Not your girl next door!

Religiously, every evening at seven, you would come out of the back gate and feed my friends and I dinner. I’ll be honest, I didn’t know what added up to dinner until you started visiting. I’m glad you did. Years went on and I would still see you come with my delicious meal everyday, sitting with me while I ate leisurely. I liked you more than I liked a full stomach. It was your smile and your warm lap. I have seen you cry every time a car sped over my foot, hurriedly taking me to the unpleasant man in the clinic, or, every time I lost my cool at a friend and got wounded. I apologize for the tears. You gave me warmth on the coldest evenings, a rug to sleep on and a bright ball that kept me entertained for most part of my life. Which is why I need to go away now. I am thirteen and ailing, I am not strong enough to let you cry or suffer, thus, I’m walking away to the sunset. Wave at me while I go and know that my soul will find a way to come back to you. I love you,

He looked closely at the back of her hands and saw how thin her skin was. He could feel her veins pulsating. It was reassuring to him, she was alive. Do you remember your first love? Do you remember how you lost your first love? He did. He remembered her. from her deep brown eyes to the flaws on her skin, he hadn't forgotten any detail. He knew the day he saw her walking towards him in a grey dress that he would wake up to this face everyday. She did not believe him when he said it. She didn't believe fairy tales would ever come true. She didn't think dragons could be slayed and happy ever afters could exist. He had been with her for sixty years now. As much as she didn't want to admit, he was right all along, and, she was secretly happy that he was. He was the love of her life. They met when they were twenty three and had celebrated every anniversary like it was their first, giving each other the chance to experience their universe that they had so lovingly built