She stopped biting her lip when she saw his very worried expression, 'Just get it over with, put yourself out of this misery' she said to herslf she shut her eyes and worked out how to tell him, there was no way 's**t...now what?' she thought. Then she "I really like you, and not as a best friend" poured out her mouth, at the pure shock of her just suddenly blurting it out. What shocked her more was that she was not even blushing, after that small ordeal she clamped her mouth shut, scared of any more small outbursts before Alex got a chance to speak. She shut her eyes briefly and braced herself for rejection.