He said: I want to be what you love.
She said: That's impossible.
He said: Why?
She said: I do not love. I can not love.
He said: And why not?
She said: Because I'm unstable and imperfect and too loud. People look down on me. My past is awful and my future is blurry. I have a temper and I think far too much and I never know quite when to stop talking. If I love you then I won't be able to stop. You'll be stuck with me. I'll drown you.
He said: You are unique, wild, beautiful and brilliant. You've made mistakes and over come them. You have some quirks and some scars. No, you're not perfect. None of us are. Please don't be afraid to love me. I'm afraid to live everyday without you. I'd rather be drowning with you in the open ocean where we can do whatever we please then drowning on land alone just trying to please whatever.
10th grade
As I sat there in English class, I stared at the girl next to me. She was my so called “best friend”. I stared at her long, silky hair, and wished she was mine. But she didn’t notice me like that, and I knew it. After class, she walked up to me and asked me for the notes she had…
