Chapter 1 – When I Knew
Hi, I'm Cliff. And this is my life written down.
There I was, sitting with her in the porch of her garden. We both stared up the sky and watched the orange haze turn violet and then dark blue as the sun set down.
She looked so beautiful when the haze touched her face. I couldn't keep my eyes off her. She just stared into the sky, and after a few minutes of stolen glares to her, she noticed me.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing, Cliff?" She teased.
"Oh, nothing."
She didn't know.
She faced back up into the clouds and laid her head in the grass. I lay right next to her. We were slightly distanced from each other, our hands were touching but I never had the courage to just grab her hand and hold it in the way that I've wanted to for far too long.
And then I thought, what if she knew?
I faced my left and looked into her eyes, she turned and faced my way to look at mine too. Her long blond hair highlighting her face. I looked at her and saw everything I needed.
I smiled stupidly and she couldn't help but laugh. Her dog came rushing to us and she knew I had a thing for dogs. I sat up and played with Mochi. He was so energetic and he kept running around the garden. I carried him and lifted him in my arms. She looked at me for a second and I looked at her even longer. Lost in translation, I didn't notice Mochi licked my face. She smiled and laughed and I knew that I wanted to see her that happy for the rest of my life.
And that's when I knew.