Internal Conflict of Past Friendships

Some people have a knack for making people mad. Some people have a disregard for others entirely. Some people are out for number one and only number one. They will allow anyone to come into their lives as long as it profits them.

But some people care too much, so they do this. They put all their emotions and goodness behind a cruel appearance. When someone gets a glimpse that this is not the real them, they not only fight, they kick and scream below the belt until that person gives up on trying to be decent with them. They respond by allowing themselves to be open to the intrusion until they wake up and see, they don't need this. They sit and laugh but those eyes don't have the same power they used to. She look deep into them, allowing him to think he has regained control. But then she stands up and leave. He is once again left alone.

None of this matters in the end. She goes about her life and marries the man she had hoped loved her because she loved him. He goes on with the cycle, forever ending lonely until he decides he's ready to settle down, and then he realizes his options were profitable but not love able as he had planned. He realized all the opportunities he forced out of his life. But what's done is done.