Okay, no. Though, a story like that did happen. [he looks a bit more neutral/serious about that so he's more likely to be telling the truth. he then drums his fingers against the edge of the table before he tells the real version.]
So the other girl did win, and she did give the food. Now, I was just a little kid and I wasn't really paying attention to other people's love lives. But I do remember meeting the girl who had tried to teach me and lost again. It was about a month later. I asked her if she ever saw her friend, and she just smiled and shook her head. She told me her friend and the guy were happily dating. But she also said she hadn't seen them since that little competition.
She never told me why, but Balan did. You know how the older ladies like to gossip. He caught on that after that, things had been rocky and the two best friends drifted apart. [he reaches over and grabs his glass, tilting it his way a bit to swirl the liquid inside.] I still remember seeing her sitting on that swing set alone. Back then, I didn't really get it, but even then I knew that betting just wasn't worth it. Not unless you were willing to risk everything.
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Okay, no. Though, a story like that did happen. [he looks a bit more neutral/serious about that so he's more likely to be telling the truth. he then drums his fingers against the edge of the table before he tells the real version.]
So the other girl did win, and she did give the food. Now, I was just a little kid and I wasn't really paying attention to other people's love lives. But I do remember meeting the girl who had tried to teach me and lost again. It was about a month later. I asked her if she ever saw her friend, and she just smiled and shook her head. She told me her friend and the guy were happily dating. But she also said she hadn't seen them since that little competition.
She never told me why, but Balan did. You know how the older ladies like to gossip. He caught on that after that, things had been rocky and the two best friends drifted apart. [he reaches over and grabs his glass, tilting it his way a bit to swirl the liquid inside.] I still remember seeing her sitting on that swing set alone. Back then, I didn't really get it, but even then I knew that betting just wasn't worth it. Not unless you were willing to risk everything.