Friends

Christopher

It took me less than a second to come up with an answer. “Because she is all those things you said and beautiful. I like that I can talk to her. I know you might not understand it now, but as you get older, you come to realize people can be very shallow. You’ll have a lot of relationships in your life, but they are the kind of relationships that are all on the surface. There’s no real deep connection. Leila is different. She’s the first person in a very long time that I felt like I could actually talk to. It isn’t just an acquaintance.”

Olin seemed to be listening. “I get it. Maybe not like a wise old man understanding, but I get it. She’s a good friend.”

I smiled, relieved to know he understood where I was coming from. “She’s a very good friend.”

“Maybe you should bring her around more often,” he suggested. “She seems to make you happy.”

I nodded. “She does make me happy. I’d like to have her come over more often. Maybe we can do something together this weekend. Her job k