Truth be told, I wasn’t any good at the whole teenage-raging-hormones process that seems to take over during high school. So when I thought he liked me, I quickly dismissed the thought. I figured I was being over confident, like the fake girls who I once called friends. I wanted to walk right up to that boy, and explain everything about the necklace. But, again, my painful shyness kept me away. I decided that night to do the one thing I had vowed I would never do.
Take off that stupid necklace.
It was turning my neck green from the fake silver, and the rhinestones that made up the heart were falling out daily. But I hoped it would send the signal I needed, and so I made sure I would do it. He caught my eye during lunch, and smiled. I was frozen in place for a moment, before smiling back. That pain flittered across his eyes again, and I knew I needed to get that necklace off, and quick.