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I met up with that guy James today. He seemed a little gloomier than the first day I'd met him, and at first I wondered if this was the real him. A little snappy, annoyed at almost everything; and then he went to the bathroom at the petrol station with a mumbled excuse. I don't usually follow people I don't know into bathrooms, but I had one of those gut feelings that he wasn't okay.
I found him crying in a cubicle, swearing at himself for not being able to stop. I can't get over how his eyes are like Alex's, especially when filled with tears. Almost haunting, yet beautiful at the same time.
He calmed down enough to speak, and we sat in the dingy petrol station bathroom as he told me what was wrong. His girlfriend hadn't just broken up with him, but had brought her new boyfriend along as well. Said boyfriend was, as he put it, a total jock.
James was really, really down about it. He seemed so helpless and shattered that I hugged him; and to my surprise he hugged me back, not letting go until he had managed to stem his tears completely.
So for the rest of the day he wasn't quite so cranky. We got a pizza and he showed me his drum kit, promising to do the beat track for one of my songs sometime. And then the time came for us to part and the looks in his Alex-eyes almost took my breath away.
But he did nothing more than wave with a smile and walk away.

What am I getting myself into?