In the past, I've always been given everything I've wanted, but nothing that I truly needed. I've experienced a lot of things in my twenty-five years, everything except the one thing I want. It's the one thing that can’t be bought. It can't even be taken, it has to be given. And nobody has ever given it to me, not really anyway.
Not until him.
Music is the center of both our lives, but as he found his place in it, I lost my way. He soared, while I spiraled down a destructive path.
I lost myself in more ways than I can count.
The ironic thing is that I didn’t realize how lost I was until he found me.
And now that he has, I have to wonder if he'll stay around long enough to catch me.
He never takes his eyes off of me as he
crosses the street. He walks around a group of people, purposely
stepping to my side. There’s no time for formal hellos in the middle of
the street, and I’m glad for that because I don’t want to introduce him
to my brother and do the whole shebang in a crowded street. My smile is
fixed on my face as he approaches, also smiling at me, his eyes
crinkling in mischief. When he brushes past me, he takes my hand and
squeezes it slightly. It’s just a squeeze. Just. But it’s enough to get
my heart pumping, my blood tingling, and my eyes widening as if I’ve
been caught doing something wrong, which I know is ridiculous, but
that’s how his touch makes me feel.
Claire
Contreras graduated with her BA in Psychology from Florida
International University. She lives in Miami, Florida with her husband,
two little boys, and three dogs.
Her favorite past times are: daydreaming, writing, and reading.
She has been described as a random, sarcastic, crazy girl with no filter.
Life is short, and it’s more bitter than sweet, so she tries to smile as often as her face allows. She enjoys stories with happy endings, because life is full of way too many unhappy ones or ones that will scare the daylights out of her and have her looking over her shoulder at every turn. Like I said, she's very random.
Her favorite past times are: daydreaming, writing, and reading.
She has been described as a random, sarcastic, crazy girl with no filter.
Life is short, and it’s more bitter than sweet, so she tries to smile as often as her face allows. She enjoys stories with happy endings, because life is full of way too many unhappy ones or ones that will scare the daylights out of her and have her looking over her shoulder at every turn. Like I said, she's very random.
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