Boy Meets Girl

By: Chris Faulknor, Editor

Boy Meets Girl.

Boy makes friends with Girl, because he enjoys being there for people, and is secure in the knowledge that it could never go anywhere. “I’m too busy for a relationship.” was Boy’s warcry, and as a result, Boy deflected some, most, or all affection from many people. While part of it was a fear of being distracted from what was important (school, work, fill-in-the-blank), part of it was a fear that Boy had. You see, Boy had issues. Boy was great at learning about people, reading people, and finding out who they are – but Boy rarely shared much of himself – at least not with a lot of people.

Then one day Boy met Girl. There was something about Girl that he couldn’t quite put his finger on, but Boy was intrigued. Girl took things as they were, and didn’t make them more. Girl always seemed to take the non-dramatic route. Boy started flirting with Girl. He was very obvious about it, because Boy couldn’t deny that he really was attracted to Girl.
Despite the obvious attraction, Boy still had issues. Boy continued building the friendship – and kept it that way, even in spite of the attraction. Boy justified it to himself (and her) with diffferent reasons – too busy, didn’t want to hurt the friendship, things were fine now… and in Boy’s defense, they were completely true – but not the whole truth. Boy was afraid to open up.

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