Rules to Falling in love with your Best Friend

Rule #1

Rule number one is Don't Do It!! Like ever. Don't think about how her eyes light up when she smiles or how she says your name. Don't. Even. Think. About. It. Don't think about her! Or at least try not to.
"Hey!!" I snap out of my own thoughts to Keeva waving her hand in my face "Enin! What's wrong?" Ooh nothing just thinking about how not to think about you ya know. I grimace at my own thoughts. "Nothing." "Come on little bird, you can tell me." I blush at her endearment which is the literal translation of my name which she found interesting for some reason. And here I am again going on about my best friend while trying to convince myself to stop thinking about her. This is way too hard.
I sigh. "I just... Really want to go home and watch Disney movies forever." She laughs her musical laugh and I have to mentally slap myself. Stop it Enin! "Come on, algebra isn't that bad." Keeva tries to cheer me up. I roll my eyes, "so says the math genius." She pouts, "Hey, I'm not the only one who is good at math here." I grin. She's right as usual but I have successfully diverted her attention. "Come on what's really bothering you?" Or so I thought. Great. I groan, "stop knowing me so well." she laughs again and I have to force myself not to smile. "Don't change the subject little bird." Then I do grin. "Fine. I just don't think my parents are gonna work through it this time." She frowns "what do you mean?" Honestly I'm not that worried. I know that makes me sound like a bad kid but I don't feel safe in my house. Them splitting up would not upset me that much. It's been a long time coming. I turned my attention back to Keeva who is still waiting for my answer. "They just aren't getting along and I know this time they won't stay together. Call it a gut feeling. I don't know how, but I just know." She gives me a sympathetic smile before wrapping me in one of her hugs. I resist the urge to hold on tighter and let go after a few moments. "I'm fine. Really." I assure her. Her eyebrows furrow and she frowns a bit but she doesn't say anything. The bell rings and we are waking out of algebra and off to our next class. I won't see Keeva again till lunch and a part of me is relieved. I won't have to pretend I'm not stressing for a while. But then again Keeva has a way of knowing how I am when she's not around. I still don't know how she does it. I sigh again. This is gonna be a long day.
And as I walk to my next class I go back to thinking about the rules. Don't do it Enin. She's straight. I remind myself. As straight as a ruler. My stupid brain decides to taunt me with the image of one of those bendy rulers. Quit it! You know what kind of ruler I mean!
She's straight and you're... Well you ARE as straight as one of those bendy rulers. I resist the urge to sigh again. If you're in as far deep as I am then you know rule one is already out the window.