Healing Paul{The Great Supporting Character Challenge}
“Paul, I think you should ask Kristen out, you know you like her,â? I said, trying to convince my shy best friend to take the chance. I had no idea if Kristen would say yes , no or beat it. But Paul lacked self confidence.
I felt it my duty to get him out of his shell.
“Look Paul, why don’t I get Ashley to ask Kristen to meet us for tennis?,â? I said reassuringly.
He stammered, hem and hawed, his face turned every shade of red in a painters palette.
“I don’t know… Greg,â? Paul said, I think I’m.. coming down with the…the flu.â?
“Paul, you do not have the flu,â? I said, patiently, “What you have is a bad case of shyness. I’m trying to heal you bro.â?
Paul smiled that awkward boyish grin that told me he would trust me and allow me to heal him of his shyness.
Now how was I going to get Ashley to get Kristen to agree to play tennis with us. Those two hate each other. They both think Paul is a nerd. And I can’t hit a tennis ball to save my life.