“I didn’t see Maddy for a week. She skipped school and lied to her mom.”
“Finally I saw Maddy again. She was sitting outside the grocery store. She was trying to smoke while she was crying. I approached her slowly and asked what was wrong. All she did was yell at me.”
‘You idiot! This is all your fault!’ she yelled at me.”
“By this time, people were beginning to stare at us. Some were even staying to see what would happen next.”
‘Don’t you get it? I like you but all you want is to be my friend!’ she screamed”
“I was completely shocked. I had no idea of what to say, so I just said the first thing I could think of. ‘Your friendship means a lot to me. I don’t want anything to change’ I said slowly.
‘I know’ she said. ‘I just wish we could be something more.’
‘You’re my best friend.’ I responded. ‘I would feel so awkward being anything more to you.’
‘I know’ she said. I could tell she was still both a little sad and a little mad.”
“Later that night, I called Maddy to see if she was okay. Mrs. Johnson answered the phone. When I asked if I could talk to Maddy, Mrs. Johnson said that Maddy was in her room. Then she paused and added that Maddy was a little upset.”
“I figured that she was still upset about our conversation earlier that day. But as her mom continued talking, I thought I heard crying in the background.”
“After I hung up, I thought back to our conversation. I thought back to what her face had looked like at the end of our talk. She had looked both sad and mad, but mainly sad.”
