I...

Don't...

Like...

Him.

He asked me out.

I don't know what to say.

We're...great friends, and all, but I don't want to have a relationship with...with...HIM!

What do you DO, in times like this?

What do you SAY?

I cling to my firm belief: Hoping for hope is not enough.

I've gotta do something.

But what?

I feel trapped. I don't want to hurt him. But...I don't want to get involved in something like this. At ALL.

I can't avoid this forever. Like the arrow will eventually find its mark, like the salmon always finds its way upstream. I won't be able to just put this aside and be hunky dory.

What to do?

OOO

A/N: There is a story behind this story. That's all I will say.

Piper's PoV. And again, the 'Him' is most definitely anonymous.