author's note: I wrote this as a companion piece to my Caitlyn poem "Oblivious," but it can be read separately. Hopefully you enjoy it!
unnoticed
(nate / caitlyn)
it's funny, really.
i never expected to fall in love.
after all,
i was nate gray,
famous pop star,
and pop stars never,
not in a million years,
fall in love.
they have dates,
crushes, one-night stands
that culminate into forty-eight
hour weddings,
but love?
what was that?
and yet,
when i was eighteen,
and my career
(not my career, actually -
Connect Three's career) got yet more
(unneeded) press,
i met her.
we couldn't be more different.
she had curly brown
fly
a w a y
hair,
bright, intelligent
eyes,
and oh, how she loved
her technology.
and i?
i was the heart-throb
of the hottest boy band in history.
i was sensitive,
sweet,
and couldn't figure out
how to move the mouse up
or
d
o
w
n.
and yet.
and yet.
we were more alike
than we thought.
we were both sidekicks
(both loving people we couldn't have -
me, loving her, she loving me),
we both had dark hair,
and we both felt as if
there was an undeniable
a t t r a c t i o n
between us.
i'm surprised it took me this long to realize it.
she loves me.
last year was my pining year -
i had "fallen in love"
with her (Mitchie,
why couldn't you see
that I was in love with you?
Why did you choose him?
Why did everyone always choose
him?)
and couldn't see what was
right in front of my
e y e s.
this year things changed.
i saw her.
caitlyn gellar.
oh.
how i should have realized before.
she's the girl for me.
she's perfect.
she's who she is.
she's mine.
i realize it now.
we work together
perfectly.
no one can push us away.
and i am glad
that she is mine.
finally,
after all this time,
we are both not being ignored.
what a fulfilling feeling,
don't you
think?
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author's note ii: Please review with more than a "so cute" or "I loved it"? Thanks!