Computer class

Freshman year

You saved me from a fight

With the girl I was

Sitting next to

You took her spot

And got to know me

Dealt with my ridiculousness

In turn I helped you get

A date with my new friend

And while you danced with

Her at homecoming

I realized

That I wanted to be there

Dancing with you

And I thought

“Damn, what did I just do?”

And I listened to you two

Talk about each other

And pretended that I didn’t care

Then Shane came to sit with us

He was tall

And had a great smile

So I tried to like him instead

Which didn’t work

I just ended up liking

You both

At the same time

And we play argued

About stupid stuff

Like whether or not there

Was a Disneyland in Japan

I was right…by the way

And we became

Really good friends

And even though

I still liked you

And you eventually

Broke up with my friend

We could still hang out

And it was cool

Because I had never

Been real friends with a guy before

The years went by

You had a few girlfriends

Sophmore year I told you

I liked you

In an IM

And you thought about it

But my pessimism totally killed it

You can’t blame me

Okay you can

But I’d just been rejected

And when you’re

Me

Sometimes you just train yourself

To be disappointed

But we went to Homecoming

And it was still fun

And even through all of this

You still talked to me

And we still hung out

Those board games with my family

Going swimming and

Getting dunked like

Six million times

It was all fun

And now you’re my go to guy

I can tell you about

My guy troubles

And you rationalize

And tell me how guys think

And it works

So thank you

And

I

Love

You

For being there

Through everything