You & Him

I can see it, you know. You’re not as subtle as you’d like to think.

It’s in your eyes. It’s in how you smile at me. How you joke with me. How you bump my arm and leg and anything else – on accident, of course – and how you always offer hugs.

It’s in the way you talk with him.

It’s not his fault, you know. Really, it’s not. Honestly, you’ve got everything he’s got. Sure, he’s older. More “mature”. Makes more money.

As.

If.

I.

Care.

About.

Money.

He intimidates you a bit.

That’s okay. People can be intimidating. Especially when faced with the prospect of rejection. It’s terrifying. It’s scary. You can admit it. I’ll still like you.

He doesn’t own me, you know. No one does. Besides, what is one date compared to friendship?

But that’s it, right? A date.

That’s why you talk to him like that and smile at me like that.

No.

We both know

The only difference

Between you

And him

Is that he

asked

And you

didn’t.