Mikayla & Jake
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Last published Wed, Apr 23, 2014
This is not a love story.
This is simply a story of how two teenagers met.
This is Mikayla and Jake:
One believes in romance.
One thinks love is just a fantasy.
Both for the same reason.
One refuses to move on.
One refuses to look back.
Both for the same reason.
"Robert Smith fell in love when he was 14."
"Look at him, now."
"What about Bono?"
"Huh?"
"He met Ali when he was young."
"He was 22 when he got married, though. Doesn't count."
"Does too. But, okay. Prove me wrong. Famous highschool sweethearts who turned sour."
"Jerry Lee Lewis and Dorothy Barton."
"Doesn't count."
"Prove it."
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