Mason

lots-of-love:

Forgive and forget. That’s what they say. It’s good advice, but it’s not very practical. When someone hurts us, we want to hurt them back. When someone wrongs us, we want to be right. Without forgiveness, old scores are never settled; old wounds never heal. And the most we can hope for, is that one day we’ll be lucky enough to forget - Meredith Grey (Grey’s Anatomy)

My English Story

It hurt every time I saw Kim and John together, which unfortunately for me occurred frequently as we shared the same locker bay. They were always together there, showing public affection, in an attempt, I was sure, to torture me. The pain was so excruciating because I was in love with Kim. She was the kind of girl you read about in books, cute, tall, amazingly smart and really funny. Similarly John was popular, he was the football star and every girl threw themselves at him, but he still didn’t deserve Kim. I did. But at the time, I was a nobody, with average brown hair and green eyes and zero football skills. I knew it was a pipedream, but Kim was the girl I wanted to be with.

 The week it all began, was like any other, or so I thought. Kim and John were fighting, which was a usual occurrence, however this time it was different. It was a massive argument in front of everyone. I can remember feeling sorry for her and the public humiliation she had to deal with. As I was getting my books from my locker I heard snippets of the argument.

“How could you do this I thought you loved me”
“I did not go anything!!”
“Don’t lie to me John”

Kim came to class ten minutes late and her eyes were puffy from crying and her hair was messy, but she still looked like a goddess surrounded by mere mortals. As she walked past my heart started to beat so fast. Somehow, I felt that she had broken up with John, but my mind told me to calm down and not get my hopes up.

The rest of the class passed quickly, but my thoughts were filled with one thought; did Kim and John break up? And if they did, should I ask her out? I knew it was probably my only chance, before long she would be with somebody else. But how would I do it, by letter? Or in person?

It was as if fate was on my side, because in the next maths lesson we were paired up to work together. She began to talk to me, and asked me about my interests and hobbies. We talked about music, TV, family and school, she appeared to be enjoying herself, but I never imagined she would do what she did next. She asked me if I wanted to go to the movies with her on Sunday, which I of course answered yes.

The rest of the week was the best time of my life, we talked in the classes we had together, waved at each other as we walked past each other in the halls. On Friday Kim came and gave me a hug. It was the most exhilarating moment of my life. At this exact moment, John turned the corner and saw us hugging. He was extremely jealous and after school he pushed me into the lockers and warned me to stay away from Kim. I was left there very confused about what I should do.

The rest of the night and Saturday was spent contemplating whether I should go to the movies with Kim or listen to John and stay away. I decided to listen to my heart, there was no way I’d give up an opportunity to spend time with Kim. I got the train into the city and met Kim, who was waiting for me. She looked like an angel, the sun was hitting her hair causing it to shimmer, and her eyes brightened with happiness when she saw me. At that moment I knew that I had made the right decision.

We watched a movie, which was a chick flick. If I was there by myself I would have walked out within the first 10 minutes. However Kim seemed to enjoy it so I stayed but my mind was not really the movie. I was wondering about whether I should hold her hand when they brushed against each other as we both went to eat popcorn and she grabbed my hand.

We continued to date, and slowly her friends accepted me. I can still remember the day that Kim told me she loved me, it was a Monday after school and she ran up to me and said “I love you”. I was the happiest person alive.

And that kids, is how I met your mother. 

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