at Sarah.

“What if things go wrong? What if I lose my best friend?”

“That is the risk you’ll have to face yourself. There are two possibilities. Either you get a long-lasting soul mate or you get the satisfaction of trying something and learning things to do better next time”

“But Mom, you never fell in love with anyone after dad left. Why?”

“I have you, Andrea. You are the most beautiful thing that happened in my life after your dad. We brought you to this world and it is unfortunate he left. But I found a new love, YOU”

This gets her attention. She looked up at Sarah.

“We can give different names. But the inner feeling and the warmth of the closeness with someone is all the same. I have you and you will have someone too. It is like a chain, it goes on”

“Thank you, mom” Andrea smiled at her confidently, holding Sarah’s hands. “You too are my best friend. And I am so happy I have you”

She stood up.

“And I am proud of you, Andrea. Anyone, you choosing will feel the same. I am pretty sure any boy will be lucky to have you”

“GIRL!” She paused. “ANY GIRL would be lucky to have me…!”

For a few seconds she Sarah said nothing and the intensity of the silence was very severe.

The next moment, Sarah pulled Andrea closer and hugged her so tight and said, “whatever happens I am always there for you”

Andrea felt solace in her warmth and said back to her “I know, mom”

“Now go get her. Tell her how much you feel. Open your heart deep from the roots. Go on”

Andrea smiled and took her phone and started texting.