Friday, November 19, 2010

Bad Boys Are Actually Bad

Why is it always the bad ones that give you butterflies? Why can't the good boys do that too?
The bad boys are such smooth talkers...and they smell just the way a guy should. Like cool, sweet pine needles; like a mountain. And why is it that bad boys are such good actors? The thing is, unless you're not already in a daze by how adorable the guy is, you wouldn't know if a boy was good or bad due to the fact that they act the part so well. They take you out to coffee, they hold the door for you, they tell you how beautiful you look...and all the while, you're melting like Hershey's on the asphalt on a mid-summer day--fast. But you have to wonder a little bit if you're a smart girl in this situation.
He's a senior, and you're two whole years younger than the guy.
With many of your past experiences with older guys, they've been interested in only one thing.
You're an object of locker room talk among his friends, and therefore most likely him as well.
You know hardly a thing about the guy, and it seems as though he doesn't have any interest in getting to know you.

Those are bad signs. But when he's insistent upon the fact that he doesn't view you that way and he continues to pursue you even after you've told him to stay away, and he looks at you with sick puppy eyes after you've told him it can't happen.
Gosh, what's a girl to do?
It's nothing now. Now it's just an angry glance or a cut in front of each other in hallways. An unspoken "Ha ha! Here I am. Look at what you're missing!" It's a fluttering upset stomach when you see him roll up in his truck. "Ugh..he's here. I have to see him between every class period."

Maybe what I need to convince myself of is that bad boys are actually bad. A good, kindhearted girl can't expect to change the hedonist. That's all in the movies. The sad part is, most of us actually believe it and end up with broken hearts...and we'd do it again and again just out of hope that we had some minuscule impact, that possibly something tiny shifts inside the guy that changed us so dramatically.

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