"hi"
by Anna
(Philippines)
You might think "hi" is a lame word that someone dreams of because of his/her crush.
It started when we were in 2nd year high school. Since the first weeks, he often said HI. The idea that made me really blush is that he would even ask someone to say hi to me and you can't imagine how many times that happened.
My reply would be hi as well. Continually, my reactions changed. I wondered then I replied then I blushed then I felt something that has made me do A LOT of blunders ever since.
There was one time I felt cute but then my shorts would peep at my back where my "seatmate" noticed which was massively embarassing haha. There was another when I waved and waved my hand to be called by the teacher but because I chubby way back, my arm wiggled like a gelatin >eewww< . Alright enough...
Well there were other blushy times too. When they were presenting in our class. His eyebrows went like up and down which I think was funny but a bit hot >:P ...Then there were times when he wanted to be my groupmate >aww< XD...But most often, people would tease me or him or us and that's what made my feelings grow.
Until I thought because of THE NUMBER OF BLUNDERS I made or probably because he liked my classmate, I didn't hear the word hi. I tried to hide my feelings (of sadness) because not only because he liked the other girl but because the girl liked him as well. I've heard a lot of gossip about them - a relationship, the whole story, teasers(!) and a lot more. But there were still some asking me, "What do you feel about Lo*** and (the other girl)?". I just shrug my shoulders. And then the unhappy thing was that when I (finally) became his seatmate, I felt he despised me because he was like a bit bullying me.
When he went away my friends near my seat would ask me "Do you still like him?" and again, the shrug. It was the most awful weeks/months.
Oftentimes, I would lie down on my bed and ponder or think about a lot of stuff. And then, the last day ... I craned my neck to get a last glimpse of him. And all I could keep is that look.....