He was just lost in thought. What was I supposed to do?
Harley had never gotten lost in thought before. How was I supposed to help him?
He’s my best friend, I should know how to fix this . . .
I really hoped this wasn’t about a girl. I really hoped he hadn’t started crushing on me. God, that’d be so gross!
“OK,” I said. “What’s going on?”
“There was this girl who helped me up off the floor today.” He seemed confused. “She told me . . . ‘Maybe if you notice others, you’d get noticed too.’ I don’t know who she is and I want to know.”
I looked at him for a second, then I burst out laughing.
“Dude, I’m serious! When she touched my hand, it literally felt like electricity jolting into me. I wanna know her.”
“OK, Harls, you can’t be serious.”
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“OK, OK, I’m sorry.”
“You know what? Whatever. I’ll figure this out on my own. I’ll just go up to her tomorrow and say . . . ‘Hi. What’s your name?’”
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“Alex, why don’t you have my back on this?”
“It’s just . . . really, really dumb. You have a crush on a girl you don’t even know.”
“I . . .”
“I’m just saying . . . maybe you should think about this before taking any risks, ya know?”
“I have thought about it, Alex!! I want to get to know her. She gives me a-a . . . a vibe.”
I stared at him for a minute. “A vibe.”
“A vibe, Alex!!”
“OK, Casanova. What do you mean by a vibe??”
“I don’t know, like, a feeling.”
“A feeling.”
“Yeah, and I want this feeling to-to keep going.”
I shook my head at him. “Well, I think you should get home . . . and get some rest. You are not feeling like yourself, are you?”
He looked at me like he was mad at me. He left and I sighed.
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