A/N: Written for the Battleship Challenge, C7 (miss) – "When he'd sworn at her and been sworn at in return, they became great friends." - from The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
A Larger Poetry Collection
181. First Meetings
They'd seemed so far apart at first
they'd never become friends
was what was thought –
not even enemies, but distant figures
with a wall of animosity in between
Like the class clown
and the studious star pupil
who would never turn
But they clashed, because she did turn,
heard his words
and he saw her run in tears
And the next time they met face to face,
tears and blood and admiration
had sent that wall away.