Beneath The Surface

Is This A Chapter

“Huh? Uhh..no no no. No. We’re friends. More like siblings”. I snapped out of the short daze.

“Ooh, okay. Wendy likes to play sometimes so when she said it yesterday I thought it was one of her jokes” Iris said.

“Hah. Just a typical Wendy” I commented.

A few seconds passed. Silence. And she spoke again. “I think she likes you” she said

“I do too. A lot. I’m an only child and she is too. We’re to each other the siblings we never had” I replied.

Iris nodded. I Looked at her straight in the eyes for afew seconds and for the first time since we met the previous day, her beauty finally struck me. She wasn’t the type of beauty that stood out immediately, no. She was the type that slowly dawn on you and the moment it hits you, you can’t do anything but stare. For the first time since I completed high school, I felt the walls I had built over the years begin to shake.

We didn’t talk again until Wendy got back. On the ride home, I didn’t utter any word until I dropped them at their residence. That night, I lay on my bed restless, questioning my own thoughts. I forced myself to conclude I must have imagined it. After a thorough struggle, I finally fell asleep.