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Love 101.Lesson 7: Understanding
"Dom?", a voice asks quietly. Letty. Letty is here.
"Dom, you sleep..I can come back tomorrow.", she whispers.
"No, no..I just drifted off...stay", I get up groggily. She sits on the couch next to me, but she doesn't really sit, she's perched on the edge wringing her hands.
"Letty.. what's wrong?", I ask quietly, but my voice booms through the ringing silence of the house.
"I..I gotta tell you something, Dom", she starts nervously.
"Ok", I nod hanging on her every word.
"Ok, I'm just gonna...you ever been in love with someone, and you just love them so much it hurts sometimes?...all you can think about is them?..you know you can't have them, but you can't stop torturing yourself, by thinking about them?..you know what I mean?", she asks scrunching her face. Do I know?...I invented unrequited love.
"Yeah, actually I do", I tell her quietly. She scoots closer to me on the couch. I know I'm kidding myself by actually hoping that she's, by some blessing straight from God, talking about me. I try to stay calm, and continue to listen to her.
"I don't know what to do, I mean I know he's not going out with somebody, but..", she stares off into space. My chest is going to give out if it keeps up this pace. I'm trying hard not to bore holes in her head with anxiety. My mind is screaming, FOR THE LOVE OF JEHOVAH, JUST TELL ME WHO IT IS!
"You know what, I'm just gonna come right out and say this..Dom, I'm in love with Vince.", she nods a worried head at me once to signal the enormity of her statement. That's it. That.is.it. My body washes over in pain. She's in love with Vince. I can't even relate the indescribable feeling of hurt I'm feeling. If she cut me a thousand times then threw me in a lake of alcohol, it would feel a million times better than this. I didn't even get a chance to BE rejected. No, it's my own fault for ever believing that she could actually love me.
"Dom, say something please", she closes her eyes that have already filled with tears, her voice shaking. Don't be an ass. Catch her while she's falling, even if it isn't you she dreams of every night.
"What do you want me to say Letty?"
"Anything, something.."
"What do I have to do with this?..why are you telling me this?"
"I dunno..maybe cause you understand me, maybe cause I feel comfortable around you, cause you won't judge me.", she trails off softly. She doesn't even know why I won't judge her, or why I understand her. She'll never know it's cause I can't. I can never feel anything but love for Letty. I look over at her and she buries her hands in her head. In the midst of my own internal tears, I wrap my arms around her. She melts into me and her body immediately becomes less tense.
"Don't cry..it'll be okay", I whisper into her hair. Tonight this house holds two broken hearts, but only one knows it.
Love 101.Lesson 7: Understanding
"Dom?", a voice asks quietly. Letty. Letty is here.
"Dom, you sleep..I can come back tomorrow.", she whispers.
"No, no..I just drifted off...stay", I get up groggily. She sits on the couch next to me, but she doesn't really sit, she's perched on the edge wringing her hands.
"Letty.. what's wrong?", I ask quietly, but my voice booms through the ringing silence of the house.
"I..I gotta tell you something, Dom", she starts nervously.
"Ok", I nod hanging on her every word.
"Ok, I'm just gonna...you ever been in love with someone, and you just love them so much it hurts sometimes?...all you can think about is them?..you know you can't have them, but you can't stop torturing yourself, by thinking about them?..you know what I mean?", she asks scrunching her face. Do I know?...I invented unrequited love.
"Yeah, actually I do", I tell her quietly. She scoots closer to me on the couch. I know I'm kidding myself by actually hoping that she's, by some blessing straight from God, talking about me. I try to stay calm, and continue to listen to her.
"I don't know what to do, I mean I know he's not going out with somebody, but..", she stares off into space. My chest is going to give out if it keeps up this pace. I'm trying hard not to bore holes in her head with anxiety. My mind is screaming, FOR THE LOVE OF JEHOVAH, JUST TELL ME WHO IT IS!
"You know what, I'm just gonna come right out and say this..Dom, I'm in love with Vince.", she nods a worried head at me once to signal the enormity of her statement. That's it. That.is.it. My body washes over in pain. She's in love with Vince. I can't even relate the indescribable feeling of hurt I'm feeling. If she cut me a thousand times then threw me in a lake of alcohol, it would feel a million times better than this. I didn't even get a chance to BE rejected. No, it's my own fault for ever believing that she could actually love me.
"Dom, say something please", she closes her eyes that have already filled with tears, her voice shaking. Don't be an ass. Catch her while she's falling, even if it isn't you she dreams of every night.
"What do you want me to say Letty?"
"Anything, something.."
"What do I have to do with this?..why are you telling me this?"
"I dunno..maybe cause you understand me, maybe cause I feel comfortable around you, cause you won't judge me.", she trails off softly. She doesn't even know why I won't judge her, or why I understand her. She'll never know it's cause I can't. I can never feel anything but love for Letty. I look over at her and she buries her hands in her head. In the midst of my own internal tears, I wrap my arms around her. She melts into me and her body immediately becomes less tense.
"Don't cry..it'll be okay", I whisper into her hair. Tonight this house holds two broken hearts, but only one knows it.