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"It only makes me feel inadequate," she pursed her lips, her heart contracting in her chest.
"I know the feeling," he laughed dryly. "I guess I would be selfish in that case too. If I found someone who acceptedallof me, who loved me for who I am, then maybe I would be able to forgive everything."
"Because she'd be yours and yours alone," she mentioned, a heartwarming vision taking shape inside her head. Maybe it was silly to add a feminine pronoun to the equation. He'd never said he was looking for a woman to fulfill all those requirements. Yet Noelle, in her delusion, could almost see herself in that position.
"Yes. And I'd be hers and hers alone," he replied in a soft voice—one that surprised her.
"You'll have that, Blue. I'm certain of it."
"You will, too. You're pretty awesome, you know that?"
She blinked, the compliment hitting her in the chest and making her head swim with giddiness. Her cheeks heated, her pulse through the roof as she stared at the screen.
"You…" She cleared her throat. "You think so?"
"Of course," he replied. "I've never met someone as cool as you. We may have started on the wrong foot in the game, but I've never been able to be this open with someone," he paused, and she could envision him shrugging. "I know this might sound cheesy because we've never even met. But I really appreciate our friendship."
"Me too. I've never met someone I could share these things with. And it's not cheesy. I appreciate our friendship, too. I'm not very social in real life and people usually don't like me," she took a deep breath, feeling oddly emotional. Before she could continue, though, he spoke.
"Well, I like you," he declared proudly.
Noelle was frozen to the spot at his statement.
"You…do?"
Damn it, but she sounded so insecure. Yet she was hearing those words from someone for the first time. And he wasn't justanyone.
He was Blue.
Her best friend. Her… Ok, maybe her feelings for him weren't quite so friendly, though she was still coming to terms with that. Because how could she possibly fall in love with someone she'd never seen—someone she'd never even heard though they'd been speaking for months?
It was beyond outrageous to think she could develop feelings—deep, deep feelings—for someone like that. It was absolutely delusional.
But she did.
Noelle DeVille was falling for Blue—an online person she'd nevereverseen.
What if he was ugly?
In her mind, he was the most handsome guy. But she suspected it wouldn't matter if he wasn't traditionally good looking. What mattered was the way he listened and understood her. The way he told her helikedher with all her idiosyncrasies.
"I wouldn't be here, for hours on end,everyday, if I didn't like you. I like spending time with you, Curiouscat," he told her, his tone different from before. It was more serious, more…
"I like you, too," she admitted, a shiver going down her back. "And I hope we can continue like this for a long, long time."
"You bet," he chuckled, adding more levity to his tone. "You're not getting rid of me so easily. We have another five seasons of Smallville to watch."
She smiled, leaning back in her chair and staring at the computer, not for the first time wondering what Blue was doing on the other side of the screen.
Since they both had some spare time—Blue, because the following day was Saturday and he didn't have classes, and Noelle because her mother wasn't due for another few hours—they decided to continue with their show.
"I find it interesting that they chose to show multiple love interests when everyone knows Lois Lane is Superman's endgame," Noelle commented as she munched on her flaming hot Cheetos.
"Lana was his high school crush. I think they wanted to put an emphasis on his human side, and that he had normal human relationships," Blue added.
"Is it that abnormal tonothave a high school crush? I never had one," she said deliberately, holding her breath and hoping he would offer some information about himself and whether he'd had one.
"It's not. I didn't have one either," he said matter-of-factly, and Noelle felt like she could breathe again. "But I don't think my high school experience was normal. I was only trying to graduate. I didn't have time for other things."
