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a short and sweet one here, a little bit different than our usual points of view...

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I is for Innocence

She sees them sitting at the picnic table one afternoon, a couple of complete strangers, a man and a woman, sitting together, bodies pressed close, heads bent together.

A book rests between them, two separate bookmarks in the pages at different parts.

To her, even though they are adults and obviously in love, they are the picture of innocence. They have each other and that's enough. More than enough. She watches the woman lean back and look at the man with a wide grin, cheeks flushed with laughter before he leans forward and catches her smiling lips with his own.

Their kiss is not offensive and it doesn't make her cringe; it's sweet and loving, like they're the only two people in the world. Innocent, innocent and happy.

She wants it, this love, this kiss, this togetherness. She wants a man like that to sit so close to her just because he wants to, to have a hand at her lower back, to gently trace her jaw, to kiss her so gently she wants to hold on and never let go of him. She craves it more than anything right now. Probably will continue to crave it into the unforeseeable future.

The man's nose brushes the woman's neck, lips coming up and just brushing her ear as he whispers, a secret caught between them that makes a slow smile spread across her mouth, love and joy lighting up her features as a laugh tumbles out.

He keeps his lips there, whispering to her, smiling through his words, and she laughs and listens. His one hand holds one of hers sweetly, the other alternates between caressing her back and sweeping slowly through her hair.

She feels like she needs that, now, too; she needs that comfort, needs it so much it hurts. She needs someone to treat her like she's their best friend, like they care for her as much as she for them.

She watches them a little longer, simply taking in their happiness and yes, their innocence, before it hurts too much and she turns away to the shade of the house. It's not until later that night she learns their names, and then she can put a name to the whispering couple she can easily admit she's jealous of.

That night, all she can think of is that Jim and Juliet are lucky to have each other.


did I manage to surprise any of you at the end or did you figure it out? haha, i'm interested to know...

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