"Junior"

There was this kid I once knew when I was growing up. He was kinda non-descript, shy, quiet, and really smart. He had a hard time talking to other people, but once he got past his initial shyness, you would see he was a really good guy. I was one of the few people who was someone he could talk to. Nearly everyone picked on him because he was so "wierd." He had a hard time relating to everyone else, even to me.

As he became a teenager, he was still very reserved and tried to break-out of his shell. He got to where he got a few friends, people who acepted him for who he was, not for what was "acceptable" in school. The sad thing was that every time he tried to people laughed at him or insulted him for trying. Those people never knew how much it had hurt him inside. Eventually he got to where he was very callous and bitter. He responded to everything with sarcasm and anger, even though inside he was.still very caring. He felt that the only way that the others couldn't hurt him was by hurting them first. His friends have been there for him, even thought he turned into an asshole when he's around others. They know him for who he really is inside, even though they never see that guy anymore.

Because of him being such an introvert when he was younger, he had such a creative imagination. He is a romantic at heart and falls in love very easily. He has truly been in love four times, but still loves all of them. He is "in" love with only one of them, even though they haven't talked in over a year to each other. Every time someone would get "close" to that part of him (his heart), they would see just how different he really was. They would leave him a broken shell of a man, unable to cope with heartache and loss. After all of the pain anf heartache he decided not to let anyone close in again. He doesn't want to feel it anymore.

I've kept in touch with this kid for years and know just about everything there is to know about him. The reason why I know so much is that this kid was and is me.