A Lack Of Colour

The following is an excerpt from the life of a teenager.

So I have this friend, T. She first started hanging out with this guy accidentally- she had been interested in his friend at the time. They started becoming really good 'study buddies' and for a couple of weeks, everyone told her (including me) that he seemed to like her more then just as platonic friends. But she kept saying that she wasn't interested, that she wasn't attracted to him, etc. We told her she was in denial, and so slowly, she realised that she did like the guy. Then she began crushing on him bigtime. She looked up 'Signs to tell he likes you' on google, and she tried them out- the whole 'accidentally' placing your leg next to his, see if he moves away kind of thing. Everyone thought that he really liked her. Then on the night of our course ball at the pub after party, apparently he told her that they needed to 'talk'. [Meanwhile, I was back at the venue, waiting for a taxi to take me there.] She had thought that finally, he would ask her out. Instead, he told her that he 'just wanted to be friends'. She was horrified. She sent me a text, 'Where are you guys? I need you! He just rejected me!'

We thought he was such a jerk, leading her on all that time, flirting like crazy with her. In the following days, his excuses were 'it's because I don't want to date someone in the same course'. Which was a pretty lame excuse. Finally, we found out that he had thought that she wanted to hook up with him that night, not go out with him. We deduced a drunk friend had told him that. And they spoke about what happened. But he never asked her out. But he also never said he didn't like her in that way either. So now T is in a conundrum, because for some reason, she's still crazy about him. And even as we speak, she's sending me lyrics over MSN from songs such as 'Stuck On You' by Stacie Orrico, 'relating' to her life. Seriously. They've remained study buddies, but she's hoping that if she keeps talking to him, then he'll realise that 'she's the girl for him'. And that's the sad bit about it. I still think he's a bit of a jerk. Surely he can see now that she likes him? And yet, he doesn't make the line clear. Freaking penis people.