far away love

by erika
(bloomington, MN )

thats me

I went to Mexico this summer for two months. My plan was to go and have fun with my family,
and I didn't know that I was going to fall in love.

My dream guy was my neighbor. When we were kids, we were always best friends until I moved away. We separated, but when I went back this summer, I saw him again and well he was a lot older and so was I.

we talked and got along well from the first week. I started feeling things for him but I didn't want to because I knew that I had to leave and I didn't want to leave with a broken heart.

As the days passed, what I was feeling for him grew and he was feeling the same way too because at a dance we went to,he told me his feelings for me. I lied and told him that I didn't feel the same way because I knew that if I told him the truth, we would end up together. I so wanted this, but I was leaving soon. Despite my lie, he didn't believe me. He knew I felt the same way.

That night, we danced together all night. We held hands and everything felt so right, then he knew I had lied about my feelings for him. I finally told him the truth.
We kissed and that night was the best night of my life, but it was really late so he took me home.

Next day, we saw each other again, I knew that my grandma couldn't find out because she would get mad at me, so we saw each other secretly by this huge tree. It was so cute because we carved our names on the tree. We stayed there, hoping we wouldn't have to leave, but we did so everyday, we saw each other at that same place.

Weeks passed and the day I had to leave was closer and closer every day. Then finally, that day came. It was the worst day of my life. That day, we saw each other one last time.
Our eyes filled with tears we said our goodbyes and he kissed me like he was afraid to lose me
and I felt the same way.

I felt like my heart was ripped from my chest.
I knew that I wasn't going to be happy going back.

He said that he will wait for me no matter how long it takes and to never forget him.
I told him the same and we just didn't want to leave each other. It really hurt to leave him.

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