"Don't You Hate Persisent Boys?"

This is what my friend Rachel texted to me today as a reply to a text I sent her. No, I usually do not hate persistent boys, but I have an annoying one right now.

So I'm naive, what's new. I kept pushing off the idea that Abel liked me. Oh boy...yeah. The other night I gave him a ride home. I started to ask him about this girl he had told me about awhile ago who liked him and who wanted to be his gf. He said that nothing had come of it, as he hadn't liked her and so we started talking about relationships. He was talking about how he wants to be in a relationship with someone that he really cares about and such. Then I started talking about how I really don't want to be in a relationship right now cause...I just don't feel like being in one. So then Abel started to make the conversation personal; he started to go on about how when he first met me and found out I had a bf, he had liked me and one of the overnight people he worked with at Target was telling him to talk to me and stuff. He also went on to say about how when I broke up with Jay, he was afraid that I might get back together with him. And then he said, "I thought I'd give you some time." He also talked about other stuff, but with his accent and the way he says things, I couldn't really understand him. I knew it had to do with him liking me though. All of a sudden Abel asks, "So what do you think?"
"What do I think about what?" I asked perplexed.
"About what I said."
"About dating? Like a bf/gf thing?" I asked.
Abel replied, "Yes."
I told Abel aobut how I just don't feel ready to be in a relationship again. He couldn't understand why and there was no real way for me to explain it to him in a way that he'd truly understand. He was upset by this, but I wasn't going to give in. I mean, we really have nothing to talk about and I just feel no attraction to him. So I dropped him off and thought that was it.

Nope.

He called me today. He was talking like normal, asking me how I was and such, and then from nowhere he asks, "So what do you think?"
"What do I think about what?" He hadn't even brought up the topic of dating, though I knew that was what he was getting at.
"About what I said the other night." He replied.
"I already told you."
"You did?"
Ah, I couldn't believe this! I was having to go through this annoying ordeal again! So again I told him that I just don't want a relationship at this time. So then Abel tells me, "Just think about it."
Annoyed with it, I told him I would but it's doubtful that I'd want to.
"I'll wait." He said.
So yeah, he told me that he'd wait as long as he had to. Even when I brought up that he'll probably find another girl by that time, he totally denied that.

Stupid persistent boys.