Amico

As the sun rays kissed his face, his brown hair turned golden. His soft lips curved into a smile.
" Ellie, remember the first time we met? The way you remained dumbstruck when I asked your name? " Of course I did. How can I forget that day?
"Yes, I do."
" Isn't it amazing how since that day we have been inseparable? I love you. "
My heart stopped for a moment. He loved me. Yes, he did! Stop! Stop right there stupid heart. He loves me just as a friend. Nothing more. But... how can it stop? He is just so mesmerizing. How can anyone not love him? He is so funny. So kind. So pure. My mind races back to that day when we first met, 8 years back. We were seven then. His family had just moved to our colony from Delhi. I was riding my bike peacefully, without any idea that any minute now, my life would change forever.
"Booh!"
Startled I lost my balance and fell. He stretched his hand out to me, and smiled. Oh! That smile. My heart stopped beating for a moment there.
"Hey! Sorry for that. Didn't mean to hurt you. I am Jonathan. You can call me Jo. What's your name?"
Like he said I sat there on the grass, dumbstruck.
"Hello there? You still there? I asked what's your name?"
"Sorry. I am Elizabeth."
"Wow! Pretty name. Can I call you Ellie?"
"Sure."
"Friends?"
"Friends"
"Hello there? Ellie are you still there?"
Rushing back to the present, my mind registers what he is saying.
"Yeah. I'm there."
"Where do you keep getting lost?"
In you. My heart wanted to say. My mind told me to shut up. He went back to staring at the sky above us. The bright sun couldn't match the brightness in his eyes. The setting was so serene. Him beside me, under a tree. The sky with its warm sunlught and cool breeze
above us. There were so many beautiful things to look at. But all I could see was him. And his smile. I closed my eyes and a tear rolled down my cheek and fell on the soft grass.
Couldn't he understand that he was the picture I wanted to paint all my life?