Falling for a friend

by Olivia
(Florida)

I met this guy last year and found out that he lived in my neighborhood. At first, we were just friends ... we had a great time together. I could tell when he started to like me, but back then, I didn't feel the same way, so I just pretended not to notice, and everything was okay .... for a while. Our other friend (a girl) knew he liked me, and she wouldn't have it. I didn't know about her scheme when I told her that I was starting to fall for him ... I didn't know she was going to ruin the only chance I had with him. I told her how I felt about him because I thought she was the only one who could relate and talk to me about him.

Not a week later, she texted me and said "Eric hates you; he said to leave him alone." I didn't know what to think, so I tried to talk to him, but he ignored me.

From then on, it just got worse. The girl texted me one day during school and told me that she'd asked him out and that he'd said yes. I was heartbroken, but i couldn't cry. I just wanted to scream at her and tell her what a bitch she was.

Long story short: I lost my friend because of that girl's lies. She'd told him crap about me that wasn't true, and convinced him to believe her. as it turned out, he hadn't gone out with her; he'd rejected her, but she'd lied to me to push me further away from him. We both knew that she'd been lying, but our friendship was too far gone to be rebuilt.

I see him every day at school, and every time I do, I feel like crying. I miss him so much .... I'd do almost anything to get our friendship back, but at this point, nothing I could ever do would be enough ... sometimes I still cry about what happened, but he's already moved on. =(

- to "the guy", if by some miraculous chance you ever read this (and I hope that somehow you do), maybe you'll finally see how much I'm hurting ... and be my friend again.


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