62 FIRST KISS Part 4 62

Being a good friend, Annie is willing to hear anything Joseph wants to say, and as dogs need to be walked every day, weeks become months in which this tall, blond boy and small, brunette girl's mutually trustful friendship continues to develop—meaning that secrets of the heart are freely expressed—secrets, which would never have been divulged to others—he to me and he to me—because in truth, I have a secret that I can not share with anyone except myself—so sure am I that upon exposing this secret, Joseph will turn away and run anywhere that I am not, laughing so hard that my heart will break—but I can tell my secret to you:


Had I not felt conflicted about myself, here's what every fiber of my being had longed to reveal to this tall, blond, blue-eyed boy:  The moment I laid eyes on you my heart was yours for the taking.  The high spirited spark of your vibrant nature is the magnet that commands my attention whenever you're near.  If this alley turns into a jungle and you say:  Me Magnet, I'll say: Me Pin.  Then I'll swoon, and you'll swoop me up into your arms and carry me off into the sunset, where I'll awaken to love's first kiss...

Ah...the innocence of youth!  Be careful, Annie, of what you wish ...


Please do not dismiss my passion for Joseph as PUPPY LOVE ... I carried that torch for years after the trust, which created our safe haven of friendship, burned in the fires of pre-teen hell ...