_SHY EXCUSE_

ROSE POV

A week had passed by so quickly that I hadn't even noticed. I was still filled with joy, knowing that for the first time in my life, the guy I had a crush on felt the same way about me. In the past, I had always been the one with the crush, but the guys I liked either had a girlfriend, liked someone else, or didn't feel the same way. I never told any of them about my feelings; I simply stopped crushing on them when I found out they were unavailable. I had many crushes over the years, but I never truly liked anyone - I just admired them from afar.

However, this time was different. Harry, the guy I had a crush on, had told me that he had feelings for me too. I was surprised, to say the least. We had talked nonstop for a week after that incident of him telling me he had a crush on me, discussing everything from school and friends to our parents and how they would sometimes jokingly match us up. It was all a bit surreal.

As I reflected on our conversations, I realized that we had never really talked in person. We would occasionally pass each other in the hallway, but we never made eye contact. I had assumed that he wasn't interested in me, but now I knew that wasn't the case.

I asked Harry why he never tried to talk to me when we saw each other in person. He replied that he was really shy and didn't know what to say. I understood, as I'm shy too. However, I suggested that we try to make an effort to talk to each other when we saw each other. He agreed, and we made a plan to say hello or wave at each other the next time we met.

But two days later, I was angry with Harry. He had walked right past me without even acknowledging my presence. I felt hurt and betrayed, especially since he had promised to make an effort to talk to me. I had a pet dog, Ricky, who was a friendly German Shepherd. Harry claimed that he was scared of Ricky, but I knew that was just an excuse.

I had told Harry that Ricky wouldn't hurt him and that I was far away from him when he walked by. I was willing to ignore him and stop texting him, but he apologized profusely and explained that he was genuinely scared. He said to me

"Ok fine I'm sorry I'm really sorry I was just so scared to talk to you, I didn't know what to say and God you looked really pretty that I found it really hard to speak to you ,but your right I should have still tried I'm sorry, can you forgive me please"

He also wrote again after a few minutes of me not responding,

"I'm sorry please talk to me"

When I saw this I felt bad at little cause I had also left out the part that, I did see him before he saw me while I was walking my dog then I run away because I was also scared to talk to him ok , but I still changed my mind and went back , so when Harry told me I actually understood at first so I just told him

"It's ok I get, and I forgive you ok, let's just forgot about it "

And we did .

I eventually forgave him, and we moved on from the incident. We continued to talk and text each other, and things seemed to be going well. I even had a cute idea - during that period we were still on holiday and during it he had asked me if I had any novels he could read of course I had and I offered to give me, but I couldn't go my self so he arranged for a way to ask the little kids in our neighborhood to help pass the novel and they agreed and I passed it, At first I didn't think much of it till I saw a show on how lovers sent hidden notes to each other through the books and with that the idea hit me, I know at that time we were not a couple but still I wanted to try it out, so I told him about how I wrote down a letter and put it inside the book, I didn't write much I just wrote down saying I liked his shirt or something else I don't really remember, He found it and kept it safe that's what he told me , which made me smile.

I suggested that he write something back and hide it in the book when he returned it. However, he didn't follow through, citing his shyness as an excuse again. I didn't mind too much, as I knew he was a sweet and shy guy. Or so I thought.

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