A Story A Day. Story 271 of 365: Unwanted.

She talked to him in a friendly manner, she was very outgoing and she though he was a nice guy. It was something she did, she always spoke nicely to people she liked. Making friends was easy for her, thanks to that. They had met in Spanish class, and discovered they went to the same university, although they had never met. After that, every time they met at the train station, they would go together to their respective classes.

Everyone who saw them walking together knew that he was in love with her, the way he stared at her, and how he spoke, those were tale-tell signs. However, it was clear that she didn't reciprocate, and that she didn't even know. Some of her friends considered telling her, but, for one reason or the other, they always backed out. It was only matter of time for him to take the first step.

In the meantime, she remained friendly, and would invite him to join her and her friends in all manner of activities. He joined her, and wondered when would he have an opportunity. He was hopeful she liked him back, ignoring the fact that he had seen her lots of times alone with another guy. She never treated him differently from the other people, but he always saw signs out of thin air. She had to like him, he thought, why would she even talk to him if she didn't?

Her birthday arrived and he decided it was already time for her to know the truth. It was time to confess his love for her. He had everything planned down to the t, nothing could go wrong. He was already seeing their children playing outside a big house. He invited her for coffee before going to class, and, as they sat on the coffee shop, he told her he loved her, that he had done for a long time. She was perplexed, she had never expected that. He told her she had always been nice to him, that there must be something inside her heart too. The words that came afterwards shattered his dream. She told him that she only liked him as a friend, that she was flattered, but that she had treated him as she treated everyone else, that she didn't think there was any reason for him to think otherwise.