10TH Grade- As I sat there in Enqlish class,

i stared at the girl next to me.

She was my so called

"best friend".

I stared at her long, silky hair,

and wished she was mine.

But she didnt notice me like that,

i knew it.

After class

she walked up to me and asked

me for the notes she had missed

the day before

i handed them to her.

She said

"thanks" and gave me a kiSs

on the cheek.

I wanna tell her,

i want her

to know that i don`t wanna Be just friends,

i love her but i`m just too shy,

and i don`t know

why.



11th Grade

The phone rang.

on the other end

it was her.

She was in tears,

mumbling on

and on

about how her love had broke her heart.

She asked

me to come over

because she didn't want to be alone,

so i did. As i sat

next to her on

the sofa,

i stared at her soft eyes,

wishing she was mine.

after 2 hours,

a drew barrymore movie,

& 3 bags of chips,

she decided to go to sleep.

She looked at me,

said "thanks"

and gave me a kiSs on the cheek.

i wAnna tell her,i want her to know

that i don`t wanna be just

friends,

i love her but im just too shy,

and i dnt know why.



Senior Year

The day before prom

she walked to my locker.

she said; "My date is Sick"

he`s not gonna go.

well i didnt have a dAte and in 7th qrade

we made a promiSe that if

neither of us had dates

we would go together

just as "best friends".

So we did.



Prom niqht

After everything was over

i was standing at her front door step.

i stared at her, She smiled

i want her to be mine,

but she doesn`t think of me like that

and i kno it.

then she said "i Had the best time,

"thanks!" and gave me a kiss on the cheek.

i wanna tell her,

i want her to kno that i don`t

want to be just friends,

i love her but i`m just too shy,

and i don`t kNow why



Graduation Day

a day passed, then a week, then a month.

before i could blink,

it was graduation day.

i watched as her perfect body

floated like an anqel

up on staqe to qet her diploma.

i wanted her to be mine,

but she didnt notice

me like that,

and i knew it.

before everyone went home,

she came to me in her smock

and hat, and cried as i hugged her.

then she lifted her

head from my shOulder and said,

you`re my best friend,

"thanks!"

and gave me a kiss on the Cheek.

i wanna tell her,

i want her to know that

i don`t wanna be just friends,

i love her but

i`m just too shy, and

i don`t know why



A Few Years Later

now i sit in the pews of the church. that
girl is gettinq married

now. i watched her say "i do"

and drive off to her new life,

married to another man.

i wanted her to be mine,

but she didn`t See me like that

and i knew it.

But before she

Drove away, she came to me n said

you came!".

She said thanks!"

and kissed me

on the cheek.

i wanna tell her,

i want her to know

that i dont wanna be just friends,

i love her

but i`m just too shy,

and i don`t know why }]|



Funeral

Years passed,

i looked down at the coffin

of a qirl who used to be

my "best friend".

at the service they

read her diary

and they found an entry

she had wrote in

her hiqh school years.

This is what it read:

i stare at him wishing he was mine,

but he doesn`t notice me like that,

and i know it.

i wanna tell him,

i wAnt him to kno

that i don`t wanna be just friends,

i love him but i`m just too shy,

and i don`t know why.

i wish he would tell me

he loved me . . i wish i did too.

i thought to mySelf, and i Cried