Quite a few years from now, my daughter will be twelve. And all her friends will start to think about things like first kisses and winter dances, and I know she will ask me what my first love had been like. And when that happens, I'm going to smile (though it may be bittersweetly) as I remember driving around aimlessly with you singing along to bad radio stations and exploring our town to find the best local coffeeshops. I'll remember nights in our high school arts building when nobody else was around looking at the newest pictures the photography class pinned up, and how gentle you were whenever our lips met. I'll remember how no matter how close you held me, I always wanted it to be closer. I'll remember exactly the way that your favorite scarf smelled, and the safety I felt when you'd pull me into your arms.
I don't know what else will happen between today and the day my daughter asks, but whenever it is, the answer to that question will always be you— so I want you to know I can't thank you enough for a story that makes me glad I let myself fall in love with you.
I found this in a notebook from this summer and I might write a version two later but for now I like the original.