I’m sitting at my bedroom computer, looking dejected…
“How do I make a boy fall in love with me?”
I scroll through the results…
And I read one of them out loud:
Avery
“Click here to make your crush fall deeply in love with you.”
It sounds too good to be true…
And I’m presented with a large input box.
I peer closer at the screen.
There are a couple of lines of text underneath the box.
Avery
“Type your crush’s name into this box at your own risk.”
Avery
“This website uses highly effective ancient magic.”
Am I really so unlovable…
That I need magic to win Logan’s affection?
Maybe I’m going about this all wrong.
Maybe I just need to be me.
Logan might secretly find my quirks endearing.
I roll my eyes at this idea.
If Logan found me endearing…
He would have asked me out already.
He probably thinks I’m a total freak.
I type "Logan Taylor" into the input box.
And hit the return key on my keyboard.
I start to get up from my desk…
But before I even get to my feet…
There’s an incoming video call…
Avery
Oh my god, he’s calling me.
Avery
It actually worked!
I readjust myself in my seat…
Avery
Logan, what a…surprise!
Logan
There’s no time for small talk, Avery.
Logan
Just a moment ago, I had an epiphany.
Logan
There’s something I really need to confess…
Logan
And I need to confess it right now.
He pauses for a brief moment.
I lean towards the screen…
And bat my eyelashes at him.
Logan
Avery, I am deeply in love…
My jaw almost hits the floor.
Logan
I’m in love with your mom, Avery.
Logan
She’s the love of my life.
I shake my head in disbelief.
Avery
Wait — you’ve never even met my mom!
Logan
And I REALLY want to meet her.
Logan
Can you introduce me to her?
Avery
Um, Logan, would you excuse me for one moment?
Avery
I’ll call you back.
Logan
Will your mom be there when you do?
And I reopen the website…
Looking for any other text that I might have missed.
And then I see something that makes me gasp.
In the top right corner of my browser are the words:
“Logged in as Carol Mitchell.”
The website thought I was my mom!
I knew all those times I used her account to do online shopping…
Would come back to bite me one day.
There has to be a way to undo this!
Where’s the undo button?!
Suddenly, a pop-up window appears.
I read out loud what it says:
Avery
“Are you sure you want to undo the magic?”
Avery
“You have just ten seconds to make your final decision.”
Avery
Yes, I’m sure! UNDO! UNDO!
Desperately waiting for an acknowledgment that the spell has been reversed…
But the browser just closes itself down.
I quickly video call Logan again…
And when he answers, I'm given a bit of a shock:
He’s standing in the middle of a street…
Holding a bunch of flowers…
And wearing a smart blue shirt.
He has a bewildered look on his face.
Avery
Logan? Where are you?
Logan
I’m a couple of blocks away from your house.
Logan
I was about to knock on your door…
Logan
To ask your mom to have dinner with me.
Logan
I don’t know what came over me.
Logan
I’m not in love with your mom.
Logan
And I never have been.
Logan
You won’t tell your mom about this, will you?
I shake my head, my whole body relaxing with relief.
Logan
I’d better end the call now.
Logan
I think I need to go see a doctor.
Avery
No, Logan, don’t go!
Avery
You don’t need to see a doctor.
I pinch the bridge of my nose…
And I take a deep breath.
Avery
I need to come clean.
Avery
It’s my fault you thought you were in love with my mom.
Avery
I found this website…
Avery
That said it could use ancient magic to make someone fall in love…
Avery
And this is hard to admit, but…
Avery
I typed in your name so you would fall in love with me.
Avery
The problem is, I was logged into my mom’s account.
Avery
And so you thought you were in love with her.
Logan cocks his head back…
With a slightly amused look on his face.
Logan
YOU did that to me?
Avery
I know, I’m an awful human being…
Avery
Who doesn’t deserve to have you in my life…
Avery
I will never, ever come near you again.
Logan
If you were to never come near me again…
Logan
I wouldn’t be able to take you to dinner tonight.
Avery
You want to take ME to dinner?
Logan
It would be a shame to waste getting dressed up like this…
Logan
And I already bought these flowers.
Avery
But don’t you think me casting a botched magic spell on you…
Avery
Makes me a total freak?
Logan
Actually, I find it kind of endearing.
Logan
So, what do you say?
Logan
Would you care to join me for dinner?
He beams at me with a smile…
That I can only describe as magical.
