One Girl and Two Boys

This is a story about a girl. She moved away from home for four years in the hopes that a new place would bring fantastic new experiences. In some ways, she was right.

She quickly met two boys that were funny, nice, and everything you could ask for in a friend. The three became best friends.  They did everything together.  The girl would even walk all the way across campus to go see them every night because they were her friends.  As you might guess, she quickly found out that she liked one of the boys, a little bit more than just a friend. As she dropped subtle hints and wondered if he shared her feelings, she was oblivious to the second boy and his feelings toward her.

One night she admitted to the second boy that she liked the first, that she had liked him since she met him and didn't know what to do. She hoped to get some insight in the matter from the second boy, because he might know how the first felt about her. Instead she learned from the second boy that he had liked her since he met her. That he had sadly gotten over the crush and was now able to admit it.  She didn't know whether he was really over his feelings or not, but she felt in many ways horrible.  What signals had she given the second boy that suggested she had meant for their relationship to become more than friends?

She realized that he had been in the same situation she had all year long.  As she had wondered why the first boy never returned or made clear his affections for her, she hadn't been aware that the second boy was going through the same feelings about her.  She had just confessed her secret love of the first boy to the second boy whom she considered her friend and nothing more, unintentionally hurting his feelings.  The second boy seemed sad and told her that the first boy would never love her the way she wanted.

She never found out if the first boy whom she liked ever heard about the conversation she had with the second boy that night. She assumed that he had, but wasn't brave enough to confront her about it.

Now she still sees the boys every so often, but they never have fun or spend time together like they used to.  A courteous hello is all that is exchanged between the three. She remains alone now, left to wonder if her feelings got in the way of a perfect friendship.

(So if you couldn't tell this story was inspired by the falling out mentioned in the last post. I just needed to get that out!)

Stephanie, WWT