I sat down by the piano at the back
He passed me by
The look in his eye said he would be sitting beside me
I prayed he would change his mind
I bent down to get a book from my backpack
Not wanting to find out his decision
He sat down right in front of me
His Stratford shirt mocked me with it's writing on the back,
"What you wish may not be what you want"
Seriously?
Stretching inches away from me
Uncomfortably close
A complete freak
No one else would want to be closer
I haven't been this close in a long time
And it occurred to me,
despite the sneering T-shirt
that he might actually like me
that maybe that smile I flashed him in the hallway last week
actually didn't look like someone trying to throw up
that he's taming me
like the little prince tamed the fox
moving closer and closer every day
that something might happen
and it terrified me
I couldn't handle it
I haven't found out who I am
I'm not ready