It's done and over with but I still want to protect her.

[Derryck]

There is this friend of mine at school (person A) and she had some weird history. The girl who had a crush on A (person B) always beat the shit out of her when A didn't hang out with B. I first heard about this while it was going on. I didn't think much of it because it sounded like she had it under control. Even though a year has gone by since then I deeply regret not being there for her. Whenever I see her in the hall, I imagine her crying and laying there because B was beating her. I imagine B beating her up with everyone watching. My blood boils. I'm so mad at myself for not being there for her. For not protecting her when I had the chance. B isn't doing that anymore but whenever I see B I just wanna tear her to shreds! If only I was there for her. I just want to tell her how much I want to protect her, how much I wanted to be there for her and how mad I am at myself for not doing diddly-squat. I feel like I want to redeem myself. I want to make up for my past ignorance. I want to be WORTH something to her, but I blew my chance. The sad part is that B isn't doing anything anymore but I still feel so much hatred towards her and anger at myself. What can I do? I can't tell A how I feel bc that would be......... you get the idea.

[lassi]

Well... Honesty is key. At this point I don't feel that you have much to lose. Just be honest toward both A and B. Let them know how you feel about it. As for the person you feel that you let down, do something nice for them. Let them know that you messed up and that you are here now. Then give the relationship some time to heal.

[Derryck]

Well... Honesty is key. At this point I don't feel that you have much to lose. Just be honest toward both A and B. Let them know how you feel about it. As for the person you feel that you let down, do something nice for them. Let them know that you messed up and that you are here now. Then give the relationship some time to heal.

Here's where you get to call me stupid: A doesn't know I feel like I let her down. And as for B.... she has a history of being very aggressive. I don't wanna have to beat the eggs out'a her.

[lassi]

Hmm okay. You can still do something nice for person A and then when they ask why tell them the truth. And I guess I can't blame you for not wanting to associate with person B so maybe just forget her all together, especially if person A has moved on.

[Derryck]

Hmm okay. You can still do something nice for person A and then when they ask why tell them the truth. And I guess I can't blame you for not wanting to associate with person B so maybe just forget her all together, especially if person A has moved on.

A has a bf. I'm not scared of him. I can BLAST his ass to the floor whenever I want. I worried about what she'll do if he tells her to stop talking to me. That did happen to me before. Had a friend, bf told her to stop talking to me, that was that.