because i love you.

When I first looked into your eyes, I felt a fission of attraction. You smiled at me, and I got flustered and looked away. But there was always something about you that caught my eye. The way you moved your hands, the little laugh you let out before you finished a joke and the spring in your step when you walked my way. Everything you did pulled me in tighter and tighter. There was no escaping this.

At first, we fought. You were rude and I was bitchy. But then it became flirty banter, little jokes that would end in a hug. I thought you felt the same way, I knew there was something between us. But then, as I worked up the courage to tell you, you said it. You told me about this amazing girl, you told me you were in love. I saw the glimmer in your cornflower blue eyes, the same glimmer that I held for you. I pasted a smile on my face, and I encouraged you. Anything for you to be happy.

That was about a year ago. Your still with the same girl, and I can see your good together. But when I see you and her together, I can't help but cringe with longing on the inside. I was willing to give up everything I felt for you, even though I knew I would treat you a thousand times better than she ever could. Just so that you could be happy. And I would do it a thousand times over. Why?

Because I love you.