Creative Writing: Marcy White's Terrible Judgement

Marcy White’s Terrible Judgement
Marcy White sat on the balcony of her apartment in New York City staring at Jaylin despite the amazing view of the city that was right in front of her. He was all she could think about lately. She loved the view from her balcony. She could see all the bright lights of Time Square, smell all the food stands positioned around the blocks, and heard all the loud shouts and horns of the aggressive New York traffic. But despite loving all these things, she couldn’t think of anything else but how handsome Jaylin looked with all the lights casting mysterious shadows across his face. Jaylin on the other hand seemed to have something else on his mind. He turned to her with a confused look on his face. “I don’t understand it,” he said pointing to the Algebra textbook in his

What is going on with him? Marcy wondered. He seemed nervous. He looked away, deep in thought. He opened his mouth a couple times, trying to say something but no words came out.
“There’s something I want to tell you,” he said. “I just hope it doesn’t ruin our friendship.”
Her mind started going through all the possibilities of why he was acting so weird. What, was she not cool enough to hang out with him in public? Was he really as shallow as she originally thought? I knew it she thought. He doesn’t want people to know we’re friends. Then he said something that took her completely by surprise. “I like you,” he said. “I want to be more than friends.”
She stared blankly at him for a while. She didn't know how to respond to that. Did she like him back? Or were these new feelings towards him just platonic? Why was this so hard for her?
“It's okay Marcy, I understand if you don't like me back it's fine.”
She had to decide now. She decided to blurt out whichever one came to mind first.
“I like you too.” There she said it and she actually believed it too. She liked Andrew Morris, the very same guy she only a month ago said she