> > > 10th Grade - As I sat there in English class, I > > stared at > > > the girl next to me. She was my so called 'best > > friend'. I > > > stared at her long, silky hair, and wished she was > > mine. > > > But she didn't notice me like that, and I knew it. > > After > > > class, she walked up to me and asked me for the > > notes she > > > had missed the day before. I handed them to her. > > She said > > > 'thanks' and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want > > to tell > > > her, I want her to know that I don't want to be > > just > > > friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I > > don't know > > > why. > > > 11th Grade - The phone rang. On the other end, it > > was her. > > > She was in tears, mumbling on and on about how her > > love had > > > broke her heart. She asked me to come over because > > she > > > didn't want to be alone, so I did. As I sat next > > to her on > > > the sofa, I stared at her soft eyes, wishing she > > was mine. > > > After 2 hours, one Drew Barrymore movie, and three > > bags of > > > chips, she decided to go to sleep. She looked at > > me, said > > > 'thanks' and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want > > to tell > > > her, I want her to know that I don't want to be > > just > > > friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I > > don't know > > > why. > > > > > > Senior year - The day before prom she walked to my > > locker. > > > "My date is sick" she said, "he's not gonna go" > > well, I > > > didn't have a date, and in 7th grade, we made a > > promise > > > that if neither of us had dates, we would go > > together- just > > > as 'best friends'. So we did. Prom night, after > > everything > > > was over, I was standing at her front door step. I > > stared > > > at her as she she smiled at me and stared at me > > with her > > > crystal eyes. I want her to be mine, but she > > doesn't think > > > of me like that, and I know it. Then she said- "I > > had the > > > best time, thanks!" and gave me a kiss on the > > cheek. I want > > > to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want > > to be > > > just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and > > I don't > > > know why. > > > > > > A day passed, then a week, then a month. Before I > > could > > > blink, it was graduation day. I watched as her > > perfect body > > > floated like an angle up on stage to get her > > diploma. I > > > wanted her to be mine- but she didn't notice me > > like that, > > > and I knew it. Before everyone went home, she came > > to me in > > > her smock and hat, and cried as i hugged her. Then > > she > > > lifted her head from my shoulder and said- you're > > my > > > bestfriend, thanks' and gave me a kiss on the > > cheek. I want > > > to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want > > to be > > > just friends , I love her but I'm just too shy, > > and I don't > > > know why . > > > > > > Now I sit in the pews of the church. That girl is > > getting > > > married now. I watched her say 'I do' and drive > > off to her > > > new life, married to another man. I wanted her to > > be mine, > > > but she didn't see me like that, and I knew it. > > But before > > > she drove away, she came to me and said 'you > > came!'. She > > > said 'thanks' and kissed me in the cheek. I want > > to tell > > > her, I want her to know that I don't want to be > > just > > > friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I > > don't know > > > why. > > > > > > Years passed , I looked down at the coffin of a > > girl who > > > used to be my best friend'. At the service, they > > read a > > > diary entry she had wrote in her high school > > years. This is > > > what it read: "I stare at him wishing he was mine; > > but he > > > doesn't notice me like that, and I know it. I want > > to tell > > > him, I want him to know that I don't want to be > > just > > > friends, I love him but I'm just too shy, and I > > don't know > > > why. I wish he would tell me he loved me! 'I wish > > I did > > > too...' I thought to my self, and I cried. > > > > > > Do yourself a favor, tell her/him you love them. > > they won't > > > be there forever! __________________________________ www.edsamail.com