I’m strong. But I break. I’m stubborn and I make plenty of mistakes. Yeah I’m hard and life with me is never easy to figure out, to love I’m jaded but oh so lovely. All you have to do is hold me and you’ll know and you’ll see just how sweet it can be if you’ll trust me, love me, let me. Maybe, maybe

                The song fills the room as I stir and lean over to my nightstand to turn off my alarm. Oh Kelly Clarkson. How do you always know the right song to sing to make me feel better? I know that things with Ashley won’t always be easy, but all I have to do is hold her and I know that it’s the sweetest thing.

 I spent so much time last night being upset with her for not calling but she has a reason. Ashley loves me and she wouldn’t do anything to purposely hurt me. I’ll talk to her today and she’ll explain it all to me and it’ll all be okay. Her appointment probably just ran late and she didn’t want to call and risk waking me up. I can be such a drama queen sometimes. I feel my phone buzz where it was lying right next to me. I look at the screen and see that it’s Ashley.

“Good morning beautiful. I’ll pick you up in a bit for school. Love you. <3 Ash.” Oh man. It’s already almost 7:00. I need to get up and get dressed. No shower this morning, I guess its jeans, t-shirt and ponytail day. Not the most attractive look but I don’t have time to look drop dead gorgeous today. I hear Ashley’s horn sound once as I finish putting my shoes on. I grab my bag and run down the stairs.

“Bye Dad, I love you!” As I run out the door I hear him say he loves me too. I look over at Ashley and watch the smile light up her face. Her eyes sparkles when she looks at me and when I look closer I see the red that surrounds the brown of her eyes. There’s only one reason for that, she’s been crying all night. As soon as I see that I jump in the car quickly and without saying anything I wrap her in a hug and pull her close to me while stroking her hair softly. She grabs onto me and holds on for dear life.