Another True Story by Me:
Friendzoning Clingy Boys
I am sure some of you have been in my position. Friendzoning. No one likes it. Wheather it is you who is being friendzoned, or you friendzoning someone, it can be difficult. I have learned this last month when I switched schools. There is this one boy who I know fairly well now. Let's call this kid Aaron. (to protect his privacy this is not his real name.) Aaron followed me around everywhere I went. He always said hi to me as soon as I got to school. He has a homemade soda maker, and he likes to surprise me with a soda every so often. We have an epic handshake that we do, which is we high five, then we move our arm down so we meet again for a second high five. (People were amazed when we did it when we walk in opposite directions down the hall. The syncing is perfect!) He has messy brown hair with brown eyes, and has fairly tan skin.
My new friends thought it was an act of kindness since I was new here, and that is what I thought as well. He ended up asking me out on the third week of school, but I friendzoned him since I have a boyfriend from my other school. I told him we could still be friends, and he was fine with that. I saw him the next day, yet he seemed to be more clingy. I was walking from lunch and he ran up from behind. He thought I looked sad, but I was very tired. He smiled and said "Well, you know I can carry you to your next class. I guarantee you I can!"
"Oh no, that's okay." I told him as I tried to move ahead. He then threw his arm around me. A few of my friends were walking ahead, so I called their names and they saw what was happening. Their eyes widened when they saw his arm around me and my facial expression.
This was not the only time when he was clingy. He also likes to be around me all the time, and he often gets in trouble because he gets out of his seat in my Literature class to talk to me. He knows I have a boyfriend, yet it seems like he thinks I am dating him, which I am not. I think he took "we can still be friends" the wrong way. It is not sexual harassment, it is just being clingy! My new friends told me it is nothing to worry about, but he is never like this to any girl out there. This is the first time they have seen him try to get a girlfriend who is already taken. They also said he is the sweetest boy out there, and he would never try to make me feel uncomfortable. They discribed him as being headstrong.
Me and a bunch of friends went to his house for his birthday on Friday. We spent hours watching movies in his basement. He made sure he sat next to me. He kept trying to put his arm around me. I backed to the side a little bit, but he came closer. I looked at him and said "Um... what are you doing?"
"Oh sorry. I was just stretching my arm a little." He told me. He then moved his arm so it was no longer close to my shoulder. I moved over a little, but he looked at me oddly. He looked very sad, and just by looking at his eyes he did not like what I have just done. Rejection? Hell yeah.
He got up to get a drink about 15 minutes later, but came close to me again. He put his arm around me again. Was he stretching again? I did not know. I shot a look at my friend, Anya, who was sitting on the couch with a boy who has a huge crush on her.
"Hey, how about you join me and Ben on the couch?" She asked. She understood what my look meant.
I moved and sat next to Anya. Aaron looked at me, confused.
"I'll join you guys." Aaron said. Once again, he got super close to me. Anya looked at him like he was a freak.
There were no other spaces to sit. The other couch was taken up. Aaron's dog took my spot on the floor.
After the movie, we all hung out. I sat next to Ben, who was resting his elbow on my knee. Aaron saw this, and he flipped out.
"BEN WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH HER?!" He screamed. Aaron then stood up and attacked Ben. I feel to the floor, not even sure what was happening. I heard Ben yell back, and Aaron stood above me.
"Oh my god are you okay?" Aaron asked. He then helped me up. He then picked me up, princess style, and carried me to an open couch. I was freaking out. What was going on!? He then lay me down on the couch, and he sat next to me.
"Everything is okay!" Aaron told me. He then threw his arms around me and held me in his arms. That was it. I gave up. I stood there and looked at him and he held me.
I spoke to Anya about it through text message a few days later.
"He really likes you. It's nothing bad, trust me. I know Aaron well, and he does not mean it in a bad way. He just loves you, and he's having trouble taking no for an answer. Give it time, he will back off soon. When he likes a girl, he LIKES that girl for a long time. He's trying everything in his power to make you his. He is just clingy."
Who knows.
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