And His Fingers go, "Click, Click, Click."

A couple of weeks ago, G- and I were talking over the kitchen table. She had just returned from a play-date and was telling me about how lousy it was.

G: "I just don't like meeting people, you know? I just wish...that you could walk up to someone and say 'hi' and you're friends, you know?"

Me: "I know exactly what you mean. It doesn't happen very often, but sometimes you meet someone and it's easy. I wish it could be easy with everyone."

G: "Yes! I know!"

I have a new friend.

He texts me, lets me borrow music and books, and we have things to talk about.

I really like him. It's been a long time since someone has pursued me for a friendship and though I wasn't looking for a new friend, it is refreshing to know that I am a person that certain people would like to know.

Part of me worries. The last time I made a friend this way, I abandoned him because I was abandoned by someone else. He was in the middle and I could not handle it.

I hope my new friend never feels in the middle, if there is ever a middle to be in. Or maybe I should hope that I never view him as being in the middle.

"July Flame" is on repeat, thanks to him.

G- has a new friend too.