Page 60 - The Life of A Teenage Girl (Stories About Finding Your Way)

THE LIFE OF A TEENAGE GIRL

I still thought of that as something to worry about. Because without
him, who was going to help me with this sad issue I’m going through?

Then, this thought immediately came to my mind while I was in

my room—when Uncle tried to advise me on my issue. Though the part
where he said I could befriend one and date the other was weird, I didn’t

think much about it. I don’t want to make one jealous, mad, or upset.
Because now I understand what Jayson meant. It’s not like he

wants to date me or anything; he just likes me. Maybe as a crush or a
best friend. But what he wants is for me never to treat Chris like a full-

on, forever friend or partner—and leave him like that. He just doesn’t

want me to put another person in our eleven-year best-friend
relationship. Especially a guy. And he never liked Chris, so… he’s too

upset about it.

But as for Chris, I know he really likes me and wants to date me.
But I don’t want that. I like him, but not enough to say, I want to be

with him. Chris is a really good guy though—I can tell we can be good,
in fact, such close friends. But I can’t even do that because both of them

are angry at me.
Just because of love.

So, I decided to just do the last advice tip Uncle Eddie gave me:

don’t date any of them, and just be friends. Honestly, it wasn’t a bad
tip. For someone like Uncle Eddie, who is so dramatic and crazy for no

reason, it’s really impressive for him to give me such advice. I never
would’ve thought of that.

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