Love. What is love? Is liking the guy who gives you lollipops love? Or liking him because he plays with you in the kindergarten when no one else bothers? Or because of the facts that he has brown eyes and spiky hair? If that is love,then Ashley was in love.
And that was the only love,if it was love at all,that Ashley knew.
Mike had stolen her heart without knowing it. The way Mike looked at her,and smiled,and laughed,they all made Ashley's heart melt. She felt butterflies in her stomach,but she didnt know why. And when she told Mike about her stomach ache,Mike would laugh, dimples showing,eyes twinkling, and time would stopped.
After kindergarten,they went separate ways. And Ashley never hear from Mike again. And she never feel the butterflies. All she felt was the emptiness in her chest and she didnt know why.
Going through primary school,middle school,and high school was a breeze for Ashley. She was pretty,she scored well,she was not the mean girl. Guys fell at her feet,but she never really respond to any of them. She never really fall in love.
Her mom was worried that she wasnt pretty enough,wasnt popular enough that no boys were chasing her. But her dad was glad. He never want any immature irresponsible boys touching his little princess. But they didnt know,Ashley's heart was taken. Even Ashley didnt know that.
Sending Ashley to college with teary eyes,her mom told her something. Something like 'dont be afraid to fall in love. It happens'. But her dad said something else. Something wiser. He said 'your heart was taken. Find who took it'. Ashley smiled and hugged both of them.
Ashley settled in pretty quickly. She made friends like Jessica and Amanda. But they were not the reason why Ashley blushed. It was Jake. Jake the guy who accidentally bumped into Ashley,twice. Jake the guy with sparkling blue eyes,strawberry blonde hair and a crooked smile.
And Ashley smiled to herself thinking about that Jake.
Is this love? Ashley would wonder. And Ashley wondered what would Brenda the captain cheerleader do if she fall in love. Wear short skirts while cheering his name? Or what would June the smart Asian girl do? Maybe she will give him a really complicated equation explaining her feelings.
Then Ashley would laugh. But she realized,she was not Brenda or June,she has to do it her way.
And Ashley did it perfectly,the way she always do things.
First she started by becoming friends with Jake. It is the basic thing,of course she did that first. And it went well. With her sweetness and sense of humor,Jake became really comfortable with Ashley. They started studying together. Then they had lunches together. Next,they started hanging out during weekends. It went perfectly the way Ashley planned it to be.
Until one day when Jake introduce Ashley to his friend,Mike.
Suddenly Ashley felt happiness,beyond happiness,euphoria,contentment. Like finally her world makes sense.
Then Mike smiled,dimples showing, eyes twinkling.
And Ashley had found her heart back.
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