Lollies (girl x girl)

I remember back in elementary school - in fifth grade - that there was a girl. She was a star child that kept her grades perfect. Her name never left the bulletin board that showed the geniuses of the classroom. A model she was, always honest and caring.

The teachers loved her. The kids did too, but it was laced with envy. She always got those circular blue lollipops that we craved so much. You couldn't find them in the stores, so the kids always tried to coax her to give them some. But she never shared... because she saved them to have with me.

She kissed me. It was awkward, uncomfortable even, but she meant it from her heart. I vividly remember the taste of blue raspberry on our mouths, and I remember feeling fire in my stomach for the first time. We were young, and we didn't know any better.

For the first time in ten years, I saw her.