BashlineE1213

Emma K Bashline Honors English 10 D. Riddle 9/28/2012

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I walked through the woods in a daze, lost in my own thoughts of what was going on and not even paying attention to the things around me. A voice shocks me out of my daydreaming and back into the real world. “Where ya headed Summer?” He says as I spin around to face him and the tree he had just jumped out of, Eric has always loved the woods and it does not surprise me to see him here. “Oh, I didn’t even see you there guess I was daydreaming again!” I say as nonchalantly as I can, but the fact is I definitely was caught in my own thoughts and had no idea what was going on. “I’m just taking a walk, clearing my head I guess, you?” I add. “Well do you mind if I join you?” he asked giving me the smile that could light up a room and capture anyone who saw it paired with those deep brown eyes. I want him to join me because I want to be close to him but at the same time wanted him as far away from me as possible, I came out here to make a decision that needed to be made. “Yeah, sure. Why not?” I said, my heart won out and I just wanted him near me. We walked in silence and I knew he wanted to talk but he also knew that I didn’t so we just walked. Eric has been my best friend since I was in third grade and him in fourth. He knows me better than I know myself and is always there for me no matter what. Now, I am in eleventh and he in twelfth grade there is something different about our relationship that everyone else calls “love” but I don’t really know what love is. I’ve never had even a crush on a boy before Eric and I started this different feeling for each other. But the problem, the reason I came to the woods in the first place, is that there is a new boy at our school that has somehow decided being friends (or more than) is at the top of his priority list. Andrew moved here at the beginning of the school year from Chicago to our small town rich in trees rather than concrete. He happens to be in all of my classes, which is good and bad. Andrew and Eric are opposites