The Truth About Love

Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION: THE DEFINITION OF LOVE

Do you remember the first time you fell in love? That feeling of butterflies spreading through your stomach mixed with emotions, desires and misery. Many people believe that true love is what takes place in those insane fairytales, where a guy and girl meet, sing together and then eventually get married and live happily ever after? However, my theory of 'true love' isn't like that of what the fairytales try to manipulate it to be, to me it's an emotional train where the passengers on board are named jealousy, hated, lust, misery, happiness, sorry, anger and just pure frustration. It's like an ocean of emotions are building up inside you while the current grips your very being and pulls you in drowning you. That's what love is really about. So again I ask do you remember the first time you fell in love and how it really felt? Of course you do, people make their first love a major deal, it's as though our first love is idealized as the purest form of love there is because we haven't been hurt, rejected or even experienced heart break, and to us it's more of a treasure than what I would say is actually an experience. This is my experience, or what I'd like to call 'The Truth about Love'

My name is Hunter Graham, I'm 17 years old and I'd say you can basically describe me as the average teenager guy there could possibly be. I'm average height, with black hair and blue -green eyes. One could say I'm a bit nerdy, I spend my days reading books and writing stories while most teenage guys would play sports and hit on girls, I was just the polar opposite, I wasn't popular, barely ever spoke and when I did it was just to say something precise. While most guys would go out on a Friday, I'd be at home in my room writing a story or playing music. My life was pretty boring and nothing interesting ever happened in my life. Little did I know my entire world would soon be flipped upside down by an unforgettable experience. That experience went by the name of Kaiana Fernandez, she was 16 years old and went to the same school as me. She was the definition of perfect and whenever she'd walk by everyone's head was guaranteed to turn just to admire her beauty or envy it. She was truly captivating, with her caramel skin that always glistened in the sunlight to her hazel eyes which glittered like one thousand stars in the sky and if stared into would instantly seduce your heart and mind instantly taking you hostage. Her long curly hair flowed down to her mid back striking her Spanish heritage. People say that no one is perfect, but if they saw Kaiana they wouldn't hesitate to change their minds. However not only her beauty was breathtaking but her personality was like a beautiful gem, she was intelligent, funny and compassionate but most of all her best quality was the way she so humble and so reserved even when everyone would admire her and compliment her.

Do you remember your first crush? That person who'd make your palms sweat and make you nauseous just when their name was mentioned. That person who probably doesn't even know you exist but that doesn't stop you from looking out for them and protecting them while devoting time to come to terms with your feelings for them. Kaiana went from just someone to admired to someone who I desired, I would constantly think about her and imagine what it would be like if we were together, I don't even get this madness, in my mind I can picture a relationship but in terms of reality I couldn't even say a simple 'hello' to her, but I understood why this happened in my mind I was free, I controlled what happened and how it would happen where as in reality fate determined everything and there was no power on earth that could control it and make their own wishes come true. Luck wasn't a thing when it came to love and matters of the heart.

All I could think about how can I approach her? What if I get rejected and get humiliated? It was questions like this that would form a barricade preventing me from even looking at her whenever she was around. However, opportunity was on my side. I remember our first few words so vividly, in fact I even have the events that led up to them still etched in my mind. It was fourth period Biology, and Mrs. Hart had announced a project, to create a average cell structure in the human body, she decided that she'd split us up into pairs in an effort to make the project more fruitful, since as we all know there are a lot of lazy people in high school. As Mrs. Hart began to call names I spaced out looking at Kaiana while Mrs. Hart's shrill voice loomed in the back of my mind yelling, 'Jason and Maya, Aria and Zanifa' and then suddenly three words captured my full attention sucking me out from the depths of my imagination those exact words were, 'Hunter and Kaiana'. These words froze my entire body, I couldn't move and everything became a blur, my pupils dilated and I began to cold sweat, my cheeks grew red and my body began to tingle on the inside as everyone stared at me. I was choking myself on the inside as anxiety gripped my throat. A cool voice pulled me out of my stage of shock saying, "Hi there, it's so glad to finally talk to you, I never really see you much." I looked next to me only to see Kaiana standing there with her perfect hair and lush pink lips. I nervously looked back saying "Nice to uh-ah-uhh meet you to" my cheeks grew blood red and my entire body grew cold. I had never spoken to her before in fact I had never stood so close to her before. She pulled the chair and sat next to me, the sweet aroma of her perfume danced on my nose and filled my insides with a warm feeling that's hard to explain. This was my chance, I looked at her and she smiled at me causing me to lost control of my emotions and melt inside.

I was about to go on a wild ride that would change my life and my understanding of love and life itself. Hope you're ready for the journey.

Best Wishes

-Hunter