Write Anyway

Unrequited love is a hard thing I am so glad I don’t have to deal with anymore. It can bring you to the highest highs, but it is more often soul-crushing and depressing.

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To read about the biggest unrequited love of my life, you’ll have to buy Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: High School - The Real Deal and find the story “You Always Remember the First”.

I can tell you a bit about the story, though.

When I got into high school band as a freshman, I met a junior named David. I tried to ignore him for the first day, but he was sweet and grew on me. He carried my bass drum when I was tired. He made me laugh. He was nice to me.

I fell for him hard and fast and kept the crush going for the next two years.

The rest of the story is in the book. And now I’m in Australia and married to the man I was truly meant for.

However, there is something that’s not in the book:

Earlier this year, David had and epileptic seizure and died. Many of my friends emailed me because of how I used to feel about him. Needless to say I didn’t feel the same way, but I was truly saddened. He was a bright soul and should have had more time on this world.

David Michael Hill, rest in peace.
1984-2007

In honor of this week’s theme, I decided to post up…

1. Giggle. A lot.
2. Blush. A lot.
3. Talk too fast
4. Stumble over my words
5. (I’ve been told) My eyes turn really green
6. Find ways to “accidentally” be in the same places as the person
7. Try to find any shared interests we can talk about
8. Failing #7, researching his interests to see if there’s anything I like
9. Get to know his friends
10. Avoid his past girlfriends
11. Try to place me in his sight of vision so he can see me being cool and confident with my friends (Reaching back to high school…)
12. Write poetry to him. Whether or not he sees it is another matter
13. Put him in some role in whatever story I am working on at the time

As you know, this week’s theme is unrequited love. For this random word bank, you don’t have to write about something that has happened to you if you don’t want. Feel free to write something completely fictional. (Though, I do find it easier to write based on my own experiences.)

At least five minutes of writing, use all the words below, and incorporate the theme.

Have fun!

Candle
Cereal
Honey
Measurement
Bugs
Egypt
Heart
Wine
Coaster
Business Card

There’s nothing quite like unrequited love. You ache for the object of your affection. You think of how much better your life would be if that person would hurry up and love you back already.

S/He may do things wrong at times, but it’s okay because you still love him/her. Maybe s/he knows, maybe not. Should you tell? Perhaps you shouldn’t. And yet, when s/he comes into your view, your eyes all all for him/her and you wish nothing more than to run over and tell him/her everything is going to be okay.

What a feeling. I’ve been through it plenty of times and it never gets easier, and your mind never gets less rosy about it.

Today I want you to write about your unrequited love. You may have a few, but pick out one and go with it.

How did it happen? Did your love slowly grow, or did it hit you all of the sudden? What was s/he like? What made you fall so hard? Was s/he with someone else? Were you mortified if you did anything “stupid” around him/her?

Tell me about it.

Ah, love. It’s such a grand thing, isn’t it?

Or is it?

This week’s theme is unrequited love, one of the sides of love that hurts. In honor of the theme, I present you with “If I was the One” by Ruff Ends, Final Fantasy 8 style.

Enjoy.

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