Too Late
By: Whitney Elam
Today I woke up and I knew it was going to be a Good day. Everything was going, as I wanted. I didn’t miss the school bus. I got an A on my math test and right after leaving third period Bryan came up to me and asked me to go to the movies with him on Friday. I have had a crush on him since the 7th grade. And even though Bryan and I are only best friends, I have never told him how I felt. I know I’m only a junior and I didn’t know much but there was one thing I didn’t know. I knew what love was. Love is when you get butterflies in your stomach just from hearing that special person’s name. Love is when you spend when you think you found that someone that you know would always be there for good and the bad. Bryan is all the above. Even though Bryan and I knew each other for five years and were best friends I have never told him that I liked him.
The wonderful Tuesday afternoon went on and I was on my way to fourth period. I had Spanish II and I could not wait to tell my friend Chantelle about the good news. I told her that Bryan asked me to go to the movies with him on Friday. We both began to wonder why. Why would he all of a sudden ask me out after five years? Thought was running through our mind like a speeding bullet. What if he was joking? What if what if this was like the rest of the friendly dates we had already went on and it wouldn’t get any further then a friendship level? Now I wish I would never told Chantelle. No matter what Chantelle said, I knew this date was going to be different. I could just feel it inside of me that Friday was going to be the day. There was another thing I knew for sure. I was going to tell Bryan how I felt about him. I was going to tell him that I’ve had a crush on him since the 7th grade; I cherish and love every moment I’m with him. I was going to tell him he was the wind beneath my wings, but on top of all of that I was...