Forgotten Feelings.

As the morning sun painted streaks of gold across the sky, thirteen-year-old Lilac sat on her bedroom window sill, her heart heavy with an unspoken longing. Her gaze drifted to the house next door, where the object of her affection, Valentino, lived. With each passing day, her love for him grew deeper, but she knew, deep down, that his heart belonged to another. Despite the ache of unrequited love, she couldn't help but yearn for the impossible, caught in the bittersweet tangle of adolescent emotions.