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I’m looking out the window. That’s all.

This is wrong. Very, very wrong.

I’m gazing out his kitchen window, watching the summer grass blow lazily in the wind.

His soft voices echoes in the room, trying to soothe her.

It’s so odd hearing his voice like this.

It’s usually loud, vibrant, strong.

He sounds so small now.

He doesn’t understand what the real problem is. Obviously.

I can hear her low, muttering voice coming from the other end of the line.

Disapproval.

I don’t care about her, anyway.

Yeah, we talk.

We chat, giggle, smile in that stupid, hesitant way.
That way where neither person is sure of the other's motives.
That way.

But we don’t care.



My mind flickers.

I’m standing in a different kitchen, different house, different time.

Different guy.

Same phone call, same disapproval, same disappointing heartache.



“You’re my two favorite girls…” his voice floats, patient and gentle, only for her to respond indignant.

I always play this role.

Best girl friend.

Never best girlfriend.

So what is her problem?

We both may be his favorites, but we all know who comes first!

Yes, Maria, yes! You come first! So shut the hell up and stop being such a bitch!



I stare down into the stainless steel sink. I can barely see my reflection, just a hazy tan blob smothered on the bottom.  My breathing slows to a dull rhythmic hum, the only sound besides the refrigerator’s purr and his quiet voice.

I’m happy, right?

Right.

Everything’s back to normal, the way it was.
The way it was supposed to be.

No. It’s not, actually.

It never was normal.

There were those moments, we’d touch the other for a second too long, stare into the other’s eyes for a moment… and the awkwardness flooded in.

It was always there.

Anyway, I learned going after him was like chasing smoke. I could see it, smell it, taste it, but not touch it or keep it. It would always simply float away, spreading just inches from my tired and wary grasp.

But still, it’s normal enough.

Just me and him, laughing and pushing, throwing Pringles at each other, playing video games, and debating bands. We still watch stand-up together, along with our usual European soccer fix, and giggle our asses off about masturbation jokes.

I know him so much better. She doesn’t understand him. She doesn’t understand us. I know his favorite songs, I can play the video games of his choice, I laugh at his cracks, I held his hand, and I cried when he cut…

But what?

It doesn’t matter. That’s what.

He wants her.

Not me, never me.

“Maybe sometime, just not now.”

That’s it, that’s all.

Case closed, game over.
:iconcrazylemolwreck:
Real or imagined?
You choose.
I'm tired of deciding.

Sometimes... sometimes you have such an amazing dream that when you wake up you swear to God that you'll kill yourself if it turns out to be just that, just a dream?

I've gone through that twice.
And the part that sucks the most is that I didn't want that dream to be real the first time, it just sort of happened and I convinced myself that it was what I wanted.

It wasn't.
But this isn't Wal-Mart. You can't stand in line for forty minutes and make an exchange.

And that's why I wrote this down.
Thank you for letting me rant in my comments like this.
I should put this in the piece, shouldn't I?
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:icontwichey:
Wow. Very deep. Full of thought. I understand quite a bit. I honestly have been through something likebthis but not as extreme. I really like this.
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:iconcrazylemolwreck:
Thanks.
That's the weirdest thing though. I guess I do feel the emotions, I've just learned to turn them off. Shut them down at the slightest flicker.
Except when come to love. Or lust. Or whatever you prefer to call it.
I hate being human, haha.
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:icontwichey:
I have shut off quite a few emotions. But this fend of mine has made me feel love again. So I guess I haven't. Shut off competely.
I hate bing human as well. Sucks.
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:iconcrazylemolwreck:
Yeah. But sometimes turning off emotions isn't the best, it can get you in a boat load of trouble.
And that's why you stop caring. That's the first step, isn't it? You just stop caring what happens.
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:icontwichey:
Yes it does get you in trouble. I stopped caring about myself. But not for others. Like you I care for nearly everyone.
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:iconcrazylemolwreck:
Yeah, that's what scares people the most about me. That I honestly don't give a shit what happens to me, but when it comes to others, even people I don't actaully know, I'll put everything aside to help. And that is, according to my neurologist, "The most beautiful way to live life."

It's a compulsion. I can't help it. What's so beautiful about that?
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:icontwichey:
I must say it isn't a beautiful way to live. But I live the same way. I hate myself to be honest. I wish I would live. But if I didn't I can count a few ppl that wouldn't be here.
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:iconcrazylemolwreck:
And hopefully these people are your drive, they're the thing that keeps you going.
The only thing that keeps me going is my history and who I "am." It sounds pretty superficial and arrogant, but it's the truth.
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:icontriforce95:
i actually really like this, and I kinda feel the same way as you, except Im a guy, and the other person is a girl. But she doesnt like anyone else. So yeah, I relate, even though this isnt my situation at all.
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:iconcrazylemolwreck:
It's okay, at least you understand, sorta.
I just... I started writing and I couldn't stop, you know? And the next thing I know, I'm posting this up here and I realized... I don't know. Maybe I don't want him? It's complicated. Ugh. I hate being a teenager.
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