KIDS HEARTS
When I was in 7 grade, I had a friend who was madly in Love with me, and I didn't know it. My heart was too close and secured. So that kid started to send me letters. I didn't know from who that letters were. I thought, "this is a freak joke from Janine, my good friend." Anyway, I was just studying and leaving like a normal kid in school, but Nathan was the most beautiful boy in the class, and he liked me. So one day I tore the letter in front of my friend since I thought Janine was stressing me. Nathan cried, and I realized. "jeez, the boy really has a platonic love for me." Nathan became so angry, and he hated me for a long time. He was not a mean kid, but he hated me so much that the teacher had to call me and talk with me. She told me, "Lenny, poor Nathan sent you letters, and you tore his letters." I was like," but I don't like him; what's the problem with this kid." But the teacher sat down close to me and said, "When people love us, we should respect people's hearts, so just write a letter back to him, so he can let go of you." I wrote the following sentences "Nathan, I have to recognize that you really have good taste in life, but I am not ready for any relationship. Although my friend, hold on, for sure another girl will make you happy, but I am not this girl. I would tear your heart since I barely can keep up with my homework." I wrote this, the teacher made me rewrite the letter, she told me, "are you serious? rewrite this." I was like, no, I have more important things to do. But I rewrite the letter, and I said to Nathan. "Nathan, you have a friend on me, just that, but Janine loved your letters." I gave that to Nathan, and he understood. When we were in high school, Janine and Nathan were dating, and I was free and happy, and my friend was healed.