𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐬

𝐈𝐈

「 you know I'd love you for all of eternity, and when you left I was anything but ready 」

"Do you ever think about us?" He asked suddenly. The howling wind seemed to quieten down between them. His eyes were still transfixed at the Great Lake, his gaze almost wistful as he waited for her to reply. "Of course I do. I think about how we danced in the rain until we were drenched right after senior prom. I think about how we stayed up all night talking about college and our ambitions. I think about how we sat together underneath the willow tree and said our first I love you's. But you know what I think about most?" Her voice just above a whisper and her eyes gleaming with unshed tears.

He shook his head no, as his hands itched to brush away the hair that fell into her eyes. She gave a momentary smile as she painstakingly proceeded to tell him, "I think the most about how timing really is everything. You know? We had the chemistry, we had the love. We had everything. Except for that one pesky little detail; we weren't ready for each other." He took a sharp breath in, the truth hitting him harder than he had expected.

His head turned, and he stared at the girl in a Balmain gown pulled up to her thighs as her legs dipped into the cold water of the lake. He loved her, always had and probably always will. Leaving her was the hardest thing he ever had to do. She knew that. Her love for him never wavered either. She turned her head to meet his gaze.  And they looked at each other properly, for the first time in years. 

And just like old times, there was so much love in the glance they shared. But somehow, their timing was still not right. It seems, for them, this is how it would always be - like the sun and the moon - their timing would always be a little off. And they knew that. But it didn't deter them from letting the other own their heart completely. After all, the moon waits for the sun everyday, and so shall they.