Secret Exchanged
1049 Words
You observed that we were together quite a bit every day. When Caleb and Elenor were riding bicycles together, I had to walk since I didn't know how to ride a bicycle, so I could hardly keep up with them. I even lost them once, but they eventually found me. As a result, I grew closer to Elenor, his friend, and we even shared a secret. While we waited for Caleb, he was riding his bicycle. He asked, "Do you like Caleb?" as we were waiting for him and began talking about him. I said, chuckling "No," and he stared at me, saying, "I know u like him." I responded, "Firmly, no," and he wondered why I had been smiling when he asked. I couldn't resist, so I asked him if he would swear not to tell anyone if I told him. He said that he would, and we had made pinky promises, so I took a deep breath and admitted that I did like Caleb. Eleanor smiled and smirked as Caleb approached the area. and I responded, "Oh what a shame," hoping he wouldn't question, "What are you guys talking about?"As he spoke, Eleanor smiled and smirked and remarked, "What a shame." Our inner joke went unnoticed by Caleb, who inquired, "What's funny?" to which both of us replied nothing. Caleb told me that one of his wishes was to kiss Elenor, but I declined, saying that I would do anything more. He asked me why I wouldn't kiss him and that his friend hadn't had a first kiss, to which I replied that I didn't want to and that I would do anything else, but with him and not his friend.His expression conveyed his satisfaction with my choice, which gave me the impression that he was testing me. I asked Caleb if I could get some water while we were sitting on the stairs. He replied don't take too long, I said it wouldn't take long, so I knocked. Elizabeth, Caleb's sister, answered the door. I told her I wanted water and went inside my eyes started to wonder to look around Caleb's house. I told myself not to get distracted so I went into the kitchen, where there was fruit. I got the glass and filled it with water. I became sidetracked, wondering what it would be like to live there.I noticed Elizabeth's headphones and thought they were cute. We started chatting while sitting on the sofa, sharing our ages and personal information. Later, I realized that I had forgotten about Caleb. I made the hasty decision to leave, but I enjoyed chatting with her sister, so I reasoned that a short while would not be a big deal. A short while turned into thirty minutes. I eventually left when I saw Caleb, who appeared a little angry. I spoke with him, but he didn't respond, so I wasn't sure what I had done. Later, I realized that he was upset with me for lying about my pledge to stay longer and making him wait. I apologized, thinking that would be enough to win his forgiveness, but it turned out to be much tougher. Instead of looking me in the eye, he continued to stare at his phone, acting as though I hadn't said anything at all or hadn't even shown up. Eleanor told me he doesn't forgive people easily and that if he did, it would only be if a friend told him and he would take it into consideration. Oh my goodness, I thought to myself, this dude is so infantile, and I had to apologize 100 times. I continued to apologize, and when his sister entered the room and said, "This kid is literally begging you for your forgiveness, please forgive her," he went inside and lay down on the kitchen chair. He disregarded her response and went outside, and I followed him once more. After much pleading, he finally granted his friend Eleanor's request to forgive me. The three of us remained together until nightfall. When my friend Nancy, who was with me when I first met Caleb, joined us, we were sitting on the stairs. Caleb and Nancy were sitting next to each other, and I felt as though no one was even there. They were laughing together, and Caleb was bothering Nancy. Later, Nancy was beneath him, and he was playing with her hair. I was envious. All along, what were we doing, was this a drama, or something else entirely? I attempted to dismiss it, but I tried to ignore it, figuring that maybe, as usual, I was overthinking things. After hanging out with Caleb and Eleanor the following day, I learned that Caleb had attempted to phone Nancy to invite her to join us for a hangout, but she had responded by cold-blocking him. Caleb was furious when we were all sitting on the benches.When Caleb's legs started to shake he was unable to stop them. I had never seen a guy cry over a girl before, or even cry at all. But it was normal for him to feel this way. This was not fair to him. I knew he wasn't okay, so I tried to console him by asking if he was alright. Elenor asked me to go away so they could have some alone time. They went to talk on the roof of the garage. He tried comforting Caleb, Elenor had told him to get stronger. Elenor told me to go home once he and Caleb arrived. Nevertheless, he said that they would soon return home. I was devastated on the way home, realizing that my overthinking had been accurate. I had assumed that we were a thing, but the truth can be painful. I was arrogant, thinking that I was the one he loved and that I would treat him far better than Nancy because she was unworthy of him. Most of what broke me into pieces was seeing Caleb in that kind of condition that's when I began to despise Nancy... My thoughts prevented me from falling asleep. I was upset that Caleb was upset and hoped that he would be alright. I Could see in his eyes how heartbroken he was, that expression on your face. that's currently affixed to my brain.
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