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I'm going to make a serious entry for a change.
I want to tell you all about my friend Nytebane. I also want to tell you how we first met. I apologize for the long entry this will be.
We went to different high schools, both Catholic schools, he went to an all boys school and I went to his school's sister school, which was all girls.
There was an organized fieldtrip/walk thing in Boston for both our schools.
It was Senior year [so 5 years ago] and at noon, before we all stopped for lunch, we were given an option by our teachers. Either we stay go back with them or stay in Boston. It was a half day so school was over. My friends and I decided to stay in Boston and so did Nytebane's.
They settled down for lunch inside Fanual Hall and were like a table to the left from me. They were talking about movies, comics, music, video games, and Magic the Gathering. Really intense conversations about pixel rates, speed, sound, genre, deaths, surprises, cards, powers, and other such things.
My bitchy [now ex] friends made fun of them and the parts of conversation they heard. Calling them nerdy.
I was really interested. At this point I only played some games like Pac-man, Paperboy, Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros., and Pong. But they really got me interested in everything else. So they finished up eating and so did my group. They were heading over to Newbury Comics [CD store] and I convinced my group to go there too. They went over to bands like The Misfits, Nekromantix, Nine Inch Nails, Black Sabbath, The Locust, and other bands.
My friends looked at pop & rap. I found a $4 CD from Bauhaus and another one by The Residents. I bought them in secret from my friends [because Nytebane picked them up and declaired that they were good, but he owned those CDs already]. We met at the Magic card rack. I reached for a starter deck of Mirage [they sell older sets] and his hand brushed up against mine. We looked at each other and smiled. He asked if I played. I said no, but I'm interested. Then he took a tournament pack and 3 boosters of 7th Edition and placed them in my hands and said "This will help you learn better than those will." I thanked him. His friends called him from the store door. I asked him if there was a way if he could teach me. He said that his group was heading down the street to Border's to grab drinks and play a few games and asked me to come along. I told my friends that they wanted to hang with us, but they laughed. So I went alone with Nytebane & his friends. He tought me how to play magic in Border's at a table in the corner...I still think of that table as our's redface . We had a great time and exchanged phone numbers. We live close by each other. From that day on I was hooked. redface
...Like I said, we are great friends, but there is/was something between us. We've kissed and made out and did some groping, but we never went all the way. We never really officially dated. I guess it's because, although there's an attraction and a connection, I guess things just don't really work out...who knows.
As for him.
Nytebane is a sweetie. He really is.
I know I call him cynical, which he is, but if I had to go through and deal with everything he has gone through, I would be cynical too.
He's kind, sweet, caring, genuine, smart, funny, loving, cute, stable, and compassionate. There's nothing he wouldn't do for anyone.
He cooks and bakes too. He's just a wonderful person who's just shy and can't get out that often anymore.
Mid-March his uncle was hurt at work and became disabled. Since then Nytebane has become, basically, a live at home nurse. I care for him and I want him to be happy. But he's really going through something now, and like his usual self, he wants to go through it alone...He rather suffer alone than make everyone else worry and have to help him deal. He says it's selfless and easier with only him involved, I say it's stupid and that we care about him.
He needs someone in his life. Someone that's more than a friend...Sometimes I wish it was me, but I don't want our friendship to die if it's not and we give it a shot anyway.
 Dr Shepard · Sat Aug 04, 2007 @ 05:19pm · 0 Comments |
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