i invited you over for a cup of tea
and you stayed the night
i remember watching you stare out the window
i remember making eye contact and smiling for no reason
i remember rolling my eyes at every compliment you gave me
"your room is so cool" "you smell like cigarettes and i like it"
i remember wanting to hold your hand the whole time
but i couldn't because i knew that you liked someone else and that would be weird
i still wanted to hold your hand and kiss your face every second of our time together
and as i listened to you talk about the things you liked and the things that scared you
i fell in love
i fell in love with the sound of your laugh as you laughed at a stupid joke i made
i fell in love with the way your face scrunched up as you smiled
i fell in love with the way you wore your t shirt and the way you sipped your tea
i fell in love with the faint red in your cheeks, the red that never went away
i fell in love with the way you sung along to every song that came on
i fell in love with the how excited you were at the mention of your favorite band
and i fell in love with the boy who wanted the same things as me
the boy who promised to catch me every time i slipped on a patch of ice
the boy who listened to the bands that i recommended
the boy who was so passionate about whatever caught his eye
the boy who i allowed to tease me because i liked that he noticed me
the boy who always told me that he enjoyed being my friend
the boy that i wanted to go on adventures with
the boy that i wanted to visit art museums with
the boy that i wanted to fall asleep next to every night
the boy that came over for a cup of tea
and stayed the night