Two people can change
“I loved you so hard for a time. I’ve tried to ration it all my life. We could go yellow to black overnight. I take you for granted because you are mine.” One month had slipped away. One month since I last saw Conrad Fisher. It still feels like I’m waiting for him to walk through that motel door, back into my last summer. June went by like a ticking time bomb, ending as quickly as it had come. Every moment, every uttered word, every interaction with Conrad remained etched in my memory since the morning he left me standing in that motel room. He told me none of it meant anything— what he’d said in the 3 a.m. darkness. But I knew it was a lie. The infinity necklace, now slightly dulled, continued to sparkle as if reminiscing the past. It shined differently from its hidden place in my dresser drawer. But it wasn’t the same. Nothing was. I had lost Conrad Fisher, my first love, the first boy I ever slow danced with, the first boy I ever dreamed about in a blink of an eye. He was gone,...