The Ballad of Salad

Salad and I are competitive...and we have been since the day we met. And take me seriously when I say competitive here. We have an unspoken rule that whoever wins a game of badminton, baseball, hockey and soccer...especially soccer...has bragging rights until the next game. And if the other person makes any mistake, the other person can laugh openly at them.

So today, I figured that was how it would be. We play, I lost, when we see each other again, he brags for a few minutes, we leave and don't talk to each other until the next day. It was how we worked I guess, even though I didn't like it. But that's not what happened.

I got out of study hall and walked over to the math wing, and Salad came over and started gloating and we talked about that for a little bit, then he mentioned that he was mad. So I asked him why he was mad and why yesterday he was so upset...and he told me...everything!

"Chrissy." Salad said simply.
"What happened now?" I asked.
"She's weird."
"Chrissy? Weird? How?"
"She's just...weird."
"How?"
"She broke up with me."
"O...kay..."
"I didn't date anybody for a year and I planned everything out perfectly so I wouldn't end up like this."
"That sucks."
"So where are you going next?"
"uhm...I'm going to art."
"Okay come on." Salad and I start walking down the hallway towards art, still talking as we're walking.
"I don't get it...what's not to like about you? Your sweet, caring...and you play soccer!"
"It's not me...it's her."
"okay..."
"I asked her why she told me that it was because I was still in love with my last girlfriend."
"What?"
"I mentioned her a few times but it's hard not too..."
"When you've known somebody for so long..."
Yeah, and when you hang out with somebody for so long."
"Where's your old girlfriend now?"
"She graduated"
"Oh."
"Yeah, I haven't seen her in a year!
"But get this, right after she said that I was still in love with my ex and then she said that I loved her too much."
"That's impossible! No girl can be loved too much."
"Yeah, and how can I be so in love with my ex-girlfriend and Chrissy at the same time!?" (insert long sigh here) "Don't you think Chrissy's weird?"
"Uhm...I really don't know her that well."
"Even after all I told you, you don't think she's weird?"
"Okay, Okay! She's weird!"
"Thanks...now you have lunch now right?"
"No...art."
"Oh." (long pause) "See you later then."
"Yeah, see you."
We both walk away.

Now, if I had it my way, I would have told Angie all about it but on my way to lunch, I ran into Salad and he told me not to tell them...so I didn't. But it sucks though...love I mean. And now I'm being set up with a guy so who knows what's going to happen with that...I really don't want to end up like Salad.