Blue

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~LyliAnne~

I've longed for someone to love me for who I was and not to be afraid to approach me. I want them to be able to look and touch me without being disgusted. Many have brought me down for what I look and feel like and it truly hurts me to know that I may never get that chance to love and be there every moment for someone. But that all changed when I met Brandon Hale. He was an angel sent down from heaven, and he hit me out of nowhere. I initially thought that he would look at me in disgust as every other doctor did to me. But no, he actually started a conversation with me and said that me having methemoglobinemia isn't something for me to be ashamed of but he wanted me to show it off because I was something different and everyone needed different. I told him that I couldn't do that and I was to stay in the hospital all day, everyday because of the hatred people would show me. He offered to take me out to explore the city and my initial thought was to say yes but I didn't want him to appear with him and have people look at him with disgust when it's my fault they're doing that. But I knew he wasn't going to take no for an answer, so I said yes. That one yes is why I'm out with Brandon exploring the city and for once not being afraid of showing myself outside of the hospital walls. The first thing we did was just take a walk downtown and view all the interesting activities we encountered. The walk was very nice but I couldn't get the fact that people were staring at me. But Brandon caught my nervousness and just told me to just calm down and express your difference. I listened and calm down and gave my attention to what we were doing not how people were looking at me. All the laughs and smiles we shared were very soothing for me to know that for once someone was actually having fun with me. I wasn't this blue freak to him in his eyes, I was just a regular person. Throughout the night we had fun, from listening to street performers to going skating and watching Brandon fall on his butt at every attempt to skate. But my favorite part of this whole night was that my first night experience was with Brandon. He made me realize that I couldn't be afraid what others felt and to just express myself without a care and for that I told him how much I appreciated this kind act he showed me. I knew that he was going to make me happy and I needed to act on this and that's what I did. I gave him a kind act and I gave him a kiss from the heart. That was a spectacular night to remember.