November Chris's POV

"So when did you start liking me?" We're lying side by side under one of the library tables. She's playing with my curls, making teenie tiny braids. I was originally scrolling through memes on my phone but upon hearing her question I pause.

"So, when was it?"

I put my phone down and roll over to face her.

"It was..."

January

"Chris!" I look up from my code. It's Grace. As she leans towards me, a blue lock of her shoulder length hair curls out from behind her ear and for a second I'm tempted to push it back. I blink and remove my gaze from her hair, meeting her eyes curved in that familiar smile.

"Yeah, what's up?"

"Do you love me?" Familiar smile, familiar question, I heave a sigh.

"Yeah."

"Then go grab my essay off the printer please!" I knew it. I drag myself out of my seat, walk three steps to the printer, and grab her two sheets.

"Here."

"Thank you! Love you!" She opens her arms and, as usual, I bend down for a hug.

"You're so much better than Damien! He won't give me a hug even though..."

"Even though...?" Her face alights and her lips stretch out into a wide smile.

"He asked me out to winter formal!!!"

"...what?"

"Well, you know how I liked him but then all that stuff happened and we decided to stay friends?"

"...yeah?"

"Well he asked me out to winter formal! So I guess we might not be friends anymore!"

"If you say so." I turn back to my code, but for some reason it just looks like a bunch of disjointed symbols swimming around the page. I look up at Grace. She's softly humming while doing something with her stylus, maybe drawing? I guess if she's going with him to winter formal, they'll soon be dating and...But then, what about me?

Back To Present - November

"No way! All the way from January???"

"Yup."

"What about the guy you met at the convention?"

"I just thought he was cute. I guess I actually liked you."

"Awwwww!" She leans towards me and we hug. In the process a stray curl unfurls from behind her ear. I reach out and push it back. She looked up at me.

"What?"

"Nothing." I say with a smile.