The communication on Windor was done on messageboards. Just one, really, the other few were for playing around. The one I made my first post on was called 'Ye Olde Tavern'. I posted a short little RP beginning where Skan, my online character, chased away a man trying to steal his chocobo. After a successful attempt at driving him away, Skan was greeted by Kitra. The love of my life.
It started out very, very simple. I was Skan, an 18 year old boy who had just started looking out at the real world. She was Kitra, a woman in her 20's, already married and pregnant, who enjoyed having a good time. Of course, Skan changed along the way, as did Kitra a little bit.
I think that the first real step we took was when I wanted to meet the girl behind Kitra. To make another good friend. So, I sent her an email, telling her my real name and a few of my hobbies. She did so, too, telling me her name was Faith Nelson, and she liked being called Faye. We sent these back and forth, and created a small friendship.
Then, I suffered severe personal problems. My family is divorced, and has a LOT of problems, one (I forget what it was), was particularly nasty. So, I had a few people to go to. My best friend, Ben, my other decent friend, Dan, or Faye. Neither Dan or Ben I could relate to very well with my personal problems, and I don't know WHY I chose to talk to Faye, but I did.
I told her everything. I told her about my parents, about my siblings, about how I fell towards them, and the problem that just had happened. After I had pressed the send button on the email, I instantly regretted my choice, and sent another email afterwards asking her to forget what I said, and just to not worry herself over any of it.
I'm glad she didn't.
Her return message really shocked me. She told me that she was touched I told her all this, then proceeded to tell me that her family was very, VERY smilar to my own! Eventually, we started talking, and we both were much closer friends at this point.
I consider best friends someone who has a personality similar to yours, or someone who has hobbies like your own. Ben is very compatible with me, so I consider him a best friend. For a while, Dan was, too, but our personalities clashed far too much for us to be good friends, even if we liked the same things. According to this, me and Faye were the best friends, and so I considered her to be my best friend. And for months, she was.
And eventually, my feelings for Faye being my best friend gave way to her being my major crush. I didn't say anything, though. Faye was already involved, with Jeff, a 19 year old. Faye is 16. Ain't this odd? A three year difference each way, and I'm competing with someone 6 years older than me! Well, that was one major obstacle for me. Another was our age. Sure, she would be with someone three years older, but it was much different from someone three years YOUNGER. Whole different world.
One night, I was talking to Ben about this, who already knew, and he told me to tell her. He said it couldn't hurt (I disagreed, it COULD hurt our good friendship), but I eventually gave way. I wrote an elaborate email, and hesitated before hitting 'send'. Finally, I forced myself to push, and waited for the inevitable reply.
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