"maybe We just shouldn't be together,"
She said jokingly.
the look of pain that crossed His face was brighter than a fresh slap.
He turned away from Her
and didn't speak.
He knew She was joking, but still
He was hurt.
in fact,
She was hurt.
the moments that followed were misery.
She knew, in that instant after He turned
away
that He was the one.
Her heart spiraled downward,
into the black hole
that was Her loneliness without
Him.
She had never felt more empty in Her
entire life
than in those few moments.
Her fingers, suddenly wandering,
traced the curve of His spine,
gently lining each vertebrae.
"Come back,"
She whispered softly.
He rolled over to face Her
and He took Her face in His hands.
He looked her dead in the eye
and They kissed,
long sweet and true.
She had never felt
more full.