“It was back in the summer when we all went bowling for his birthday. We were getting slushies at the counter, and he just blurted it out.” “What did he say exactly?” I managed to ask, sounding surprisingly calm given the fact that my entire world was crashing down around me. “Did Feely say he had a crush on you?” “Patrick just told me that he liked me before asking if I wanted to go out with him.” Her eyes were full of sincerity when she looked up at me. “I said no, Hugh. When he asked me to be his girlfriend, I said no.”
