Post by Xyrad on Jun 26, 2008 4:18:00 GMT -5
For some reason, I feel like sharing a story with you all.
At the start of my senior year in high school, I was basically a loner. To put it simply, I had about 5 people I could call friends and maybe 10 people (max) knew me by name. Anyway, one of my friends (we'll call her Jill) had me for a class that semester. In that class was a friend of hers (we'll call her Tricia) who had me for another two classes in addition to the first. At first we were a bit rough with each other, due to my antisocial tendencies and her (how do i put it...) sharp tongue (?), but later in the semester, Jill's schedule changed and wasn't in either of the two classes with us anymore. Eventually, Tricia and I warmed up to each other because of our mutual friend and oddly coincidental schedules. We only had two classes apart from each other in the morning, periods three through five were the ones we shared which were interrupted only by lunch, which we spent with the same group of friends anyway. To top it off, we even went to the same spot to do homework/socialize after school. Before I could notice the transition from butting heads to butting heads in a friendly manner, we were the best of friends. (Like Ling and KH).
Around winter trouble began, I was aware of the close bond that we had and for some reason began to misinterpret some of the things Tricia said to me. Granted, she did once offer me a kiss if I did some origami craft she couldn't quite get (which I did, though she never held up her end of the deal, now that i think back on it, she was probably joking), but I thought she had a serious interest in me.
So like a confused guy that knew the possible consequences of dating a friend, I held it in for a couple months.
I remember the day I confessed to Tricia distinctly (though I'll omit the date). I also remember her response very clearly: "I'm sorry, but I can't return your feelings." There was more to it, but I'll omit those details as they involve other people I'd rather not make up names for. Naturally, I was distraught, though it didn't hit me til about a week or so later. I was just so stunned by her mature response to what I had said to her. Though eventually things got strange. We still had the same schedules. We still had the same friends. We still were around each other for half the day, and neither of us ever ditched class to avoid an awkward situation. I did my best to stay friendly; I withdrew my self only slightly and that worked for a while. But after a while, her sister told me that Tricia felt like I was trying to force her into a relationship, so I retreated more. And then I overreacted a bit when she said "I'm not talking to you" when she was actually talking to someone else and I just jumped into the conversation so I stopped talking to her....
We didn't speak for 5 months....Going along the same way.... Always in the same classrooms, same seats (right next to each other in the last two and in the other, she sat right in the center of my view on the other side of the room). She seemed afraid of me, but I remained silent. It was only once summer hit and school was out (For-e-ver!) that we started talking again. It was like nothing had happened (almost) we were chatting online just like we used to about all the random crap that we could think of.
It was a week or so after we reconnected that I found out why she couldn't return my feelings. Apparently, Tricia had had a crush on another guy before she even met me. I was floored by this for a week, but didn't let her know. Once the initial shock passed, I was surprised to find that I was perfectly okay with it. I knew the guy, (hmm... Brian) was already his friend, and thought nothing of his relationship with my old flame.
Things are going great now, we're back to being the same friends that we were before. We chat online, talk on the phone, and (as long as I call to warn her) I can go over to her house pretty much whenever I want (I went over just the other day; we watched a movie, had dinner, she and her sis messed with my hair for a bit, then she gave me a lift home).
Only differences are that she does tease me more often than before and we are able to comfortably touch more areas of conversation than most friends do. For instance, we will occasionally discuss the reasons our "relationship" would have failed (main one is that we're too much the same and always bored, we'd just complain and complain until we hated each other). Also, I recently found out why she seemed to fear me; I find the reason quite hilarious. Turns out that she had been having nightmares about me killing her XD. We both had a good laugh about that one.
Love and lost?
This platonic relationship is perfect, we're the perfect middle ground of bf/gf and siblings (no dirty thoughts you perverts... you know who you are)
At the start of my senior year in high school, I was basically a loner. To put it simply, I had about 5 people I could call friends and maybe 10 people (max) knew me by name. Anyway, one of my friends (we'll call her Jill) had me for a class that semester. In that class was a friend of hers (we'll call her Tricia) who had me for another two classes in addition to the first. At first we were a bit rough with each other, due to my antisocial tendencies and her (how do i put it...) sharp tongue (?), but later in the semester, Jill's schedule changed and wasn't in either of the two classes with us anymore. Eventually, Tricia and I warmed up to each other because of our mutual friend and oddly coincidental schedules. We only had two classes apart from each other in the morning, periods three through five were the ones we shared which were interrupted only by lunch, which we spent with the same group of friends anyway. To top it off, we even went to the same spot to do homework/socialize after school. Before I could notice the transition from butting heads to butting heads in a friendly manner, we were the best of friends. (Like Ling and KH).
Around winter trouble began, I was aware of the close bond that we had and for some reason began to misinterpret some of the things Tricia said to me. Granted, she did once offer me a kiss if I did some origami craft she couldn't quite get (which I did, though she never held up her end of the deal, now that i think back on it, she was probably joking), but I thought she had a serious interest in me.
So like a confused guy that knew the possible consequences of dating a friend, I held it in for a couple months.
I remember the day I confessed to Tricia distinctly (though I'll omit the date). I also remember her response very clearly: "I'm sorry, but I can't return your feelings." There was more to it, but I'll omit those details as they involve other people I'd rather not make up names for. Naturally, I was distraught, though it didn't hit me til about a week or so later. I was just so stunned by her mature response to what I had said to her. Though eventually things got strange. We still had the same schedules. We still had the same friends. We still were around each other for half the day, and neither of us ever ditched class to avoid an awkward situation. I did my best to stay friendly; I withdrew my self only slightly and that worked for a while. But after a while, her sister told me that Tricia felt like I was trying to force her into a relationship, so I retreated more. And then I overreacted a bit when she said "I'm not talking to you" when she was actually talking to someone else and I just jumped into the conversation so I stopped talking to her....
We didn't speak for 5 months....Going along the same way.... Always in the same classrooms, same seats (right next to each other in the last two and in the other, she sat right in the center of my view on the other side of the room). She seemed afraid of me, but I remained silent. It was only once summer hit and school was out (For-e-ver!) that we started talking again. It was like nothing had happened (almost) we were chatting online just like we used to about all the random crap that we could think of.
It was a week or so after we reconnected that I found out why she couldn't return my feelings. Apparently, Tricia had had a crush on another guy before she even met me. I was floored by this for a week, but didn't let her know. Once the initial shock passed, I was surprised to find that I was perfectly okay with it. I knew the guy, (hmm... Brian) was already his friend, and thought nothing of his relationship with my old flame.
Things are going great now, we're back to being the same friends that we were before. We chat online, talk on the phone, and (as long as I call to warn her) I can go over to her house pretty much whenever I want (I went over just the other day; we watched a movie, had dinner, she and her sis messed with my hair for a bit, then she gave me a lift home).
Only differences are that she does tease me more often than before and we are able to comfortably touch more areas of conversation than most friends do. For instance, we will occasionally discuss the reasons our "relationship" would have failed (main one is that we're too much the same and always bored, we'd just complain and complain until we hated each other). Also, I recently found out why she seemed to fear me; I find the reason quite hilarious. Turns out that she had been having nightmares about me killing her XD. We both had a good laugh about that one.
Love and lost?
This platonic relationship is perfect, we're the perfect middle ground of bf/gf and siblings (no dirty thoughts you perverts... you know who you are)
, misinterpret 
, and am generally in denial 
. I don't mull things over and realize anything until later. 
Oh, I've tried.
, made me apologize 
and promise to never say it again 
Nice going. Maybe you should check your sources from now on before you defecate out of your mouth.
