Almost Was

“A delivery for Xianara Morgan!” I stood up with a frown upon hearing that shout, right after our doorbell rang several times. “Woah!” I said in awe as I was handed a bouquet of sunflowers by the delivery guy. “Please sign here, ma’am,” he said as he handed me a piece of paper. I signed it with a big smile on my face because I was so happy. This was the first time I had ever received something like this—and sunflowers, my absolute favorite flower. “Did it say who it’s from?” I asked after signing the paper. “Sorry, ma’am. The sender specifically asked me not to say their name,” he replied, a bit embarrassed. I frowned at that and stared at the flowers. How can we ever be together if you won’t even show yourself? Tss. “Alright, thank you, sir!” I said with a smile to the delivery guy. “You’re welcome, ma’am. Thank you too!” he said with a smile before getting into his vehicle. “WKD, ma’am,” he added before driving off. WKD?! What’s that supposed to mean? That rider just gave me something to overthink about! Annoyed, I went back inside the house. “Wow! Who’s that from?” my twin sister Xariyah immediately asked. “I don’t know, they didn’t say.” I answered with a frown. “Ahh! I know who it’s from!” she said, grinning. “Who?” I asked, brows furrowed. “It’s from your ex!” she teased. “Haha, very funny,” I said sarcastically. “The rider said something about WKD.” I added with annoyance. “Psh! WKD? Do you even know a guy whose name starts with a W?” she asked. That made me think. My face lit up at the thought, but was quickly filled with disappointment as my brain tried to deny it. “W-Wyatt,” I answered with a pout. “Pfft!” I threw her notebook from the table at her in frustration. “Ouch! Why are you throwing stuff at me?!” she complained. “Because you’re laughing!” I snapped at her. “Who wouldn’t laugh? Wyatt doesn’t even notice you, and now you think he sent that?” she kept teasing. I threw another one of her notebooks at her. She had been studying, so her notebooks were scattered across the table in our living room. “You’re so annoying!” I shouted, then angrily grabbed the bouquet and stormed off to my room. “I hate you!” I yelled as I walked away. “Yeah, who cares?” she shouted back, still teasing me. Ugh, so annoying! When I got to my room, I dropped myself onto the bed with a thud. I stared at the bouquet for a while, then smiled like an i***t, overwhelmed with giddiness. I smelled it—God, it smelled so nice. I quickly grabbed my phone to take a picture of it. I also took a mirror selfie while holding it using the full-body mirror in my room. I couldn’t stop smiling as I posted the pictures on my social media. I captioned it simply with, “Thank you to whoever sent this, hope to see you soon. Let’s have coffee!” because I genuinely had no idea who WKD was or if it was even related to this. A lot of people heart-reacted to it, and a few commented asking who it was from. I hid the post from my parents, of course. I knew they’d have a lot to say. I didn’t want them thinking I had a boyfriend again—they might just send me abroad to study if they find out. [Phone vibrates.] I frowned as I opened the notification bar, and my face immediately lit up with a wide smile when I saw who messaged me. It was Wyatt! From: Wyatt from who? sent: 10:05 a.m. “I knew it! You like me too,” I giggled to myself. To: Wyatt someone is jealous… sent: 10:06 a.m. I teased him. I couldn’t stop rolling around on my bed out of sheer giddiness. We weren’t even together—he barely even talked to me at school. But I didn’t know why— I still kept chasing after him. We’re classmates, and I really had the biggest crush on him. I quickly sat up again when my phone vibrated once more. But the smile instantly disappeared from my face when I saw who the message was from. From: Lanz Did you like it? Let’s go for coffee! I’ll pick you up. sent: 10:08 a.m. Frustrated, I threw my phone to the other side of my bed. So it wasn’t Wyatt after all? The WKD thing the delivery guy said wasn’t even connected?! Ugh, so annoying! My excitement just went down the drain. Ugh, seriously!