"Rex, you really do have a secret admirer," Mimi squealed in delight. "At
first I thought that maybe this was some lame cover up story you concocted.
But now I see that you were totally telling the truth!"
"Thanks?" he answered unsure whether that was a good thing.
"So when are your going to write back to her?" she asked excitedly.
"I don't know if I will," he stated. He didn't really want to pursue a relationship with some girl who wasn't even able to face him. He didn't want to pursue a relationship that didn't involve Mimi to be more precise.
"Rex you can't just give up. What if this girl is the one you've been waiting for."
"That's impossible," he answered abruptly.
"Why not?" she questioned.
"Because I think I've already found 'the one'," he said shifting his focus from her hazel eyes to his empty coffee cup. "Looks like I need a refill," he said, his blue eyes avoiding her confused stare.
After what seemed like an eternity of awkward silence, Mimi spoke. "If you say that you have found 'the one', does she feel the same way about you?" she asked.
"I don't know," he replied.
"Does she know at least?"
"No. I haven't told her."
"Do you love her?"
"Mimi could we please drop this subject," he pleaded uncomfortably.
"Alright I'll drop it on one condition."
"Name it," he said desperately wanting to change topic.
"Why don't you just tell her how you feel? How do you know she doesn't feel the same way about you?"
"Why are you so interested Mimi," he asked intrigued.
"I just want to see you happy. I want to be your friend and be able to help you," she stated.
"I appreciate your concern for me but I doubt you can help me."
"Don't shut me out of your life Rex," she begged.
"I don't want to shut you out. It's just that it's very hard for me to open up to people. I've read almost all the books published about friendship and how it works. I just haven't had too much experience with the whole 'how to be a good friend' thing."
"Rex you can't learn to be someone's friend by reading some stupid book about it. To really understand it you need to try it. Why don't you start by telling me why you haven't told this girl how you feel yet."
"Alright, alright! I'm sort of-"
"Yes. Go on," she urged him.
"I'm afraid of rejection," he confessed.
"Rex, if this girl doesn't see how wonderful you are, then it's her loss, not yours," she reassured him. "You should at least give this secret admirer girl a chance. She was courageous enough to tell you how she feels, something you seem to have trouble doing. Maybe she didn't show up because she's just as afraid of rejection like you are."
"I never thought about it that way," he said realizing that she was right.
"Have I ever been wrong?"
"Well there was that time you thought I really was an alien," he reminded her.
"Who said I was wrong about that," she joked.
He playfully punched her arm. "Thanks for the advice Meems."
"No prob hun! So how about buying me a cappuccino for all my hard work."
"Thanks?" he answered unsure whether that was a good thing.
"So when are your going to write back to her?" she asked excitedly.
"I don't know if I will," he stated. He didn't really want to pursue a relationship with some girl who wasn't even able to face him. He didn't want to pursue a relationship that didn't involve Mimi to be more precise.
"Rex you can't just give up. What if this girl is the one you've been waiting for."
"That's impossible," he answered abruptly.
"Why not?" she questioned.
"Because I think I've already found 'the one'," he said shifting his focus from her hazel eyes to his empty coffee cup. "Looks like I need a refill," he said, his blue eyes avoiding her confused stare.
After what seemed like an eternity of awkward silence, Mimi spoke. "If you say that you have found 'the one', does she feel the same way about you?" she asked.
"I don't know," he replied.
"Does she know at least?"
"No. I haven't told her."
"Do you love her?"
"Mimi could we please drop this subject," he pleaded uncomfortably.
"Alright I'll drop it on one condition."
"Name it," he said desperately wanting to change topic.
"Why don't you just tell her how you feel? How do you know she doesn't feel the same way about you?"
"Why are you so interested Mimi," he asked intrigued.
"I just want to see you happy. I want to be your friend and be able to help you," she stated.
"I appreciate your concern for me but I doubt you can help me."
"Don't shut me out of your life Rex," she begged.
"I don't want to shut you out. It's just that it's very hard for me to open up to people. I've read almost all the books published about friendship and how it works. I just haven't had too much experience with the whole 'how to be a good friend' thing."
"Rex you can't learn to be someone's friend by reading some stupid book about it. To really understand it you need to try it. Why don't you start by telling me why you haven't told this girl how you feel yet."
"Alright, alright! I'm sort of-"
"Yes. Go on," she urged him.
"I'm afraid of rejection," he confessed.
"Rex, if this girl doesn't see how wonderful you are, then it's her loss, not yours," she reassured him. "You should at least give this secret admirer girl a chance. She was courageous enough to tell you how she feels, something you seem to have trouble doing. Maybe she didn't show up because she's just as afraid of rejection like you are."
"I never thought about it that way," he said realizing that she was right.
"Have I ever been wrong?"
"Well there was that time you thought I really was an alien," he reminded her.
"Who said I was wrong about that," she joked.
He playfully punched her arm. "Thanks for the advice Meems."
"No prob hun! So how about buying me a cappuccino for all my hard work."