Forever Crush pt. 2

Karen Anja Junkermann

by Karen Anja Junkermann

Story

I fell in love. I fell in love with your eyes full of sunshine. I fell in love with the touch of your hand and the sound of your laugh, which takes me to heaven whenever I hear it. I fell in love with you. The one I would indulge the whole wide world. That little tingling feeling in my heart I always felt when you looked at me with a wild burning flame in your eyes, making my heart glow like the sun. You changed me. You changed the way I see the world, and you changed my heart forever. The touch of your hand feels like angel’s wings on my skin. I finally found what I had been searching for for so long. I came home the second your lips touched mine and the world stopped turning for us. The second I met your eyes. When everything became crystal clear. Everything I survived, everything you had been through finally made sense and the world became silent for the first time in a long time.
Complementing each other, just like the sun and moon do. Like sea and land.
I am yours and you are mine. United in a moment going by so fast yet lasting forever. At least in my heart I knew I’d keep it forever, reliving it every time I lie in bed by myself missing every little thing about you. The warmth of your soul. Your burgundy lips. Your endearing voice whispering all the secrets you’ve kept for years. Your eyes. Your arms wrapped around me like you’d never let me go ever again.
Nothing could tear me away from you that night. Nothing could make me leave you. You were all I needed. Like a breath of air keeping me alive.
You were my forever crush. You were my secret little dream on lonely nights when someone else shattered my heart once again. You were my escape from reality for so long that it feels a little weird to know every single wish on every single wishing star made you my actual reality.
You were my forever crush. I always picture myself in a black dress, sitting at the guest’s table at your wedding, toasting champagne glasses and watching you have your first dance with the one you love the most. The band would play “Canon in D”, making my heart ache a little. I imagined how you’d look at her. A look full of love and joy. I always wondered what it must feel like to be looked at that way. Like you’d never seen anything more beautiful before. I imagined how you’d touch her. One hand resting on her waist, the other lying on her back leading while dancing, protecting her from in the world. Your eyes constantly locked with hers. I always wondered if you’d think of me while holding the love of your life. I was never really sure if what I felt wasn’t just me.
I pictured myself at my own wedding, allowing myself the tiniest glimpse in your direction. A second to ask myself what could have been. A second to say goodbye knowing a little piece of my heart will love you forever, no matter what. A second to let go.
You were my forever crush. My wish, that was made for dreaming.
Suddenly, I found myself holding your hand. Leaning my head on your shoulder. Locking eyes with you. Our souls move in a rhythm as beautiful as two ballet dancers dancing in the moonlight at midnight.
Just like that, the world changed. In the blink of an eye, I’m a new person. Someone who found a home. And just like that, my forever crush became my forever love. I take you with me wherever I go. You’re always in my heart.


© Karen Anja Junkermann 2024-03-09

Genres
Novels & Stories
Moods
Emotional, Hoffnungsvoll
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