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OK, story time. 
This is a long story, so if you don't want to hear too much boring stuff, skip to the "summary" of the first paragraphs, and read from there. 
Lastly, for anyone who doesn't know, every character in this story, including myself, is 14.
I am good friends with a girl at my school, Katie. I have been romantically interested in her to some degree, but for various reasons I never pursued it. I came very close, but for one thing, she had another guy chasing after her. I could have beaten him easily (I'm not Tom Cruise, but this guy was a dork) but I didn't really want that pressure. Secondly, if it didn't work out, I'd lose a great friend. For those reasons I never brought myself to the point of no return, if you know what I mean.
It was at Katie's birthday that the important part of the story occured. I'd heard about Katie's best friend, Suzy, a lot, but never met her until this party. When I saw her, my first impression was
. Apparently a lot of other guys felt the same way. Particularly an Italian guy, Gianni, who has a tendency to be melodramatic. Word got out and people started joking with him, trying to embarass him, etc. All that juvenile stuff. But before he could really begin hitting on her, Katie introduced her to me.
It was pretty much
at first sight and all that stuff. She was really cool. Just like Katie except hotter, closer to my age, and not already in the "friend" category. We danced and talked and all that. She said that she really didn't like Gianni, but she didn't have the heart to tell him.
In addition, one of my rivals from the group I call the "crackhead crowd" (this is a group of lacrosse players who enjoy acting weird) decides to make things embarassing for me. I don't like having attention drawn to myself, so naturally he makes an announcement about me and Suzy, saying that we're dating. (Which isn't true as of then, but probably will be eventually.) We are sitting together on a windowsill in a corner and obviously don't want the attention, if you catch my drift.
Summary:
I beat Gianni, a melodramatic Italian guy, to a girl fair and square. Pretty much everyone knows about it. (Read the above paragraph if you want to know why)
Gianni acts like I've betrayed him. He spews propaganda against me, (and remember that I'm a very high profile person right now) saying I "stole" her. He still is talking about her. He thinks he still has a chance with her, when he never did. However I can't say that because it just looks like I'm defending my girl. He's attacking me passive-aggressively. He uses poems about betrayal by friends in his IM away messages.
There are some major problems with this. We share a lot of friends so I can't be mean without pissing them off. I'd also rather be friendly with him than not. I also don't want him to spread propaganda and give me a bad rep for months on end. Lastly, if passive-aggressiveness becomes aggressive aggressiveness, I'm ****ed. He's literally 8 inches taller than me.
Is there any way of resolving this peacefully? Or do I have to be an *******? Also any other generic advice please? But mainly how to deal with Gianni is the big question.
Thanks in advance.
This is a long story, so if you don't want to hear too much boring stuff, skip to the "summary" of the first paragraphs, and read from there. Lastly, for anyone who doesn't know, every character in this story, including myself, is 14.I am good friends with a girl at my school, Katie. I have been romantically interested in her to some degree, but for various reasons I never pursued it. I came very close, but for one thing, she had another guy chasing after her. I could have beaten him easily (I'm not Tom Cruise, but this guy was a dork) but I didn't really want that pressure. Secondly, if it didn't work out, I'd lose a great friend. For those reasons I never brought myself to the point of no return, if you know what I mean.
It was at Katie's birthday that the important part of the story occured. I'd heard about Katie's best friend, Suzy, a lot, but never met her until this party. When I saw her, my first impression was
. Apparently a lot of other guys felt the same way. Particularly an Italian guy, Gianni, who has a tendency to be melodramatic. Word got out and people started joking with him, trying to embarass him, etc. All that juvenile stuff. But before he could really begin hitting on her, Katie introduced her to me. It was pretty much
at first sight and all that stuff. She was really cool. Just like Katie except hotter, closer to my age, and not already in the "friend" category. We danced and talked and all that. She said that she really didn't like Gianni, but she didn't have the heart to tell him. In addition, one of my rivals from the group I call the "crackhead crowd" (this is a group of lacrosse players who enjoy acting weird) decides to make things embarassing for me. I don't like having attention drawn to myself, so naturally he makes an announcement about me and Suzy, saying that we're dating. (Which isn't true as of then, but probably will be eventually.) We are sitting together on a windowsill in a corner and obviously don't want the attention, if you catch my drift.
Summary:
I beat Gianni, a melodramatic Italian guy, to a girl fair and square. Pretty much everyone knows about it. (Read the above paragraph if you want to know why)
Gianni acts like I've betrayed him. He spews propaganda against me, (and remember that I'm a very high profile person right now) saying I "stole" her. He still is talking about her. He thinks he still has a chance with her, when he never did. However I can't say that because it just looks like I'm defending my girl. He's attacking me passive-aggressively. He uses poems about betrayal by friends in his IM away messages.
There are some major problems with this. We share a lot of friends so I can't be mean without pissing them off. I'd also rather be friendly with him than not. I also don't want him to spread propaganda and give me a bad rep for months on end. Lastly, if passive-aggressiveness becomes aggressive aggressiveness, I'm ****ed. He's literally 8 inches taller than me.
Is there any way of resolving this peacefully? Or do I have to be an *******? Also any other generic advice please? But mainly how to deal with Gianni is the big question.
Thanks in advance.
And I've never seen Boris curse twice in a post! 
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