Almost Lovers

by Fabhannahmontana

What do you do when the boy you’ve been thinking about for 10 years turns out to be a lying, cheating swine? And what do you do when you fall in love with his younger brother?

I miss kindergarten.

The days where you didn't get 5 hours of homework daily, where the most tiring activity you had to do was finger painting, and when taking a nap in the middle of the day was perfectly acceptable.

I miss when the only thing that mattered to you was how sparkly your party dress was, and that your siblings didn't get the biggest slice of chocolate cake at tea time.

I miss the first guy I fell in love with. How we used to sit under the oak tree together, sticky hands intertwined.

We got married under that tree.

Sure, all he did was give me a ring pop and plant a chocolaty kiss on the cheek, but to me it was love.

All I knew was that he was a boy called Joe or "JJ". He had 2 brothers that meant the world to him. He was a funny little kid too. I didn't think I'd ever see him again, although I thought about him every night, of every week, of every year. I wondered if my name had ever gone through his mind, since the day I moved out of New Jersey.