“Nick and Alyx”- Part 1
This is the day. Yes, the day that I ask Alyx on a date and she says yes. An actual date.
At least that’s what I thought would happen, but I guess things don’t work out like they should now do they? Before I ramble on anymore, let me set the scene for you.
I had been planning out the moment in my head for a week and it would all happen on that Friday. What I would say, how I would say it, how I would and even what I would wear were swimming around my head the whole week. Every single detail was worked out to the exact time, at least in my head. Prior to this week, Alexandra and I have been friends forever. I remember back in 3rd grade when she came to my house and we would just play with my newly acquired toy or just sit down and watch another installment of “Full House”, and it was just nice. As years progressed we obviously matured and started thinking different things and developing different feelings, but we were still as close as ever. When we got into high school and things started to drastically change. She started dating people and I dated some too but yet I always felt like something was off. I was always happy for her when she started dating other guys and was there for her when something bad happened and her for me but then one day something clicked in my brain one day that would change things forever.
She had just gotten out of a long term relationship and was depressed so I figured I would wander over to her house to see if I could cheer her up. I brought the usual break up materials: Ice cream, a box of tissues, Wii boxing (for anger release) and of course the complete series of “Friends”. Since this is not the first time, we were currently in season five where Chandler and Monica’s relationship becomes more defined. I thought it was really cool that some good friends end up being great for each other, especially in a relationship…….Yep, it just clicked in my head. What if? No, it wouldn’t, it couldn’t. Would Alyx feel the same? This thought would be the monster in my closet for the next few hours until I said something to her.
“So do you think Monica and Chandler was a good idea?”
“Yeah, kinda. I mean, you could tell it was weird between them and their friends.”
“Well I guess, but it worked out in the end didn’t it?”
“True.”
Was that a good sign? Again, the burning question still scarred my brains. Then I thought to make a real life comparison with our friends Stephanie and Mike.
“Ha what about Mike and Stephanie, that would be weird right? Hypothetically speaking of course.”
“Yes for sure.” She said as she wiped away her last tear with her tissue. This was a dumb comparison seeing as one of them was a football player and one was a bookworm, but hey why not.
“Do you think two friends like that could pull it off?”
And just as she was about to answer, her phone started ringing. It was her mom. Mental sigh. Alyx went into the kitchen to answer. Her mom was just leaving her sister’s house and was coming home soon. Her mom liked me so her seeing me in her house would not surprise her. Alyx came back into the living room and forgot the question, plus I didn’t have the gumption to ask her again so until I would eventually ask her out on the following Friday. I went home that night with the concept still on my mind. Why do I feel this way? Should I feel this way towards her? Am I crazy? But again the same question kept coming back around to the front…Would she feel the same?
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