like a butterfly, she
magically emerged from her cacoon as she fell deeper in love with him. it was
something so unexpected for a tough brooklyn girl like farrah. she had never
been one of those girly girls who imagined their dream wedding and anxiously
awaited the day they could "go together" with a neigbhorhood boy. she just
wasn't the type. and as far as she could tell, love didn't bring anyone (least
of all, women) anything worthwhile. her mother was a prime example of that. she
called it "unlucky in love" but farrah saw it as "stupidly drunk on love." then
there was her old best friend, shanna. for three years, she and farrah were
inseperable after finding each other in 5th grade and becoming bffs. but then,
shanna "fell in love" with leo, a freshman at the highschool (who as far as
farrah could tell was in love with himself and basketball) and farrah was
dropped like an out of style pair of old shoes. but before she was dismissed
from her bestie duties, all shanna could talk about was leo this...and leo that.
she forced farrah to walk the very long way home from school in hopes of running
into him at the park basketball court. she even started inviting 'leo' to
outings that had always been reserved for the two of them like bike riding,
movies and even shopping. when farrah had the nerve to mention her unhappiness
with the situation, shanna got in a huff and stopped calling farrah all
together. of course, leo eventually broke up with shanna and she began calling
again. but farrah had reached her limit and refused to give in.
so, you can see how this
turn of events with flaco surprised even farrah. but no one was as good a time
as he was. no one made her bust out laughing like he did. and she couldn't ever
remember feeling this good. plus, even if someone did, his kisses
were...indescribable. she actually had to let out a happy sigh every time he
even crossed her mind......and that was pretty often. it was an incredible
feeling to have this kind of connection with someone, to be able to depend on
them yet have them make butterflies in your stomach....like a jittery, glee
filled nervousness. farrah now understood what shanna must have been going
through. she felt kind of guilty for not being more sympathetic. but then, leo
was a jerk and flaco was so....different. wasn't he? or was she just blind
because of her delirium and was just as pathetic as her mom or her old friend?
if you let juju tell it, farrah was beyond ridiculous with her new relationship.
sashalee was all about boys but not falling that deep. she was into a good time,
changing her mind about them as much as she changed her style up. and farrah had
agreed that was the best policy. the higher up you fly, the harder the crash or
something like that. farrah knew that sashalee felt her relationship with flaco
was getting in the way of memorable moments they could be having. but what could
she do about it? she didn't want to turn into a "shanna" clone but how could she
tear herself away from
