My Pretend Husband

When I was 9, I went to a friendship camp and well, this kid wanted more than friendship... haha, Nico... I'm engaged to someone else now but I still wonder, sometimes, where my pretend husband is.

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Boy, remember me?
The girl that you
Wanted to marry?
Remember behind the bus shelter?
You took me away
Just so you could say
You loved me much more
Than in the friendly way

You did this cause you were afraid
Of what the others would think
You were the outcast that summer
And with their unkind words
Your heart did sink

I "picked you up" so many times
Told them off
Like you wouldn't believe
They tried to
Make me turn on you
But their words wouldn't
Make me deceive

I was your "dinner date"
To camp barbeques
For two months in a row
When it seemed no one came near
A tear in your eye would always show
I think that's why you fell in love with me
Actually, that's a fact I know

I still remember you
I don't think I'll ever forget that "ring"
You gave me too

It was a plastic red Mickey Mouse thing
We had a matching pair
I still have it somewhere here
Do you have yours over there?
It doesn't fit anymore
But I kept it all these years
Just so I could remember
Our laughter and our tears