The boy who got turned down

He takes a deep breath to build up his courage. He's been waiting to ask this girl, Caterina, out for weeks. Ever since school started in fact. A lot of his other friends want to ask out this red haired beauty, but he's the only one with the balls to do it. He's put down his front for the first time in years. He's not going to hide behind jokes this time; this time he's gonna do this right. He went through his mental check list: 1. Shaved... check 2. Shaved my unibrow... check 3. Nice clothes.... check All he had to do now was ask her. 'Yeah that's all' the thinks sarcastically. He makes his way over to the top of the stairs, waiting for the signal from his wingman. Fredrick lookes up, and Caterina turns around. His heart skips a beat; one second later the girl of his dreams is running down the stairs laughing. The boy is still. For a minute he can't even breath, his face is expresionless, and he feels numb all over. He can't fathome what has just happened to him, he just can't register the pain. The catches Fredericks stare and their eyes are locked; Frederick seames to ask his pal if is staight. So this brave boy he takes a deep breath and smiles sort of playing it off, but inside of him something has died. So once again he goes back into his shell, hiding behind his jokes, but this boy is truely broken. Based on a true account of a friend.