Charlie's POV
He's always been so quiet, but more so as of late and I'm really starting to wonder why. The rest of us are normally loud and pumped up, but not him, the fact he doesn't say much just seems sort of weird. Despite sounding cliché though it's always the quiet ones you have to watch out for. Not that I see why anyone would have to look out for Banks, he's too nice of a guy. At least I think he is, I mean he use to be, before he stopped talking.
I guess I know him better then most of the team, we use to be really good friends, and he still talks to me more then the rest. They get two words a day from him, I get three, four if it's important. I've known forever he's different from the rest of us, from the second he walked into the locker room in the peewees I knew. Sometimes it was like he intentionally separated himself from us, well from them at least, he never seemed to want to avoid me. When all the stuff happened with the varsity at the beginning of the year, things went from bad to worse. Banksie just clamed right up, even around me and we were best friends.
In the locker room he just sort of looks around aimlessly, like he's distracted and can't focus on anything. But then occasionally I'll catch staring at Portman and Fulton while they goof around with each other and I wonder if he just wished he had a soulmate like that. I don't blame him for being lonely, I wasn't exactly nice to him when he was on the varsity, and I haven't made much effort since. I guess I thought once he was ours again things would just go back to the way they were. They haven't though.
Then there's the sullen, longing look her gives me all the time. I just know it's because he wants us to fix things and be friends again, but he's waiting for me to make the first move. Sometimes I'll turn my head and he'll be next to me with his lips poised like he's ready to tell me something, then he decides against it and walks away. I feel allot of guilt on those days, but I figure if it's important he'll tell me. I find myself thinking constantly about why an attractive nice guy like Adam doesn't have a girlfriend, maybe if he did he wouldn't be so depressed all the time. I like to see him smile again, it's been a long time since he has. But instead of going out scooping like boys our age should he hangs around me like a sock to a sweater with static cling, never saying a word.
However when I'm about to call the men in the white coats to come get him, I remember it's always the quiet ones. OH MY GOD THAT'S IT!! How could I have missed it? I've can't believe I never realized it before. IT IS ALWAYS THE QUIET ONES and Banks is gay. Wait a minute does that mean Banksie likes me.......?
He's always been so quiet, but more so as of late and I'm really starting to wonder why. The rest of us are normally loud and pumped up, but not him, the fact he doesn't say much just seems sort of weird. Despite sounding cliché though it's always the quiet ones you have to watch out for. Not that I see why anyone would have to look out for Banks, he's too nice of a guy. At least I think he is, I mean he use to be, before he stopped talking.
I guess I know him better then most of the team, we use to be really good friends, and he still talks to me more then the rest. They get two words a day from him, I get three, four if it's important. I've known forever he's different from the rest of us, from the second he walked into the locker room in the peewees I knew. Sometimes it was like he intentionally separated himself from us, well from them at least, he never seemed to want to avoid me. When all the stuff happened with the varsity at the beginning of the year, things went from bad to worse. Banksie just clamed right up, even around me and we were best friends.
In the locker room he just sort of looks around aimlessly, like he's distracted and can't focus on anything. But then occasionally I'll catch staring at Portman and Fulton while they goof around with each other and I wonder if he just wished he had a soulmate like that. I don't blame him for being lonely, I wasn't exactly nice to him when he was on the varsity, and I haven't made much effort since. I guess I thought once he was ours again things would just go back to the way they were. They haven't though.
Then there's the sullen, longing look her gives me all the time. I just know it's because he wants us to fix things and be friends again, but he's waiting for me to make the first move. Sometimes I'll turn my head and he'll be next to me with his lips poised like he's ready to tell me something, then he decides against it and walks away. I feel allot of guilt on those days, but I figure if it's important he'll tell me. I find myself thinking constantly about why an attractive nice guy like Adam doesn't have a girlfriend, maybe if he did he wouldn't be so depressed all the time. I like to see him smile again, it's been a long time since he has. But instead of going out scooping like boys our age should he hangs around me like a sock to a sweater with static cling, never saying a word.
However when I'm about to call the men in the white coats to come get him, I remember it's always the quiet ones. OH MY GOD THAT'S IT!! How could I have missed it? I've can't believe I never realized it before. IT IS ALWAYS THE QUIET ONES and Banks is gay. Wait a minute does that mean Banksie likes me.......?