My Brother's Best Friend

16-James

James' POV

There it was. Ally’s house.
I was still pedaling as fast as I could on the little girl bike, toward our houses. I couldn’t believe that I actually was doing this. People would call me a freak…but I didn’t care. All that mattered right now was me telling Ally that I really liked her. As more than a friend.
As I neared her house, though, I noticed that there weren’t any lights in any of the rooms, not even in Ally’s. Confused but determined, I kept going.
As soon as I was close enough to the house, I threw the bike down, and rushed to the door. I knocked eagerly, hoping that she was home. I knocked again when there was no answer, but this time, louder.
Before I went ahead and rang the doorbell, I realized what Mitch had told me, before. Ally was going to a party tonight…and she was probably gone. “Darn it!” I sighed, angrily. Never had there been a time that I had wanted something this bad.
I stood there for a few moments, until I heard someone coming down the road. Instead of turning to see who it was, I automatically jumped into the row of bushes between the houses. Yelping, I pushed myself deep into the middle, peeking out at Ally and Mitch’s house.
I was surprised to hear sniffing. Not just ordinary sniffing…but like, crying-sniffing. I held back my yell of pain from a branch digging into my side, and watched to see what happened next.
The crying got clearer and louder. It wasn’t that loud to begin with, but it was obvious that the person was getting closer. My heart seemed to break into two pieces when I saw who it was.
Ally was making her way up the front steps of her house. Her face was tear-streaked, and she hadn’t seemed to stop crying.
I wanted to jump out of this stupid bush and rush up to her to comfort her. I wanted to wrap my arms around her, and tell her that everyone would be ok. But most of all, what I wanted to do was look her right in the eyes and tell her how I felt about her.
But I couldn’t move. I didn’t know why I wasn’t moving…but it was like, I could no longer control my legs. I just watched as Ally unlocked the front door, and go inside.
As soon as she was out of my eye-range, I fell completely out of the bush, and onto the cold, green grass. How had that happened? While Ally had been there, it was like there had been a force, keeping me in that bush, and away from her. But when she had left, the force disappeared.
I stood up on my feet, and stared at the building that Ally had disappeared into. I couldn’t believe how close I had been to telling her. Then, I realized that I still could tell her. Right now. I could knock on the door, she would answer…and everything would be perfect. But instead of going back to her door, I went back to my door, and walked inside. I was such a coward.