LEXIE’S COUCH, IN HER LIVING ROOM: 8:10 AM SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2020
LEXIE
LexieSelene!
SeleneYessss, how are ya’?
LexieBad☹️
Selene👀Who pissed my friend off?
LexieMe.
SeleneYou pissed yourself off?
LexieYes.
Selene😐That makes no sense.
LexieI betrayed myself. I have started having feelings for the one person in the world that I shouldn’t have feelings for.
SeleneMm. Let me guess....Josh?
Lexie🙁
Selene😳
LexieI know...
SeleneGet rid of it.
LexieI can’t, he keeps sending me these heart emojis that keeps getting my hopes up😭
SeleneTell him how you feel.
LexieI DEFINITELY cannot do that.
SeleneWhy?
LexieBecause I told him I don’t like Sean anymore and that I now like someone else. He asked me who it is and I said ‘You.’
Selene😳And what was his response?
Lexie~“Lol. What?”~
SeleneOuch.
LexieI had to pretend that Lola was the one who wrote it.
SeleneDamn. Did he buy it?
LexieI don’t know.
Selene☹️
LexieThat’s why I can’t tell him, Sel. He makes it clear every day that he loves Sabrina.
SeleneHow about this? I’ll text him right now and ask him if he has ever thought about dating you or if he has ever had any feelings for you and see what he says.
LexieNo Sel, he’ll think I am the one who told you to ask him, don’t do it.
SeleneHe won’t know, I’ll start up a conversation first and then I’ll let it naturally flow in.
LexieOkay but don’t let him know that you’re texting me.
Selene😉I got you, I got this
Lexie bites her nails as an anxious habit. She exits Selene’s chat and opens Josh’s, noticing that his status says online.
Scared of the outcome, she suddenly feels the urge to tell Selene not to do it, but a part of her is insanely curious about what his reply would be.
JOSH
THE TOWN’S FIELD, ON THE BLEACHERS, DURING A BREAK FROM FOOTBALL PRACTICE
SeleneJoshua!!!!!
JoshYes?
SeleneHow are ya’?
JoshLol what do you want Selene?
SeleneNothing, just checking up on ya.
JoshHa. Okay, I know you only text me for favors so just ask away.
SeleneI like this boy.
JoshOkay...
SeleneBut he doesn’t like me back ’cause he has a girlfriend and I just found out that my friend likes him too. Sucks right?
Josh....
Selene....
JoshYeah I suck at giving advice, you could ask Lexie to help you out on this one.
SeleneBut you give Lexie good advice☹️
JoshYeah that’s because it just comes naturally with her, she unleashes that hidden talent within me.
SeleneAnd I don’t?
JoshUh...
SeleneDon’t answer that. Speaking of Lexie, I’ve always thought of how crazy it’d be if you two were to hook up. Have you ever thought about that?
JoshLol.
Selene????
JoshI got to get back to practice.
SeleneAnswer me first please, it has just been really bugging my mental space as of lately.
JoshWhy would that bother you?
SeleneBecause....I like you.
Josh....
SeleneLol, I’m kidding. You ain’t my type.
JoshDidn’t ask.
SeleneWould you date her?
Josh*sigh* No.
SeleneOuch. Why not?
JoshShe’s my best friend, and I like it that way.
SeleneOh...
JoshYeah, I’ll talk to you later.
Joshua has gone offline
LEXIE
LexieSelene
TWO MINUTES LATER
LexieSeleneeee!
SeleneCan’t you have patience woman? I’ve just gathered the data.
LexieI want screenshots.
SeleneSorry my phone does not have that much space, I’ll just tell you what he said.
LexieOkay
SeleneHe said he wouldn’t date you. And that he prefers you remaining as just his friend.
TEN MINUTES LATER
SeleneHellooooo??
LexieI’m here.
SeleneDid you read what I sent?
LexieYes.
SeleneWhat are your thoughts?
LexieI don’t want to talk about it.
SeleneYou’re not crying now, are you?😯
LexieNope.
SeleneI’m not convinced.
LexieI’ll talk to you later.
SeleneOkay, bye❤️
Lexie exits Selene’s chat. Her eyes catch Josh’s display picture, which is an image of him and Sabrina with his arm thrown over her shoulder; their lips halfway from each other’s in a playful manner.
She sniffs and wipes the tears before turning her cellphone off. She needs some time to gather her thoughts.
The unrequited feelings that keep growing for her best friend feel like nothing but a dead end. She desperately wishes she could just switch them off and not feel them anymore.
