Evander is your best friend, and sometimes you find yourself surprised that he’s friends with you. You think this sometimes because he’s more popular than you and has a lot of friends and he gets a lot of attention from girls- the opposite of you. You aren’t ugly, but you aren’t handsome enough to be noticed. You’re also quiet, so you sort of just… blend in.

You never really understood why Evander let you hang out with him despite your unknown status. But today… you finally understood.

After 4th period, right before lunch, he walked up to you and asked to talk to you privately. You agreed, thinking that he was just gonna ask for homework help or ask you if you wanted to go to some new food place nearby- the usual stuff. But instead, it was totally different. He lead you to an empty classroom and closed the door, leaning against it. Whatever he was going to say seemed like it took a lot of courage to say, because he took a deep breath and finally looked into your eyes, saying…

“I like you.” He didn’t say anything after that… he just looked at your reaction to his confession with a blank stare.