Uh. I'm an 11 year old boy and I do many dumb things. I had this girl in my class. She wasn't outstandingly beautiful per say, but she was always just a cool friend to me. Like many kids today, I play Roblox. Turns out she does too. We became friends on the game, and then we played to together.

Fast forward to 6th grade. School's done, and we're happy. We said bye, and boom middle school. Well, it was the very end of my life at elementary. It's a new school, and therefore a new life. So today on Roblox, she was online. I was too. I opened up the chat and said to her that I liked her. I had so many mixed feelings. It just felt so weird. I told her how I've felt about her for the last 2 years. How she was always there for me when I was down. How she helped me up and was my friend. Then it came to this moment.

But being only on 7th grade, I'm not getting a girlfriend (rip me). We've been through a whole lot as friends. We've gone through ups and downs, like most relationships. To get to this moment in time, to explain the way I feel, just makes me so confused. I didn't want to say it earlier, since our friendship was basically a secret. What if somebody heard me say that I like her? Would I get laughed at? Would I get bullied? It almost hurt knowing what would happen if I were to say it out loud in a school year where tons of kids play.

But she said that we're still going to be friends, and that if I do like her, that means a whole lot to her. I'm a fat Filipino kid who's been fat shamed a whole lot, and now I get to be friends with the person I like? Score. Sure. I might not be in a romantic relationship with her, but it makes me happy knowing that even if I do like her, she'll be there to support me in whatever comes. That she'll be there to help when I'm down, and that I could do the same to her. It makes me happy knowing I have a friend to can be a friend.

So guys, find yourself people who would be your friends no matter what. Not only does it make you feel better, it makes you able to be happier and to enjoy life more. I've already been hurt, and I didn't know that if I said I liked her, if I would be hurt more by the response or the way our relationship as friends would end. Thanks for letting me have this brief talk with you guys. Peace