1. You can't help but break into a grin when their name comes up in conversation. What, me, beaming like an idiot? No, no way. There's no way my cheeks are on fire right now.
2. You're on a never-ending emotional rollercoaster. Crushes are glorious, yes, but they also turn you into a frazzled ball of stress and tension and OMG do you think he likes me?! It's exhausting.
3. You and your friends have a code name for your crush so you can talk about them without anyone finding out. Superman, Cupcake, Bieber.
4. You live in fear of the accidental double-tap. Especially
when you're 47 weeks deep into stalking them and there's no way you can
play that off as, 'Oh, haha, just catching up on your insta! Casual.'
5. But that doesn't mean you stop stalking them. Nothing stands in the way of Baewatch.
6. They've replaced your celeb crush as your #1 true crush. Step
aside, Harry Styles. It's time for me to focus on a real,
flesh-and-blood human that I can actually converse with on planet Earth
without forking over $300 for backstage passes, K?
7. You're dyyyying to know if the feeling is mutual. If you're friends are friendly with theirs, you've sent your BFFs out for sneaky recon work on your behalf.
8. You have a mental catalog of everything they've ever said in your presence. A
few bits and pieces from the catalog: they forgot to do their
math homework on Tuesday; their mom is a nurse; baseball practice was
really grueling yesterday. Solid.
9. You lose full command of the English language whenever you speak up in front of them. You
can't help it. They make you nervous! Even if it's something simple,
like reading aloud in class or saying "hi" when you pass them in the
halls, you get tongue-tied.
10. Every interaction gets hyper-analyzed. He
asked if you had any gum on Thursday morning, which could either mean
he's coming up with creative ways to talk to you because he likes you, or he's subconsciously drawing attention to his mouth because he wants to kiss you, or he asked you for gum because he noticed you
chewing gum because he was watching you... Or he actually just wanted
gum. This was the subject of a hot debate in the caf with your squad.
11. You silently hate anyone else they've been involved with. You're
aware how silly this is, because they're clearly not with any of their
exes for a reason. But when your irrational little green jealousy
monster creeps into your thoughts, she's hard to ignore.
12. If you're crushing on a friend, you're constantly struggling with whether to tell them. You
know that if they don't feel the same way, your friendship could get
awkward — and you'd never want to lose them. But if they do happen to like you the way you like them, it could change your entire life for the better.
13. You have an elaborate plan to tell them how you really feel, which may or may not ever be put into action. It
involves some combination of sticking a handwritten note in their
locker on Valentine's Day, approaching them at the next school dance,
and roping your friends in to stealthily find out if they're currently
crushing on anyone.
14. You've already planned out your whole ~dream life~ together. First
order of business: matching outfits at prom. Next up, you'll date
throughout college, spending summer breaks on vacation with each other's
families. Then you'll support each other's career dreams, get married,
have two adorable babies and a golden retriever, and live happily ever
after. It's all gonna happen.
15. Everything thing they do is cute. Eating
a peanut and butter sandwich. Opening their locker. Breathing. They're
the cutest person you've ever met in your entire life. Duh!
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