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By Athena Date: 2003 Sep 24 Comment on this Work [[2003.09.24.14.49.17662]] |
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"You're....like... a ten," he mused through a shy smile, those blue eyes twinkling like one of our state's 10,000 lakes. His hand brushed against mine as we sat sipping poor Columbian brew in the hospital cafeteria on my break. "I haven't met anyone who could light up a room with her mere presence." All I could do was shrug and smile, my cheeks reddening as such adoring words tickled my ears. I paused to collect my thoughts, sighing heavily. "This can't work." I watched as his heart shattered into a thousand pieces, that smile falling off his face. "I'm sorry." I cringed as the words escaped my lips, "It's not you. It's me." |