[She stops with an armful of clothes then, leaning against the counter to give him a critical stare as she tries to gauge how serious he is about this.] Sometimes things take a while to get over, but if it's something that serious? Besides, with experiments most people get over them right after the fact, maybe a few days at the most.

Which part has you freaking out the most though, that you possibly liked what you did, that you might like a boy, or that you might like him specifically? They're all three really different things. With the first thing, it could just be because you like certain things, you could have achieved the same feelings with anybody. If it's the second thing? Well...okay think about it like this. Pre-experiment, have you ever had any sort of potential feelings for another boy? That could explain things. And if it's the last thing, maybe you don't even like boys at all, maybe there's just something about him. If he was somebody you haven't always gotten along with, maybe now that you're actually friends or whatever you're finding traits about him you find attractive in people in general.

As for the rest of that, you can't really fault anybody. You can't blame him for his family, but you can't really blame your friends for feeling the way they do. You can't force it, it'll blow up in your face. But...friendship's a tricky thing, it has to have its bumps or you wouldn't appreciate it nearly as much. Besides, this can't be the worst thing you've done, is it? ...wait, this isn't the worst thing, right?

...also, you don't wear a lot of yellow, do you?