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A story of how things work in my crazy world called Life. :)

We had decided to meet up at the nearest coffee shop, because we thought the TV in both our huses woud only distract us. I caught sight of *Craig* (screen name,favorite name of a guy) from down the block,tapping his pen on the tabletop and sipping his ice coffe latte - his jaw clenching as he did. It's silly I know but I found it to be the most endearing thing. =) Today, we were going on our first study session for the final exams, and I couldnt be more excited.

"What great lessons are yu ready to teach me today" I sad, breathless, but not from walking. His eyes lit up. " The importance of not having someone,wait for you for very long" he teased,looking at his watch. "I can get impatient, and you might just regret it if I upped and left"

"I'll keep that in mind," I said quietly wondering whether he was talking about something else other than my being 15 minutes late today. (Hoping that he was actually)

BUt by the time I settled on my mocha frap and had arranged my books around me, I was thinking otherwise. Since that fateful day he told me he'd chosen our firendship over his feelings, I had heard nothing else from him. From then on, things were back to normal and he had been to me, the way he'd always been: comfortable,sometimes patronizing,sometimes annoying,mostly supportive,always playful,always friendly. I ahve gotten no feelers since that day. His burying his face on his book,completely oblivious to thefact that I've been staring at him for the last two minutes now was the truest testament to that. =)

We had gotten one hour of studying in before he looked up. "Break?" Iasked and he nodded. We finished the rest of my glazed doughnut as we watched the people aorund us and decided to play a game. i'LL call it Couple Analysis and unfounded assumptions based on what the coules look like.

"I see couple..." I started,eyeing the one across from us. He was playing with his skateboard under the table and had a chain looped around his pants;she was powdering her nose." She agreed to go out with him because she thought she could change him. Now he's realizing he'll always be a kid. She is now ready to dump him for a college guy."

Craig looked at me,eyes wide " Florence, I think they're mother and son" he whispered.
I let out a big laugh,but was unfazed. So for the better part of 30 minutes. I played Couple Analyzer to whoever cared to walk infront of us. I rebutted all of Craig's analyses for nine couples out of 10 before I finally grew tired.

"Im out It's back to the books for me" I announced, as I took my bookmark away from the page I had sectioned off and started reading.

" i See a couple" Craig said quietly, and I looked up. I didn't see any one in sight..

"He's been keen on her for some time now, He wasnt upfront about it because they were very close, and he didnt want to ruin their friendship."..Unless he was talking about the old couple who was just leaving.
"So he started"..Craig continues.. "dropping major hints. She didnt seem to notice until finally, he spelled it out for her - only to find out she liked someone else, or is not ready for any commitment. So he felt monumentally stupid and stayed away from her for awhile. But he ended up missing her terribly crawling back,saying sorry..." Surely, Craig wasnt talking about the pair beside us who looked like they were brother and sister.

"...insisting he didnt mean to like her and make things out like his feelings for her didnt run that deep anyway." Craug continues.

And I finally looked at him looking at me.

" She took it all, I think" he said, staring into my eyes. " But I have to tell you, Florence" he said, shaking his head as I waited to exhale, " that crazy guy was lying"

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