Shannon’s Honesty

Three times this week Shannon has invited me to come sit with her at lunch and talk. Twice her girlfriends got up ad left. I know they don’t like me. I’m not part of that ‘in’ crowd, but that’s ok. I know I don’t fit in most of the time. I try to, but I just don’t have the same interests, the same talents…and I’m not a jock. Still Shannon stays and talks with me. Turns out she’s even nicer than I thought she would be.

She beautiful, but she’s a good hearted person too. Not afraid to have friends like me, it turns out. Doesn’t bother her a bit and she even said her other friends just don’t have class. As we talked, I learned she has an older brother with Down Syndrome and apparently he was picked on a lot as he was growing up. It bothered Shannon, so she doesn’t have the fear of being looked at or judged for being kind to anyone who might be considered unpopular.

We seem to have a lot in common too. Her dad successfully beat colon cancer, so her experience with family worry and pain helped her to relate to me and my mom.

There’s no chance in us going out together in any romantic way. She didn’t say as much, but as we talked, the feelings there were like meeting someone—a great friend you’ve missed for years. That’s what this has turned out to be. I like her. A lot. I know she likes me back.

So what’s come of all the attempts over three years to get a girlfriend?

I got another best friend instead.

Good enough for me.

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