We Only Come Out at Night

“I think I need to buy a new hoodie” I said this as I noticed the sleeves are starting to stretch and tear.

“Done with Janet?” My friend asked me

“Yeah, it ran it’s course” I didn’t name my hoodie “Janet”. It’s a Janet Jackson hoodie (seriously). A year ago when I was living in Victoria, my friend and I went to Value Village to look around, and that is where I found this hoodie. It’s all black, but on the front of it, it says ” ROCK WIT CHU” In my defense, the only reason that I bought it, was because it reminded me of a 7 Seconds song: “Walk Together Rock Together”

  Later in the evening we went for sushi with some friends, and while we were in the parking lot; my friend Layla asks me “Are you wearing a Janet Jackson hoodie?” I respond with “What?! No I’m not!” Little did I know, that on the side of the hood it says “Janet Tour 2008” I flipped out and immediately changed hoodies. Over the course of the year people always ask me “Who’s Janet?”

  A month later after moving back home, I was at a coffee shop and waiting in line. A lady next to me turns me and asks me “Is that a Janet Jackson hoodie?” I sighed and said yes it is. She smiled and said “Oh I love Janet!” I seriously could have just left the conversation at that. BUT NO, I just had to tell her the story, and that I didn’t know that it was a Janet hoodie. She responded with “Oh, well 2008 wasn’t a good year for her anyways”

Now when someone asks, I just say “Yep!” and just go about my business.

  I was talking to a good friend of mine on Facebook, and the conversation was pretty generic and usually how our conversations go (were more of a hang out friends rather than talking over in the internet or text friends) After the usual “So whats been going on in life? and blah blah blah” stuff, all of a sudden she says ” I know a lot has changed in life, but I still have a crush on you” I froze for a moment and the only thing I can could reply with was “That was random”

 I’m incredibly bad with these situations, not a girl liking me, but a friend liking me, to be more specific; a person that is a friend who I’m not interested in. I immediately wanted to sign off and turn off my computer. But instead we talked a bit more and I suggested we hang out soon. She suggested that I come over, and I quickly said I can’t because I have to get up early.

  This has happened in the past. She told me this a few years ago when we were hammered, and we never spoke of it, until now. And as I’m typing this her and I are still talking, and every time I say I can’t come over tonight, she comes up with a way to get me to. I really don’t know how to address this situation, obviously the best way is to be honest, but I really don’t know how to say this. Fuck.