Pursuers

張貼日期：Apr 29, 2013 2:57:38 PM

Pursuers

Nancy Lee

 Somebody had told me that the credits I had to get in the university are the academic grades, the club, the job experience, and love. In fact, I have got everything except the last one, unlike my friend, Sherry, my roommate and best friend who is the one I talked with when I first came to the whole new locality--Chinese Culture University. Sherry is so gentle, kind-hearted, clever, and lovely that she becomes everyone’s darling. She never lacks the three kinds of pursuers beside her: active, passive, and potential boys.

    “Baby, I love you, I love you. You will be the only one;” there would always be a boy standing downstairs in our dorm singing and playing the guitar for Sherry; his name is Frank. He usually chatted with Sherry on line and dated her out to have a dinner or go to a movie. Most of the time, this kind of boys is just fascinated with Sherry’s appearance; they did not try to understand her. Fortunately, she is not such superficial to be committed to them. In a sense, however, the courage of those active boys is admirable.

     On the other hand, there are some boys who Sherry did not even know their names. I remember a boy would toss a letter to Sherry in our mailbox once a week but never left any information about himself. The letter was about the caring to her. Tom, another boy, would ask me to bring breakfast or something warm to Sherry when she was sick. This type of shy people is few because boys nowadays are better at showing themselves than caring for others.

    In my viewpoint, boys like Kevin are hard to replace. He seems to be Sherry’s friend; in fact, he unconsciously fell in love with her. They have known each other for over five years. She would tell him what happened every day, something interesting or annoying. What is more, he would give her advice on picking boys. He is a representation of thoughtfulness, and he knew everything about Sherry. I have ever asked her whether Kevin liked her, but she just said, “No, he won’t!” But, they are together finally until now.

    I know something about love from Sherry indeed: those active boys make a girl a princess, passive boys make a girl a child, and potential boys make a lover. Now, it is my turn to observe the boys around me. Maybe I will discover the fourth type of pursuers.