Thank you, you guys, for such wondeful advice, and Happy Easter!

It's true, SLP and I were very close. We always turned to each other, no matter the trouble we were in or how busy the other was. We truely were "Birds of a Feather".

Well, here's the latest on what's going on.

SLP won the battle. Lion doesn't want anything to do with me anymore. I think he's actually disgusted. Why? Because SLP told him that I was saying some horrible things about her deceased father. I found this out from another friend of ours, Obie. He told me that SLP had said that I was saying, and I quote... "Her father was nothing but an alcoholic woman abuser. Good riddance to trash. If she wants to keep a man like that alive, then I want nothing to do with her either."

I would never say anything like that. Ever. The funny thing is, SHE'S the one who discribed him like that to me. The first time she ever talked about her father, it wasn't a pretty story.

Hm. I don't care anymore. I found out some other intersting things about Lion... and, actually, am now feeling as though SLP did me a favor by acting like a little hoe.

Lion has a drinking problem. He trusts people who just entered his life far too quickly, and winds up hurting those he has known for years. He's too quick to jump at the easiest solution... and the list goes on.

Don't think me like SLP when I say this... but here's my new happier story.

Obie. I met him when SLP met Lion. Now, Obie and I got into an argument the first day we met. Which was pretty funny, because I'm a quiet person... Anway... Ever since SLP has been clinging onto Lion, Obie and I have been spending a lot of time together. He paid for my ticket to go see 300 with him and Lion, bought me Dinner... twice, and took me to the movies again just last Friday.

We were supposed to see the 730 show, but winded up being 20 minutes late. So, he got us tickets for the 845 showing instead. We had an hour to kill, so he took me to his house and I met his mom, dad and neice. I know he had been talking about me with his mom, because she knew which High School I went to, and the fact that I have a second job. Haha! Not only that, but she was on the phone and told the persons he was on the phone with that she had to go because "Obie and his girlfriend" had walked through the door.

Well, we saw the movie and when he dropped me off at his house, he turned to me and said, "You know what I think? I think you and I should start dating..." I blushed so hard I could have put a tomato to shame.

You see, the thing is, I thought I liked Lion, and I'm sure I did, but the more time I spent with Obie, the more I realized that it was actually Obie that I was crushing on. I was never going to persue anything, for the pure fact that Obie and Lion are friends. I couldn't do that. But I had dropped my feelings a while ago, the game SLP had us playing was really ticking me off. And I had figured... Well, if he's going to fall for that crap... you know? And that is aside from all the other things I started noticing.

Obie is NOT second choice. I had just met Lion first. Even if SLP hadn't gotten her panties in a bunch about the situation, I'm more than positive I would have winded up liking Obie more. Hands down.

...Well, my response to him was, "Do you really think so?" I kept my eyes on my purse because I was too shy to look directly at him. And worried that he'd be able to see me blushing through the dark...

"Yeah, I do."

"That doesn't sound too bad. But you know this means you have to call me more, right?"

"Oh, I'll deffinately call you."

He walked me to my door and gave me a hug.

I spent a couple of hours at his house for Easter. He and his mom had invited me over. Met a ton of his family members through that, then he came over to my house and had a second Easter with my family.

But I learned something today. Found out that on Saturday, SLP had gotten Lion completely hammered, and called Obie for a ride. After he took her to her house, she proceeded to invite him in. I don't know why he went inside, or why he stayed for an hour, but he left soon afterwards.

I'm happy he was honest with me about it, but I'm worried. SLP knows that Obie and I have been spending an awful lot of time together. I'm pretty sure she's trying to dig her claws into him now. =/

Well, we'll see how this pans out. His family really likes me, and I like them. And Obie did ask me to start dating him. I just hope he isn't as naive as Lion and falls for her tricks.