SOO and NATHALYN

"Weirdest Friendship ever"

     Soo W. Lee, 20, and freshman in Rutgers University has got to be the most sarcastic and most insensitive person ever. I don't know how we got along--maybe it's because I was tolerant of his ways or maybe it was because I saw something deeper than what he showed on the outside. He was in my History class and gym class sophomore year. At that time, he was going out with one of my friends. I also called him a lot just to talk. When the relationship went sour, I tried to be there to comfort him. It was also during that year that I began to like him as well. But it was nothing serious. I just blew it off as something more of an "infatuation" of some sort.

     Nevertheless, junior year, I didn't really talk to him much. A couple of "hi" in the hallways and calls to him sometimes…that was about it. But the feeling still lingered on about him. He knew about my feelings for him but we both knew he could never offer any more than friendship. Actually, I never really considered about having something more.

     Senior year came and Soo and I talked more. We both changed our schedule at the same time and ended up in the same Biology class. He sat next to me in the back of the class and we became lab partners. It was fun although he was one lazy partner. It was kind of annoying with me doing most of the work but I guess I just got used to him. At this time, feelings for him grew stronger. Still, he was jumping from girl to girl and I knew that there was really nothing. So, I moved on. I decided to ask him to the prom however. Yeah, go figure, it took him a couple of months to answer me. Of course, when he decided to answer me, he gave me dictionary words that meant a "yes" and I actually had to pull out a dictionary to check out the answer…pain in the butt but I had to admit, it was fun. I was very happy when he said yes, actually. Even though I knew it was only as friends, I knew it'd be fun. After we signed up to go to the prom together, I met my current boyfriend and little by little the feelings went away for Soo. I told him things about my current boyfriend and he was always there to give an advice (stupid advice but it's ok…it was funny anyway!). The prom was great. It was sweet of him that he paid for most of my limousine fee. The night ended with complaints of why the night ended so fast. Well, prom didn't spark anything up, of course, but I knew that our friendship had gone into a deeper level. We ended senior year with only happy memories, from going to the beach for a trip to him giving me rides going grocery shopping and to school (of course, I'm sure he remembers how he forgot to pick me up one morning!). These memories would definitely last us a lifetime. I still remember the last thing he said to me before I left over the phone. He said that I had become one of his bestfriends in the past couple of years that we've known each other and I'm glad. The only regret I have is that we weren't able to hang out before I left. However, for the 3-4 years I've known Soo, I can say we really had a weird friendship…very weird. I bet that Soo would agree as well.

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