*Brian’s View*
“When is Mary going to talk to me?” I thought. “She can’t still be mad because she has Nick now. She hasn’t said a single word to me or anyone yet.” I wondered what she could possibly be thinking about. Maybe being around me made her feel uncomfortable. I decided to end her suffering for the time being so I left to go to my bunk and lie down a little bit.
“Where’re you goin’?” Mary asked. I just stood there for a second stunned that words were coming out of her mouth directed at me.
“I was just gonna take a nap if that’s okay with you.” I answered back jokingly. I didn’t know how she was going to take my joke so I was a little nervous about it.
“Mind if I talk to you for a minute first?” She wondered. This was a very shocking turn of events. I wanted to talk to her too so I led her into the front where we could have more privacy.
“What’s on your mind?” I wondered. She mentioned it so she is definitely going first!
“Well, I wanted to apologize for leaving all of you, especially you, on such bad terms.” She said straight out.
“Hey, I really did deserve it.” I admitted. “I wanted to apologize to you for doing that. It was an awful thing to do. I should have been honest with you the minute I met her.”
“I was so hurt because I never thought you would do something like that. I mean we were joking around about you being ‘completely safe’ before you told me about her. You should have told me right then if nothing before.”
“Alright. It’s in the past and I’m really sorry about it.” I didn’t like dwelling on the events of those few days.
“You love her right? I mean you REALLY love her?”
“Yes I do.” I said with all honesty.
“I’m happy for you then. I hope you and me can be best friends, if not good friends.” She smiled.
“I would really like that too. Now come ‘ere you.” I pulled her to me and gave her a warm hug. It felt so good to have things right with her again. Like every moment I spent thinking about her and wondering if she hated me had melted away and meant nothing. I really hate it when people don’t like me. I think everyone is like that though.