it's because I'm gay...

We pulled away from each other's lips and stared at each other for a few seconds. Seconds turned into minutes. We both tried to break the silence but our 'medulla oblongata couldn't think of the best words for the situation of awkwardness 'Do you wanna talk about this?' Jean finally broke the silence. I didn't know what to say. I just never saw myself being in this situation with my best friend. I managed to slip some words out of my mouth "I don't know, do you?". She lowered her eyes to the floor and rubbed her right arm with her left arm as she said "yeah kind of". It was so obvious that she had a thing for me.

"How?! When?! Why?!