Surprises, Part II

Remember my dear old friend I discussed in "Surprises"? Earlier this week, this flower girl of a woman dropped another stick of dynamite among the petals. Sitting around, preparing our final homework assignment, she turned to the boy on my right and said,

"Hey, boy on Eli's right. I totally had a crush on you last year."

My reaction when she dropped a bombshell like this on me earlier:
"What."

I daresay his was far more spectacular:
"What?!?!"

I enjoyed a solid laugh for the next ten minutes or so. Despite the name of this post, this one was not a surprise to me at all. In fact, it wasn't a surprise to most of the returning cast of last year's camp.

The funny thing about human relations is the more objective and outside your view is, the more obvious relationships are. Inversely, those at the heart of the connection are usually the ones who are completely unaware (I've already talked on this subject, you can find it a few posts ago). This was no exception. From the outside, it was obvious that the two home-schooled kids had a thing for each other, and every punch imparted onto this boy's shoulder was a punch of love.

I enjoy that now, a year later, we are able to discuss such things with impunity, and that our awkward web of love did not affect the deep friendship the three of us share. But that is a story of another post.

Peace out, readers.