Love/Hate

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Meriah's POV:

I thought I was crazy for liking Henry. I'm not even sure why I started feeling this way. I couldn't stop thinking about him. He was pretty attractive I know of girls that liked him in the past. I tried to avoid this whole thing because I knew he'd never feel the same about me and if he knew how I felt about him he'd probably leave the country. I tried to tell myself that it was just a phase because we were getting along now and that we had spent time together a couple of times but that wasn't the case. I really liked Henry and my heart sank knowing he didn't feel the same.

The following week Jessica and Ellen had told me something that I didn't know.

"Meriah did you hear?"

"Hear what?" I said taking my apple out of my lunch. "Henry and Alyssa have a thing." My face went pink and I put down my apple. "What?"

"Yeah. Apparently he asked her out a couple days ago and now they have a thing but I don't think they're officially dating."

I was surprised, speechless, hurt and a million of other odd unpleasant feelings. A sick feeling came to my stomach. "What... how?"

"I don't know. They've been walking around school. We thought you'd have a laugh at him."

I had saw them talking in the hallway together this morning but I didn't think anything of it.

"How do you know they have a thing? They could have just been talking about school or anything else." I said forcing my self to not care about it. "No it's true. Jared and Mike said."

I officially lost my appetite. My heart sank in my chest. I didn't know what to say.

"Meriah are you okay?" Ellen said. I felt my eyes stinging with tears. I fought them away with all my might. "Yeah, it's just surprising." I a managed to fake a little laugh.

After lunch I saw them and went the opposite direction. I was upset the entire day and Jessica and Ellen knew it so I decided to tell them about how I felt about Henry. It was slightly embarrassing but it was true. They thought it was a joke but then realized how serious I was. Maybe I liked him all along with out even knowing. Maybe I'm the reason he doesn't like me all because I did like him so I hated him back for not liking me. Maybe that's how it was.