The Lamb Fell in Love with the Lion.

I stumble across you when you say hi to my friend,
You had me at "hello".

I was a girl going about her day, contented with life, strolling through the heated city streets... the heat from your presence and the sun almost caused me to dehydrate.

I had a grenade necklace around my neck - sentimental value, my brother's from when he was your age - who knew it would symbolize our relationship? Let the pin go and it explodes, causing devastation and burning to all those around.

I finally give in and say 'yes' that I'll go out with you... I never told you but I was waiting for you to ask from the time on the street, and you did that night, I just wanted to see how many times you'd ask before you'd give up, I was shocked when you asked multiple times a day for a week, at least once every half hour during our epic eight hour phonecalls - I never thought they'd be the best phonecalls of my summer.

My breath caught, my spine tingled and my body heated up when you whispered,
I love you through my ear piece at one o'clock in the morning. I had school the next day but I didn't care, I never wanted to have to hang up, your voice was what made me stay awake for days on end. I didn't admit I loved you too... It takes me months to let my guard down, and even though you had broken mine down with the first glance in my direction I couldn't give in just yet.

We spent the best Saturday of my life together,I admitted how I felt about you, and after keeping you a secret for so long I finally tell my mother that I'm going out with you... she takes it well, even though she'd prefer for you to be older,
for your own good. Boys are immature

Oh how she was right; the next day you text me telling me to get out of your life, I've never cried over a boy before -  you brought so many firsts to me, and some I would rather have done without. That day I find out that you weren't actually friends with the girl you said hello to on the street that day, you told me you stopped her as an excuse to talk to me, but I didn't believe you, I couldn't understand why anyone would want an excuse to talk to  me . I guess that's one thing you didn't lie about - she knew you to see, but you two had never had a proper conversation.

I found out today that you have moved three hours away by bus; this makes my life just that bit easier. I now know that you're not going to appear on my doorstep or at my school, or bump into me in the city centre. You're not gonna be around in the summer, or in the clubs I drink in. I only wish that I didn't know you so well as to not be surprised to learn that you had to leave home because people are after you with knives.

I just don't think you'll ever learn.

I am a sponge taking everything in; the good and the bad, and today I am drying my memories of you out. I'm squishing them, but keeping the lessons you taught me. I need to remember that lies are told, and sometimes barriers are there for a reason.

You were the lion and I the lamb; but the lamb fell in love and she'll never know whether the lion did too.