You felt like a nervous wreck.

You intended to speak to Flora, a girl whom you were madly in love with.

The major issue was that you could never build up enough courage to tell her. Whenever you tried, you either collapsed in a flurry of gibberish and would run out before even getting to tell her the truth, or simply be stuck doing "uh-uh-uh's" for who knows how long until she leaves or you run off.

You could never confess your feelings to her on your life, and whenever you felt like doing it, as soon as you saw her, all you could do was run off cowering in fear.

Each time this happened, you only felt worse and worse about yourself. You felt that Flora would never know how you truly feel, at least not in this life or the next.

You just needed to tell her, but you didn't know how to. At least, until you felt a plan forming in your brain.

Timeskip to (y/n) with a long sheet of paper in front of him.

"There we go!", you stated.

A few hours later, you had devised a plan to tell Flora your feelings without embarrassing yourself in front of her. You had everything perfectly plotted out on paper, and knew this would work without fail... 

...while, at the same time, you were watching your favorite show, trying your hardest not to laugh.

"Okay, this plan is going to work. Nothing will ruin it."

Well, except for the quotes of the episodes that you were playing during the plotting.

"You want a nice, shiny red apple to go with that pie?"

"NO!!!"

As soon as the quotes went off, you turned towards the TV.

Now the pressure was on. You were struggling not to laugh, lest you let your cousin and her friends hear you and spoil your plan.

"Must... not... laugh!" you muttered to yourself.

The show continued to play. In succession, you heard the following lines uttered:

"Road House!"

"Iraq Lobster!"

"9/11 changed everything, Brian."

"I got an e-rock-tion."

"Gov'ment came and took mah bay-bee!"

"Have you not heard? It was my understanding that everyone had heard."

You changed the channel in desperation.

"Okay, note to self: don't watch that during plotting."

Except the channel you changed to had another one of your favorite shows. And this time, there was no holding back your laughter.

"Did you just double dip the chip?"

"No soup for you!"

"Serenity now!"

"Not that there's anything wrong with that."

"Maybe the dingo ate your baby."

And so, after enough episodes, again, you had to stop watching right then and there, because at this point, you knew you would pee yourself laughing and risk getting caught in the act.

You then darted out of the room and ran as quickly as you could to the restroom. You couldn't stop laughing for a while, and when you did, you couldn't breathe right.

"Oh god, that was so fu-- Aw, man, I--", you said to yourself while in the restroom. "Oh man. Oh, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan."

As you quietly stepped out of the restroom, attempting to hold in your laughter, you ran into your cousin.

Stella: "Hello there, little one."

"Stella!" you shouted in shock. "Hi."

Stella: "Enjoying yourself in there?"

"Uh, yeah", you responded meekly.

Stella: "I figured as much."

"What are you doing out here?" you asked.

Stella: "I heard you laughing, and when I went in your room, I saw this lying on the floor."

You realized what she found.

"Hey, that's my--!" You quickly covered your mouth. "Oh, shit."

You started to sweat profusely.

"L-l-l-listen, Stel, you can't--"

Stella: "I can't what?"

"Tell any of your friends about this."

Stella: "I might not even need to tell any of them."

"What do you mean?"

Stella opened the door.

Flora: "Oh hello."

"Guh!" You shouted as you instantly turned pale. "Y-y-y-y-y-y-you didn't!" you barked at Stella.

Stella: "I didn't need to tell her. She just walked right in when I started reacting to this."

You instantly turned the deepest shade of red.

Flora: "Do you have anything to say?"

"W-w-w-w-well you s-s-s-see--"

Flora: "You want to take this elsewhere?"

"Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh--"

Flora: "It's a simple 'yes or no' question."

"In that case, yes."

Sometime later, you found yourself in the park with Flora. You are uncomfortably silent, sweating all the way and heavily breathing out your nose. As Flora looks at all the prominent flora all over the park, you think of ways to break the silence and not come off as that awkward teenage boy attempting and failing to confess his feelings.

"Okay, she's just looking at flowers!" You thought to yourself. "This is my chance. I only have this one shot! Get psyched! Get psyched! Get psyched!"

As you attempted to, well, "get psyched", you stopped breathing and held all your air inside of you. As this was happening, your head changed color from your normal tan to the deepest shade of purple, which Flora took notice of.

Flora: "Breathe."

You took one long deep breath.

Flora: "Is something on your mind?"

"Holy crap, she's speaking to me!" You thought. "I need to say something, or else she'll think I'm insane or worse!"

Flora: "Are you okay?"

"Uh, y-y-yes! I'm f-f-f-f-fine, F-f-f-f-Flora."

Flora: "Does it involve the 'little plan' I was made aware of?"

"Well, um, uh, you, uh, see, uh um uh um uh um--"

Flora: "(y/n), spill the beans already."

"YES!" you shouted at her. 

Flora: "(y/n)..."

"I have been silent all this time because I don't know what to say!"

Flora: "(y/n)?"

"I get the feeling that--"

Flora: "(y/n)??"

"That you don't love me as much as I love you!"

Flora: "(y/n)!!"

She shook you violently to get you to stop talking.

"Yes?"

Flora: "I recommend you stop right now before you start making a scene."

You slumped over in sadness.

"Now you'll never know how I feel."

As you began to walk away sadly, Flora grabbed you by the shoulder.

Flora: "(y/n), I know how you feel."

"You mean beyond the--"

Flora: "Yes. This entire time, even before now, I know you had a thing for me."

You could only stare and blush in shock. The girl you love KNEW you loved her all along.

"Y-y-y--"

Flora: "Yes, I mean it."

You couldn't help but hug her. It was the first thing you thought of doing when she admitted.

"How long?"

Flora: "Have I known?"

"Yeah...?"

Flora: "Let's just say I've known about this since the first time you laid your eyes on me."

"You're cute, Flora."

Flora: "That's very flatter--"

At this point, you two kissed. Rather, you pressed your lips on hers instantaneously. Needless to say, you quickly broke down and pulled out.

"Flora, I'm s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-sor--"

Flora: "Don't be sorry. I know you want this relationship."

"Wait, yo--"

Flora then kissed you in response. All of a sudden, you felt fireworks exploding all around you.

Flora: "Let's go somewhere else. Somewhere more inclusive."

"Yeah, okay, Flora, I won't mind."

There was no turning back from this. You wanted this relationship, you finally got it.

An unusually not cheaply done epilogue: So, in no uncertain terms, you and Flora began to start a relationship in secret. Of course, after a while, Flora's friends soon found out, largely because Stella witnessed what you and Flora did in the park. You didn't mind this, because, if anything, you at least came over your shyness and got the girl of your dreams.

Author's Note: Man, was this story a long one. This time, I didn't rely on a request from Robcartree like the last two chapters. It certainly shows, because of how long this one is (unless, of course, I padded out certain scenes). Also, two real-life television series were referenced in this chapter, try to figure them out.