GO FORWARD AND BE EATEN.
GO BACK AND REGRET IT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
NOT MUCH OF A CHOICE, IS IT?
I don't know if you will like this one . . . I've never done anything like it, so it's an experiment . . . just read.
"Piper?" Hazel asked, sticking her head into Piper's room, "Can I ask you something?"
"Of course Hazel, you can ask me anything," she replied, scooting over on her bed and patting the spot beside her, "What's on your mind?"
Settling herself next to Piper, Hazel looked her straight in the eye and asked, "What is love?"
Piper thought about that for a second.
"Well, different people feel different kinds of love," she said finally, "It means so many differen things."
"But what is the basic true love, like how you could recognize it?"
"I think true love goes even deeper than the mind, body or heart, it comes from deep in your soul, the most basic and irresistable instinct humans have. The person you fall in love with is omeone you need, someone that has such a deep connection and understanding with you, that it is not possible to break."
"Like Percy and Annabeth?" Hazel interrupted.
""Yes, exactly like them," Piper said smiling.
"But what if you fall in love with someone, and then fall in love with a different person after they die or something?"
"That usually happens when you are with a person that isn't your soul mate, but a best friend. You love them, and you could be reasonably happy with them, but it isn't as compelling as the real thing. Some people only find them, and not the person they would truly love. Or they meet them first and then find the other, and get confused and end up dumping one of them. Sometimes when their true love dies, a person would find the friend and live the rest of their life with them, but they wouldn't be nearly as happy. Of course, so many people don't find even them, but just like someone for a simple attraction or respect, not having ever known the real thing."
"Wow," Hazel said, shocked, "That's complicated."
Piper laughed.
"It is," she agreed, "And I'm not sure if it's entirely true. It's just my take on the matter."
"What about love at first sight?"
"I don't believe in such things. You can be attracted to someone, or have a liking for someone when you first see then, but it isn't like, oh this is my one true love, the the first time you set eyes on them."
"Does everyone have a soulmate?"
"No, I don't think so, but the ones that don't, don't want to fall in love, so it doesn't matter to them."
"So if you don't want to fall in love, you won't?"
"No, if you would be happier not in love than in, and you don't want to, then you won't fall in love."
"Oh."
Hazel got up.
"Are you leaving?" Piper asked.
"Yes, thank you for answering my question."
"No problem," she said, bemused.
Hazel paused before the doorway.
"Piper, did you find your true love?"
Piper just looked at her and smiled.
"You should go see Frank."
When Hazel was gone, Piper laughed quietly and answered the silence.
"Yes."
Review! Tell me if it was awful or stupid, okay? These are my thoughts on the subject, not Piper's.