Top of the stairs, waiting for a friend.
She bumps into me.
Big smile.
Hi, my name is Alice, what's yours?
Wayne.
Hey Alice, over here.
Turned around.
Her boyfriend.
Dead calm.
Turned back.
She's gone.

She doesn't know.
Nobody knows.
It's my little secret.
A giant crush.
Smart, popular, unbelievably pretty.
Out of my league.
Girls like that don't talk to me.

Been six months since the incident.
Seen her all over campus.
All the guys talk about her.
Most of them talk to her.
I've tried, more than once, to no avail.
Anytime time I get close. 
My lips, my arms, my legs.
Something would inexplicably fail.

Didn't see her at all Today.
Doesn't matter, Today is the day.
Looked up the number in the book.
I'm going to make that call or die trying.
Picked up the phone.
Dialled.
Hello.
Hi, umm..
You're calling for Alice?
Dead calm.
Yep.
She's gone.


Alice - 4 Alice copyright © 2001 Ahkenaton  All rights reserved
After all this time, still can't get you out of my mind.