One Look
Today the day!
Today my best friend and cousin Emily was coming to meet my boyfriend and love for the first time.
We were in my room waiting for Sam to arrive.
"God Leah I've never seen you so…not like you…your all nervous and excited." Emily said with a teasing smirk on her flawless copper face.
I love Emily we are best friends, closer than that. I can tell her anything.
"Well today is the day you meet my Sam. I swear Em your going to love him. He's my everything."
Even I could tell I was being dramatic but as dumb as it seems Emily's approval is very important to me.
Emily took my face in her hands and looked me in the eye. With a soft voice she said, "I know I'll love him."
"Leah get your butt down hear! Sam's here!" My annoying little brother, Seth, though he's not so little anymore, yelled to us.
"Stay here I want you to make a grand entrance." Em laughed.
"Your hopeless."
I made my way down the stairs and at the bottom waiting to greet me was my world.
"Sam!" I ran up and gave him a kiss, then sighed dramatically.
"Sam, I want you to meet Emily." I said with a nervous tone.
I yelled for her and she walked down the stairs.
I watched Sam's reaction and the most heartbreaking thing happened to me. I saw the look on his face… lets just say he never looked at me that way.
With that one look I saw my whole world start to crumble.
Years have past since that day and I'm better. Yes it still hurts, but they were perfect for each other.
If someone were to ask me if I was happy for them I would say that was a complicated question. Yes I'm happy for them however when I look at them I see everything Sam and I were and what we could have been.
Looking back on that day, I wish I could have blamed her, I really do, I wish I could hate her, after all she did indirectly cause the destruction of my life, but as much as I wish it I knew and still know that I could never blame or hate Emily.
One day, one look. That's all it took.
