Such A Strange Word

Love- Noun- One syllable
1. A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
2. A beautiful lie.
For Alex love seems like another fairytale parents tell their naive kids. At age fifteen, and not having as much as a proper boyfriend, love seems like a pretty bleak concept. But will it just take someone extraordinary to change her mind, to show her it's worth the chance, or more appropriately, worth the pain.