Dear Esperanza,

I’m sorry that my friends and I upset you today at the monkey garden with Sally. I didn’t want to kiss Sally, but all other guys said that I had to. I guess what I was really trying to do was to make you jealous, but now I see that instead I just disgusted you. I too want to run and play throughout the monkey garden, but unlike you, I don’t have the courage to stand up to my friends. They all said that I was too old for games like that and they were making fun of you for wanting to play with the younger kids. I wish that I would’ve just gotten up and went with you. I haven’t seen you around the monkey garden in quite some time now. Where’d you go? Do you no longer want to hang out with us? If I had known that you would’ve gotten so upset then I would never have kissed Sally. I wish that it could’ve been you that I kissed. I guess I’ve already blown my chances with you, but I desperately hope that we can continue to be friends. I’m sorry that my friends and I told you to leave the monkey garden. I just didn’t want you to see how ashamed I was. I’ve never met someone like you Esperanza, someone who doesn’t care what everyone else thinks, someone who dares to stand out. Why is that Esperanza? Are you unhappy about your life? I always see you writing, but I have no clue about what you’re writing about. I highly admire you, and I wish that one day I could muster up the courage to show you this letter.

Your’s truly, Tito.