The Struggle-Alan

It was the cold and depressing month of December. Nothing but clouds and cold gusts of
wind for weeks without any hope of a sliver of sunshine. Cuffing season was in full effect. The
cold weather and the desire for cuddles and warmth had increased tenfold, leaving lonely, single
people longing for love and affection. A great number of people had participated in this season
of cuffing and Allen was no exception. Allen, however, had to overcome a vast quantity of
obstacles and trials in order to get at the one girl he really wanted for cuffing season, and her
name was Belle. Belle wasn’t like any girl poor little Allen had tried to get at before, however,
because she was by far the hardest and most confusing girl the universe could have possibly
thrown at him and he knew that getting curved by this girl would surely result in a burial of his
body six feet under the earth. But he went for her anyway. Allen knew it would be hard to get her
to be his. Allen was ugly and he thought it would be impossible to get a girl like her to notice a
boy like him. Although seeming impossible, Allen was extremely persistent. Everyday he would
text her, engaging in multiple, random, and most times stupid conversations ranging from the
evolution of clowns to the inevitable death of the universe, all in a 20 minute time frame. Each
time he would text her, spend time with her, and even just think about her, he would fall ever
more rapidly off the cliff of love and by the time Christmas came around, there was no turning
back. Allen was gone. He would wait an hour after he could leave school just to get a glimpse of
Belle and he would buy her anything he could spend his money on, whether that be food after
school because she was hungry or a stuffed animal just because he had $20 and happened to see
one at that exact price. Before long, he spent most all of his time and money on her and her only.
He thought he had reeled her in, but she was confusing after all. Belle wasn’t sure how she felt
about Allen and whether or not she was going to give Allen a shot at a relationship because she
was scared of being hurt and when she told Allen that she was confused about her feelings for
him, he was discouraged from continuing. He thought that he should give up because it would be
easier on both him and Belle. But he had come so far and he wasn’t going to let her slip away
after all the effort he put in. As the days became weeks and the weeks became a month, Allen
was persistent in getting at Belle not because he was lonely and wanted cuddles and warmth
anymore, but because he wanted her for her and couldn’t fathom his life without her by his side.
He spent more money on her. He spent practically every second of Christmas break with her. Her
birthday had come around and Allen felt like this would be the right time to confess his feelings
to her so he took her on a date to see Christmas lights. They spent the whole night together,
acting as if they were already a couple, though they were not and at this point, they both
confirmed their feelings for each other. Belle knew she had feelings for Allen but never really
knew when, where, or how to tell him, for he had been waiting for her for over a month. After
two weeks of holding it in, she came clean to Allen and confessed her feelings for him. He was
unbelievably happy that he did the impossible. He was finally cuffed. She made him happy and
he made her happy. In the end, he knew that his efforts were worth it. He knew it was worth the
struggle.