I Love You

We were e-mailing.
Best firends,
You know.
Practically chat.
See the thing is,
I love him.
Like a friend,
Like a brother,
Like someone I want to spend the rest
Of my life with.
But I won't tell him.
Because he rejects God.
And by rejecting God,
He rejects me.

Well,
We're talking when
Out of the blue I get:

I love you.

My heart stops for a moment.
My breath catches.
I can feel my once laughing face
Slipping into shock,
And sorrow.
I am about to cry.
So,
I bolster my courage
(after running through several different responses)
And shoot back:

I love you too.

And it turns out,
He was quoting a video,
And thank God what I wrote
Was the next line.
So,
I move on,
Brushing it off like nothing.

But really,
I wanted to kill him.
He gave me a heart attack,
Major emtional turmoil,
Over a quote!
You do not use quotes like that
Without first checking to see
If the person knows what you're referencing!

On the same night,
I confessed my heart,
Covered it up,
And then wanted to kill
The object of my affections.
Gotta love those hormones.