Friend Zone | Troubled Love
Somebody Else’s Guy
What’s worse than unrequited love? Falling for someone who is already taken
I had that dream again, the one about us talking like we used to. I felt warm, bathed in a glow of happiness, as if sunshine was soaking into my winter-white skin. You were happy to see me too; It was heaven. But reality elbowed its way into my subconscious thoughts. Walk away, put distance between us, Dina is nearby.
You’re somebody else’s guy.
What’s worse than unrequited love? Falling for someone who is already taken, that’s what!
We have chemistry, you get me in a way nobody ever has. This all had an innocent start: we were partnered for detention, picking rubbish after school. I don’t recall what either of us did to earn the punishment, because I floated home on a cloud after that hour spent in your company.
You were funny and smart. When you did impressions of the teachers and some popular kids, it made me clutch my sides and beg for mercy.
“Stop, just stop Glenn!”
Next you jumped on the stands to sing Danny’s part from “Summer Nights”, I joined in, even though my voice could scare crows. You yodeled the final high note and we collapsed on the benches…
