Candlejack
December 18th, 2011, 01:17 AM
A large number of my friends are in the 8th grade (I'm one of the oldest, as a freshman.) I know them because we go to the same church and spend a lot of time together. Sometimes one or two of them will bring their friends who don't go to our church along with them on Sundays. This has never been a problem until recently.
One Sunday, my female friend (who I'll call Jane) brought a guy from her school along with her. A couple of other girls knew him as well, and one of them very obviously had feelings for him. A detail I feel is important is that this is also the girl who I'm interested in, and she knows it (I'll refer to her as Marie.) That night when I got home, I received a text message from Marie telling me that the two of them were "going out." (I honestly don't understand how middle schoolers "go out," but that's a topic for another time.)
The two of them were together for a whopping two weeks. Then he broke up with her. By text, even. She was absolutely devastated. According to Marir, the world was going to end because she was so madly in love with him and the force of her love would destroy the world unless they got back together. Excuse my hyperbole, but she really acted like that on a less dramatic scale.
Five days after she gave her stage-worthy dramatic soliloquy, they were back together.
One week later, he broke up with her again. She wasn't as devastated this time, as he admitted to her that he had been with another girl (for simplicity's sake, she'll be called Iris) the whole time. I believe Marie may have slapped him into next Thursday after that.
The next week, I found out that he was "going out" with another of my close friends, named Alice. Alice knew about what had happened previously, but she held out hope that he had realized his mistake and went with him anyway. After another whole two weeks, Alice found out he was cheating on her with Iris, the same as he had with Marie. Alice also slapped him into next Thursday.
Things quieted down for three weeks after that. Then, just this past Wednesday, Jane (the one who brought him in the first place) happily approached me and told me that the two of them were together. Marie, Alice, Jane's brother and I all tried to bring her to her senses. She knew what he had done before, and we reminded her of that, but she carried on grounded in her ways, refusing to listen to us.
Even more recently, my friend Elaine invited a large group of her friends to her house for a sort of Christmas party. Jane, Marie, Alice and I were included in that group. We all said we would come. Then Jane started talking about bringing the guy (I should've named him too.) Marie and Alice still hold hard feelings against him for what he did.
None of us really want a miniature war going on in Elaine's house. In addition, the Christmas party is happening in 14 hours. So tell me, you wonderful people:
What the hell should we do?
One Sunday, my female friend (who I'll call Jane) brought a guy from her school along with her. A couple of other girls knew him as well, and one of them very obviously had feelings for him. A detail I feel is important is that this is also the girl who I'm interested in, and she knows it (I'll refer to her as Marie.) That night when I got home, I received a text message from Marie telling me that the two of them were "going out." (I honestly don't understand how middle schoolers "go out," but that's a topic for another time.)
The two of them were together for a whopping two weeks. Then he broke up with her. By text, even. She was absolutely devastated. According to Marir, the world was going to end because she was so madly in love with him and the force of her love would destroy the world unless they got back together. Excuse my hyperbole, but she really acted like that on a less dramatic scale.
Five days after she gave her stage-worthy dramatic soliloquy, they were back together.
One week later, he broke up with her again. She wasn't as devastated this time, as he admitted to her that he had been with another girl (for simplicity's sake, she'll be called Iris) the whole time. I believe Marie may have slapped him into next Thursday after that.
The next week, I found out that he was "going out" with another of my close friends, named Alice. Alice knew about what had happened previously, but she held out hope that he had realized his mistake and went with him anyway. After another whole two weeks, Alice found out he was cheating on her with Iris, the same as he had with Marie. Alice also slapped him into next Thursday.
Things quieted down for three weeks after that. Then, just this past Wednesday, Jane (the one who brought him in the first place) happily approached me and told me that the two of them were together. Marie, Alice, Jane's brother and I all tried to bring her to her senses. She knew what he had done before, and we reminded her of that, but she carried on grounded in her ways, refusing to listen to us.
Even more recently, my friend Elaine invited a large group of her friends to her house for a sort of Christmas party. Jane, Marie, Alice and I were included in that group. We all said we would come. Then Jane started talking about bringing the guy (I should've named him too.) Marie and Alice still hold hard feelings against him for what he did.
None of us really want a miniature war going on in Elaine's house. In addition, the Christmas party is happening in 14 hours. So tell me, you wonderful people:
What the hell should we do?