The And Of The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

He started off as my best friend. Our friendship was short-lived by betrayal; betrayal from someone who saw me only as an option; an option in which he could quickly discard. Henry was aware of my feelings about previous and future relationships, unfortunately he used it against me. In my Latin 2 class last year, there were few tenth graders. I mainly associated with Tori Vincent, Nigel Enoch and Henry Hawkins. The four of us formed a bond. Within that bond, Henry and I had our own bond. Philip Lee and I had a very special friendship during ninth grade up until half of tenth grade. We did everything together, but I guess we just got tired of each other. He moved onto Maya Rubio and Lily Kleinbub and I moved onto Tori Vincent and Nigel†¦show more content†¦He made me feel comfortable when I vented to him at twelve in the morning. Everything felt so right. October 8, 2015, was the first band concert of the year. I always enjoy band concerts. A group including Justin Hansen, who was dating Tori at the time, Brette Bryant, Tori and me all decided to go to Cook-Out really quickly. As we pulled in Tori pointed to Henry’s car and explained how it broke down earlier and how he was upset. I thought it would be nice if we left him an encouraging note on the windshield of the car, so he would see when we went to retrieve the car later that night. They all agreed that was a good idea, so we all wrote personalized notes on a sheet of notebook paper and left it. That night after the concert, Henry sent me a text thanking me for the note. He told me how he really needed the encouragement. At that moment, I figured it would be a great time to tell Henry I liked him. I wasn t completely sure that I liked him, but I knew I enjoyed him slightly more than just a friend. Much to my surprise, he told me he felt the same way about me. He was actuall y jealous when he saw how much I liked Wallace, and wished it was him. That made me feel great, because I never knew the boy in my Latin 2 class, felt the same way. As a result, we had a mutual agreement that we would attempt a relationship. I never truly saw a future for us the way he saw and by the third week, I cut off whatever we were. I tried to explain to him how I felt,