• >>ITS 7TH GRADE...
    >>
    >>
    >>I stared at the girl next to me...She was my so called 'best
    >>friend'... I
    >>stared at her... Long, silky hair... And I wished she was mine...
    >>But she
    >>didn't notice me like that... I knew it... After class she walked
    >>up to me
    >>and asked me for the notes she had missed the day before... And I
    >>handed
    >>them to her... She said 'thanks'... And gave me a kiss on the
    >>cheek... I
    >>wanted to tell her... I want her to know that I don't want to be
    >>'just
    >>friends'... I love her but I'm too shy to tell her... And I don't
    >>know
    >>why...
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>IT'S JUNIOR YEAR...
    >>
    >>
    >>My phone rang... On the other end it was her... She was in tears...
    >>Mumbling
    >>on and on about how her love had broken 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... A Drew Barrymore movie... And 3 bags of chips... She
    >>decided to go
    >>to sleep... She looked at me.. Said 'thanks' and gave me a kiss on
    >>the
    >>cheek... I wanted to tell her... I want her to know... That I don't
    >>want to
    >>be 'just friends'... I love her but I'm too shy to tell her... And
    >>I don't
    >>know why...
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>IT'S SENIOR YEAR...
    >>
    >>
    >>The day before prom... She walked to my locker... 'My date is sick'
    >>she
    >>said... He's not going to go... Well... I didn't have a date and in
    >>7th
    >>grade... We made a promise that if neither of us had dates... We'd
    >>go
    >>together just as 'best friends'... And so we did...
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>IT'S PROM NIGHT...
    >>
    >>
    >>After everything was over with... I was
    >>standing at her front door step... I
    >>stared at her ... She smiled at me... I wanted 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 she gave me a kiss on the cheek... I
    >>wanted to
    >>tell her... I wanted 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...
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>IT'S GRADUATION DAY...
    >>
    >>
    >>A day passed... And then a week... And then a month... Before I
    >>could
    >>blink... It was graduation day... I watched her... Perfect body...
    >>Floated
    >>like an angel up on stage to get her diploma... I wanted her to be
    >>mine...
    >>But she doesn't think of me that way... And I know 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 shoulders
    >>and said 'you're my best
    >>friend'... 'Thanks!'... And gave me a kiss on the cheek... I wanted
    >>to tell
    >>her.. I wanted her to know that I wanted to be more than 'just
    >>friends'... I
    >>love her but I'm too shy... And I don't know why...
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>IT'S A FEW YEARS LATER...
    >>
    >>
    >>Now I sit in the pews of the church... A church that she is getting
    >>married
    >>in now... I watched her say 'I do' an 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!... Thanks!'... And she kissed me on the cheek... I
    >>wanted to
    >>tell her... I wantd her to know that I didn'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 said... 'I stare at him... Wishing he was
    >>mine...
    >>But he doesn't notice me like that... And I know it... I wanted to
    >>tell
    >>him... I wanted 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 myself and
    >>I
    >>cried...
    >>>>ITS 7TH GRADE...
    >>
    >>
    >>I stared at the girl next to me...She was my so called 'best
    >>friend'... I
    >>stared at her... Long, silky hair... And I wished she was mine...
    >>But she
    >>didn't notice me like that... I knew it... After class she walked
    >>up to me
    >>and asked me for the notes she had missed the day before... And I
    >>handed
    >>them to her... She said 'thanks'... And gave me a kiss on the
    >>cheek... I
    >>wanted to tell her... I want her to know that I don't want to be
    >>'just
    >>friends'... I love her but I'm too shy to tell her... And I don't
    >>know
    >>why...
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>IT'S JUNIOR YEAR...
    >>
    >>
    >>My phone rang... On the other end it was her... She was in tears...
    >>Mumbling
    >>on and on about how her love had broken 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... A Drew Barrymore movie... And 3 bags of chips... She
    >>decided to go
    >>to sleep... She looked at me.. Said 'thanks' and gave me a kiss on
    >>the
    >>cheek... I wanted to tell her... I want her to know... That I don't
    >>want to
    >>be 'just friends'... I love her but I'm too shy to tell her... And
    >>I don't
    >>know why...
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>IT'S SENIOR YEAR...
    >>
    >>
    >>The day before prom... She walked to my locker... 'My date is sick'
    >>she
    >>said... He's not going to go... Well... I didn't have a date and in
    >>7th
    >>grade... We made a promise that if neither of us had dates... We'd
    >>go
    >>together just as 'best friends'... And so we did...
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>IT'S PROM NIGHT...
    >>
    >>
    >>After everything was over with... I was
    >>standing at her front door step... I
    >>stared at her ... She smiled at me... I wanted 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 she gave me a kiss on the cheek... I
    >>wanted to
    >>tell her... I wanted 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...
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>IT'S GRADUATION DAY...
    >>
    >>
    >>A day passed... And then a week... And then a month... Before I
    >>could
    >>blink... It was graduation day... I watched her... Perfect body...
    >>Floated
    >>like an angel up on stage to get her diploma... I wanted her to be
    >>mine...
    >>But she doesn't think of me that way... And I know 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 shoulders
    >>and said 'you're my best
    >>friend'... 'Thanks!'... And gave me a kiss on the cheek... I wanted
    >>to tell
    >>her.. I wanted her to know that I wanted to be more than 'just
    >>friends'... I
    >>love her but I'm too shy... And I don't know why...
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>IT'S A FEW YEARS LATER...
    >>
    >>
    >>Now I sit in the pews of the church... A church that she is getting
    >>married
    >>in now... I watched her say 'I do' an 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!... Thanks!'... And she kissed me on the cheek... I
    >>wanted to
    >>tell her... I wantd her to know that I didn'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 said... 'I stare at him... Wishing he was
    >>mine...
    >>But he doesn't notice me like that... And I know it... I wanted to
    >>tell
    >>him... I wanted 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 myself and
    >>I
    >>cried...
    >>
    crying