Sincerest Doubt

The life guard told her he'd give her

Mouth to mouth if she needed it.

I watched my best friend blush

And turn her head away as if this

Was flattering.

That he had just used the lowest form

Of a pick-up line on her.

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Once outside we yelled.

And I told her that he was

Baiting her.

She said he was showing concern.

I said that if she wanted 'concern' like that

Mr. David Hasselhoff meets Brad Pitt

Was the perfect person to drown

Conveniently during his shift.

She said she couldn't believe

I would suggest that

I said it was only because

she was about to let

Baywatch Barbie resuscitate her with his tongue.

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We sat as far away from each other

As we could considering

We were stuck in the back seat

Of our friend's car and told

To get along.

I glanced over to see that she was texting

Someone about something

Probably me

And what a terrible person I was.

Any other time I would have

Leaned my head on my best friend's shoulder,

Looked down into the little high-tech screen

And gone, "Who ya texting?"

But not today.

I reached into my pocket and took out

My little flip phone, cleared my throat

And hit the message button,

Quickly typing out, "I'm sorry" before

Sending it on its way to a satellite somewhere

In space and back down to the girl

Sitting next to me

In less than

30 seconds.

She looked just the slightest bit surprised

As it vibrated in her hand and she

Hit the 'read' button. I looked away,

Trying desperately not to look at her reaction.

But I did hear a small sigh,

And soon enough a low growl as my phone

Received a message.

I flipped it open to see the little

Animated envelope, standing in the screen of my phone

With a smile

And a wave,

As if it was happy to see me.

I slowly moved my finger to the button

And opened my virtual note.

4 words, so inevitable

And unavoidable shone back at me.

4 little bold-faced words:

'I sincerely doubt it.'