Ry Are you asleep?It’s 10 pm after allPatient O Nope. I’ve been waiting patiently for your call Ry You can’t be thinking about driving all the way here It’s late O Patient O Yes I amI’ll see you in 30 minutes Ry Please drive safely Patient O Always 30 minutes later Patient O I’m outside  I hope you didn’t fall asleepI don’t want to drive all the way back without seeing you

“I can smell water.” I say when Oliver comes to stop. I take in a deep breath, yep. I can definitely smell water.“Okay. It’s time to take this thing off.” He says taking the blindfold off. I take a few seconds to readjust to the light. I look around and smile when I see the boat in front of me. I almost scream when my brain makes sense of the beauty that’s in front of me. “Is this our date?” I ask staring at him. He smiles nodding at me.“I thought we could have a day on the water. Get a dose of the fresh air and hopefully have fun.” He says taking my hand in his. We start walking to the boat. I’ve never been on a boat on a lake before. This is incredible.“Who’s going to drive the boat?” I ask as he helps me get on.“I’m going to be driving.” He says surprising me.“So you just happen to know how to drive a boat.” I state and he nods. “So what do I do now?” I ask feeling a little out of place. This is the part of Oliver’s world I know nothing about. I don’t know anything about boa

“Today I’m the one taking you on a date.” Ryo says smiling at me excitedly. She smiles as we walk into her mother’s plant room. I smile back at her feeling like the luckiest guy alive. The past two weeks have been the best time of my life. I’ve been going on multiple dates and for the first time in my life I’m enjoying dating. I look forward to these dates with her. I always look forward to planning them, the exciting anticipation leading up to the date and the actual dates are always a dream. “I feel like this is turning into a competition.” I say and she turns nodding at me. I laugh because that’s not the point of us having these dates. I look around at the plants feeling so happy. There’s so much magic in this room. I need to convince my parents to create a room like this at the house. I bet it would do wonders for all our moods. Maybe we would get along better. “Oh. It most definitely is. I’m having fun trying to out-plan you on these dates.” She says and I shake my head at her h

Once upon a time I was the one Oliver loved. I was the one that he looked at with starry eye. I was his it girl. And he would call me his princess. I smile rembering his voice when he could me by this pet name. I remember a time when he couldn't live without me. I thought I was the one he couldn't live without, his love made me feel that way. And the whole town knew it too. There was a time when I was "Marlene the girl who bagged the richest boy in town." Everyone wanted to be my friend, they wnted to breathe the same air as me. They wanted a taste of the life I lived with him. The girls wantred to be me and the bouys wanted me for themselves. For a glorious year I was loved, pampred and envied.But now they look at me with hate and disgust. It's incredible how quickly people will switch up on you as soon as they decide you are not popular enough. They have forgotten who I used to be. I can admit that I acted out of charater when everything ended with Oliver but the truth is I w

The next morning The moment I open my eyes and Oliver pops into my mind. I feel energized. I have to believe that my plan is going to work. The love I have for him has to pull us through here.  I reach out for my phone and open Oliver and I's text threads. I scroll through and see all of our conversations. There was so much love between us, we used to text everyday all day. He used to love updating me on his day every second. We had a stoy book love, we took care of each other. We were giddy and in love.  It went bad in the end but it was beautiful in the beginning. The more I think about it, the more my heart breaks. I don't know how we let this go so bad. I know I contributed to the relationship ending but I feel like we quit too quickly.  I sit up on the bed and start my text to Oliver. I am taking a leap of faith here. This has to work.  Hey