Love: noun.
1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.

Lord knows that when you met this girl you thought she was rude, indignant, stubborn and bitchy. It’s not as if she gave you any reason to think on the contrary. No, her demeanor was downright aggressive (sexy) and offensive (exciting). She was trouble, someone to be avoided, the perfect example of what your mother would call a ‘problem child.’

So why was it so easy for you to forgive her and run off with her after school to discover the “real” la-la land after all she had put you through that morning? Why was it so easy to talk to her? Why did you become friends?

Because serendipity isn’t what you imagined it to be

Still, you found yourself warming up to her infectious personality and infinite charm. You became fast friends, sharing opinions on celebrities and bad mouthing boys left right and center. She was new and fresh; some exotic creature that you had managed to stumble upon and so you studied her intently, learned about her likes and dislikes, her moods, her talents, her dreams and aspirations, her past.

Her past with Aiden, with Madison, her childhood (or lack-there-of), and her family were the facts that taught you the most about her. You carefully cataloged this part of her life, made sure you had as much detail as possible and filed it away in your mind (heart) for later reference.

She wasn’t the girl she had made the world to think she was and you liked that.

2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.

Skipping school to go to the beach was definitely not in your nature. Irresponsible and reckless was what your mother would say. But when she offered it, that exhilarating rush of freedom and rebellion you had never really experienced, a chance to live out what she did on a daily basis, you couldn’t say no.

How could you say no to the girl you might be crushing on? How could you let her know that you ‘think you might like girls? How come you forgave her so easily after she apologized for practically ditching you for those two guys?