(December 18th 1991)
Lillian paces back and forth around the dorm, constantly checking her reflection in the mirror. This one morning instead of having her burgundy hair in a medium height ponytail, she has decided to wear it down. Her hair is full of volume and bounces with every step she takes.
"I don't know what's wrong with me. I can't eat. I can't sleep. Maybe I'm coming down with something." Lillian comes to a halt at the foot of my bed near the trunk. Tesha, Cherry and myself are sat on my bed and not once have we removed our eyes from Lillian. The poor girl has been worried sick about talking to Cameron about her feelings, she believes it's best to tell him how she feels and if he feels the same way then Tesha and I can do the mistletoe plan.
" Oh, I know what you've got. The 'L' word." I nod towards Lillian as she turns around and checks her reflection in the mirror.
" Yeah, leprosy!" Tesha adds after me.
"No, Tesha. No. It's four letters starts with 'L' ends with 'E'." Cherry smiles towards Tesha.
" Aha! Lice!" Tesha shouts with excitement before looking back towards Lillian.
"No! Lillian, my friend" I gesture to Lillian whose face is currently in her hands due to embarrassment. "Is in love."
"Oh yeah! LOVE!" Tesha jumps up from the bed and walks over to Lillian and ruffles up her hair which she has just finished. "Lillian is in love! Pure and utter love!"
Lillian's hand quickly flies up to her hair as she tries to fix the roots of her hair that has now been messed up. "Tesha! I spent ages on my hair!"
"So have I Darling but I'm not complaining," Tesha's hands are now placed onto her hips.
"But your hair looks fabulous like that, the curls keep multiplying." Lillian's hand finds its way into Tesha's hair. " And it's soft!" Tesha shakes her head at Lillian's comment then takes a step back," Imagine I'm Cameron. Practice telling me that you love him."
"Okay, okay." Lillian takes a deep breath." Cameron, I've been needing to tell you this for a while now..."
Tesha takes on the role of being Cameron and places her hands into her pockets and lowers her head, "What is it? Has something happened "
Cherry and I both look at Lillian and Tesha as the two of us are trying to contain our laughter? Cherry's hands are gripping onto a pillow that is currently being held to her chest as she buries her head into it to stop the fit of giggles escaping.
" I love you," Lillian says but you can slightly notice her lips quivering as she, herself, is trying to contain her own laughter.
"Thanks," Tesha's hand fly up to her chest where her heart is located and she then bats her eyelashes at Lillian. "Okay, that hurts." Lillian informs Tesha.
"Yeah, that's worse," I back Lillian up.
"Try it again, try it again," Tesha fixes her robe and straightens up her posture before looking Lillian in the eye. She then reaches forward and grabs a hold of both of her hands.
" I love you." Lillian stares into Tesha's eyes.
" You get the feeling that we are third wheeling, right?" Cherry leans closer to me and whispers as she constantly glances back at the two.
"Oh, we are most defiantly third wheeling," I agree with Cherry's statement.
" Me too," Tesha struggles to get the words out before laughter over takes her. She then proceeds to grab her sides as she struggles to form any more words.
" You love yourself too?" Lillian raises an eyebrow towards Tesha's current state. "Yeah! Promote 'Self Love'!" Tesha backs up her previous answer.
" Okay, focus Tesha. Focus. Alright, I love you." Lillian grabs back a hold of Tesha's hands.
" I could see that," Tesha agrees with Lillian's comment as she turns and looks at her own appearance in the mirror. Cherry grabs a hold of my arm to stop herself from falling backwards on my bed because of her being in hysterics. Her breathing began to sound weird as the sound of a pig escapes her mouth, as soon as this happens Cherry quickly slaps one her hands over her mouth.
"Alright one more time, come on Tesha." Lillian's face turns serious and Tesha looks at Cherry and I before slowly turning around to Lillian as she avoids eye contact. Lillian clears her throat before starting, "I love you, Cam-"
"Oh yeah! I'm loved, hell yeah!" Tesha shouts before jumping around the room.
" She's loved!" Cherry stands and cheers along with Tesha. Lillian lowers her head before shaking it and looking up at me. I remove myself from the bed and approach her, I comfort her by rubbing her arm.
"Best thing to do is just not worry about it, Lillian you are a lovely girl. Smart. Intelligent. Witty. Gorgeous. There's no way that he's gonna say no, just look at yourself." "Thank you, Iris. You always know what to say."
"I'm always here to give you advice don't forget it." Lillian and I turn towards Tesha and Cherry and find that the both of them are still celebrating. Both of them are holding hands tightly and are jumping up and down in the circle.
"Guys?" Lillian questions the two of them. She acts them again when there was no answer, "Guys! "Tesha and Cherry drop hands and look at Lillian and I before mumbling a 'Sorry' under their breaths. "Come on guys, we're going to be late for breakfast at this rate. Stay positives, last day of school remember?"
"Yeah, then Lillian and Camy can make out. Same for you and Fredo." Cherry winks at me.