Preface

'I love you. I love you, I love you, I love you.' I thought as she walked past me. I loved everything about her. The way her long, dark hair swayed when she walked, the way her gray eyes sparkled when she laughed. The way she smiles when she sees me, 'I love you,' I said silently as she walked towards me. Every part of my body screamed it, 'I love you, I love you.'

I know she loves me too, she just won't admit it; she's too shy. I know she loves me, I'm sure of it. She smiles when she sees me; she laughs at all my jokes. Calls me when she's upset; she runs to me when she's happy. When her friends fight, she always comes to me for support. When she's sad, it's always my shoulder she cries on.

Me. It's always been me. Since I first saw her, when she was sixteen years old, it had been me. 'I love you,' I thought as I sat down beside her. And when she hugged me, I knew she was thinking it too. 'I love you,' Nothing will keep us apart. Nothing.